Essays on Festival

History

The Edinburgh Festival is the largest cultural festival in the world held annually starting from the month of August in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, and formed by several organizations not affiliated with one another. Officially, the Edinburgh Festival is formed by various events separate from one another, yet visitors from around the world treat it as a single large event. Two of the component festivals of the Edinburgh Festival – the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (EFF), came together in 1947 to “flower the human spirit” by refreshing cultural activities in Scotland and the rest Continue reading...

China joins Babylon, India and Egypt as the four ancient civilizations. The nation has a vast geographical space and has a rich history with elaborate and magnificent culture that has been written for over 3,600 years. The diverse and unique Chinese culture can therefore be traced hundreds of years back. For the Chinese, their culture presents itself as an asset that defines their position as a landmark in the world. China’s cultural heritage can be examined by analyzing the different aspects of culture that include Chinese food, festivals, kung Fu, language, medicine and the China World Heritage Continue reading...

Summary

In the article Consider the Lobster, David Foster Wallace is quick to vividly describe how inhuman human beings are. He makes use of lobsters as an example and more specifically the Marine Lobster Fest which is a popular festival in which large quantities of lobsters are consumed. David begins by introducing the culture and tradition of the festival and then vividly describing the large number of lobsters available. He estimates the lobsters to be about twenty five thousand pounds, fresh and ready for human consumption. In the subsequent part of the article, he describes in detail how the lobsters Continue reading...

The term Ethnography has been used to refer to the art and study of various aspects of cultures through observation as the main method of collecting deductions about the culture. Consequently, Music Ethnography is concerned with the study of Music as a form of culture through observation of a traditions’ portrayal and practice of the art of music.
Further Music Ethnography is particularly concerned with the study of the role, the meaning and practice of music within social groups and communities. The community of interest shares common social behaviors and cultural concepts that are expressive in their music that Continue reading...

Part One

Target Audience: Parents and Guardians of children between the ages of 3 and 9. The kids’ festival is sponsored by Johnsons and Johnson Company. Further financial assistance is provided by several manufacturers of consumables like toys, toilet soaps, snacks, and detergents. The event is slated for Christmas day.

Visuals

That dominant background color of the poster is a bright sky-blue color that is easily visible. A cartoon of a happy looking male bumble bee (putting on a red velvet jacket and a black leather belts with a candy bag in a posture that makes him appears like he is throwing Continue reading...

Technology Proposal

Enhancing customer experiences must be the aim of any technology deployment, while allowing capture of data and information in real time. The Music and Food Festival have immense opportunities for allowing technology deployment. Technologies like Bluetooth, QR Codes, and Wireless Networking, among others can be effectively deployed in the Music and Food Festival that is being planned, along with benefits to the main sponsor.
Bluetooth – Bluetooth offers an excellent wireless communication protocols at short distances and has ample bandwidth to carry data back and forth. Bluetooth hot spots in the festival venue can be deployed in a number of Continue reading...

Introduction

Festivals are becoming more popular in the United Kingdom unlike a few years ago. With the increase in the number of visitors in the United Kingdom, it is becoming apparent that there is need to ensure that there is better management of visitors in these festivals. It will not only help in the management of the visitors, but will also create efficiency and better control of the process. This paper will focus on developing a new technology that will be used in the management and control of festival visitors. It is hard to keep track of the visitors and Continue reading...

Daoism and Confucianism

Daoism (or Taoism) is both a religion and a philosophical indigenous tradition of Chinese origin which urges people to live in harmony with nature. It is an attitude towards life that is carefree, accepting and joyful. This religion has shaped Chinese culture for so long and has also found its way into Asian cultures. Daoism has a core of self-reflection and devotes energy to introspection. Daoists are prominent critics of Confucian activism. Confucianism is an ethical, philosophical system as well as a religion that developed from the teachings of Confucius. It is built on the core of morality, ethics, Continue reading...

Introduction

Qatar is a country in the Middle East with an exclusive interest from the rest of the world. The country enjoys exclusive economic performance and its attractive cultural practices. There are various principles that make it easy for the country to remain a highly valuable country in the Middle East following its exclusive concern on major issues that may affect the country. The cultural practices of the region vary from a wide line of religion, food, clothing, language, tourism, as well as a set of events that make the cultural practices evident and realistic. Each of the cultural values Continue reading...

Wonton

One of the most popular Chinese dishes all over the world is surely wonton. The food is considered a very important thing for a good living by innumerable people all across the globe owing to its taste and preparation. It surely titillates the taste buds and leaves one wanting for more. The word “wonton” is pronounced in Chinese pinyin as “hún tun” or “hún tún”, and in Cantonese the word is pronounced as “wěn tēn.” This delicious dish is, in fact, regional pasta that has its origins in the country of China. Thus, the Continue reading...

International Events: A Comparative Study

International Cultural Events: A Comparative Study

1. Qasr Al Hosn Festival
Qasr Al Hosn Festival is the foremost cultural and historical celebration in Abu Dhabi. As stated in the 2013 Festival site, “the festival is an annual celebration of the more than 250-year-old fort and centuries of authentic Emirati culture and tradition”. Thousands of people attended the festival in 2013 and 2014 in order to celebrate the iconic birthplace of Abu Dhabi (2013 Festival site). This festival involves a variety of fund and educational activities that provide both the UAE community and visitors worldwide with an opportunity to experience Continue reading...

Xuan Festival: Knowing the Importance of Spring in Vietnam

Introduction
Vietnam has since fostered a special occasion for its people inside and outside its borders: the Xuan (“spring” in Vietnamese) Festival. Alternatively called the Tet (“festival” in Vietnamese), the Xuan Festival marks both the start of the lunar year in Vietnam and the beginning of spring based on the Vietnamese lunisolar calendar, usually between January and February in the Gregorian calendar. As an occasion with a distinct Vietnamese identity, the Xuan Festival provides a yearly opportunity for Vietnamese people around the world to gather and engage in festivities. Given the prominence of the Xuan Festival among Vietnamese people, Continue reading...

The message and research

The Coachella Music Festival is a three-day music and arts fiesta held in Polo club for two consecutive weekends annually. The event features a number of music genres including electronic music, indie rock, rock, and hip-hop. It displays well-known and established artists. The important message conveyed by the Coachella Music Festival is targeted to the young generation in an effort to broaden their views and/or perceptions of life and gain a deeper understanding of life. This makes the youths a target audience that has strenuously proved to be responsive of the concert (Hall & Frederick, 92). It targets youths in Continue reading...

Michigan is the state in the Midwestern part of the United States, in the Great Lakes region. It is surrounded by the great Canadian city of Ontario on its northern and eastern border, and by Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, the strait of Mackinac, Ohio and Indiana on its southern side. Illinois and Wisconsin states border in the west. A total area of the state is 58,527 square miles. Michigan state is also known as the Great Lake State because it is surrounded by four of the five Great Lakes: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, and Lake Erie. Continue reading...

Presentation and Analysis of a challenge in organizational communication – The challenge is the organization of a fund raising event within the borders of an educational organization – Presentation of the reflections and thoughts drawn upon the challenge described as far as issues on organizational communication are concerned
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Abstract

This paper will present you with a challenge as brought up within the borders of the educational community of a private educational organization. The presentation and analysis of the challenge aims at presenting you with all possible issues which can be explored in the field of the organizational communication. Continue reading...

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ABSTRACT
Festivals make part of the lives of people in different societies whether modern or traditional. They have been manifest in all societies from time immemorial, ingrained in their belief systems and ways of life. The participants vary depending on age, economic background, social background, academic achievements and professional achievements (for instance the professional position of a rain maker in the African societies). However, the main question is; what really makes these festivals unique and keeps people interested in them. This study tries to explore in reference to my own believes experiences and expectations. Continue reading...

Festivals make part of the lives of people in different societies whether modern or traditional. They have been manifest in all societies from time immemorial, ingrained in their belief systems and ways of life. The participants vary depending on age, economic background, social background, academic achievements and professional achievements (for instance the professional position of a rain maker in the African societies). However, the main question is; what really makes these festivals unique and keeps people interested in them. This I will try to explore in reference to my own believes experiences and expectations.

What do you think makes each and every festival special and individual?

Festivals are social events in Continue reading...

Introduction to the play:

Oscar Wilde’s memorable play is about the hypocritical nature of society in particular the higher classes who wish to keep themselves exposed from scandal but at the same time these are completely without morals and have a hunger for sexual peccadillos which they are loath to expose. It demonstrates Wilde’s incredible and suave wit when he proceeds to tear to pieces the upper classes of London society who were then to come back and haunt him with a vengeance in his later years after his fall from grace. I was more than enthused to have been given Continue reading...

In David Foster Wallace’s seminal nonfiction essay “Consider the Lobster,” the noted author reports for a culinary magazine his experiences at the 2004 Maine Lobster Festival. According to Wallace, “The Maine Lobster Festival represents less an intersection of the [tourism and lobster] industries than a deliberate collision, joyful and lucrative and loud” (Wallace). From basic descriptions of the etymology and history of the lobster and the event itself, Wallace moves on to even stickier metaphysical questions as to the nature of this ritualistic delicacy, even approaching moral questions as to the ethics of cooking and killing lobster. While Continue reading...

Buddhism began in India in the late 500 BCE as a result of the teachings of a prince called Siddharta Gautama, who was later known as Gautama Buddha. In ancient Indian language, Buddha refers to a person who has wisdom, compassion, and is self-aware. Buddhists celebrate the Buddha as the free-thinking human being. He is an incarnation of God. The foundation of practice and faith for Buddhists is the Buddha teachings, known as Dharma . On the other hand, Daoism began in China in 604 BCE, with the ancient philosopher called Lao Tzu. The most important concept in Daoism is Continue reading...

Good evening to all the officers and members of the Taiwan Association of the Philippines; to my colleagues in public service, friends, and guests. It is a pleasure for me to have been cordially invited to this prestigious annual event. It is also a great honor for me, to have been selected as one of the guests and keynote speakers of the night. I humbly hope that my message would prove to be an enlightening and inspiring note which would instrumentally contribute to the enhanced trade relations between Taiwan and the Philippines.
First of all, I am blessed to Continue reading...

There are many misconceptions about the holiday, Christmas. Most are under the perception that Christmas is the celebration of Jesus’ birthday, however most biblical scholars feel that it was unlikely that Jesus shared his birthday with December 25, most pointing to the likelihood of a spring birth.
If is much most likely that Christmas was a spinoff of the Roman pagan celebration of Saturnalia that took place between the 17th to the 25th of December (Liebeschuetz, 1995. Pg 200). This week was considered a week of breaking laws, including arson, destruction of property, and in some cases murder. Often Continue reading...

This report is a detailed analysis of my project experience form the date of July 7th. The project was intended to foster cultural awareness in our community and remove stereotypes and cultural misunderstanding. I would like to offer my gratitude for my supervisor for the support and encouragement while working on my project. I must admit that I am a blessed with an understanding supervisor with great understanding of diversity and the need for cultural understanding.
Last week, members of my work team organized an occasion to celebrate global cultures in what was dubbed “The Whole World Festival.” This Continue reading...

There are many misconceptions about the holiday, Christmas. Most are under the perception that Christmas is the celebration of Jesus’ birthday, however most biblical scholars feel that it was unlikely that Jesus shared his birthday with December 25, most pointing to the likelihood of a spring birth.
If is much most likely that Christmas was a spinoff of the Roman pagan celebration of Saturnalia that took place between the 17th to the 25th of December (Liebeschuetz, 1995). This week was considered a week of breaking laws, including arson, destruction of property, and in some cases murder. Often one person Continue reading...

Month Day, Year

Employee Name
Anytown, Anywhere
Dear Ms Name
I want to thank you for how you acted during last week’s festival preparations. By realizing that some of our guest’s children were on the closed beach you may well have saved their lives and adverted a disaster. That these children were under the supervision of our in house childcare staff at the time could have increased the resort’s liability had any of the children been injured while playing on the jetty. You chose the perfect course of action by pointing out the potential dangers of allowing children to Continue reading...

The National Endowment for Arts distributes money to agencies and artists nationwide. In this paper, I will provide an overview of some of the grants of the National Endowment for arts for arts in Tennessee as well as provide the reasons that make these grants interesting to me.
This institution was awarded $15,000 in support of an analysis of an in-school art education programs in the Southern U.S. through the review of documents, interviews, observations and focus group discussions that were based on several case studies (NEA, 2013). This grant has become interesting to me since it seeks Continue reading...

Introduction

This paper identifies and provides an overview of some of the grants and initiatives of the national endowment for the arts in Tennessee. The grants identified have been found to be interesting in different aspects.

This commission receives grants from the national endowment for the arts. I find this interesting in that the Tennessee General Assembly also funds the commission. Moreover, it is the mandate of the local government to support this commission.

The Nashville Shakespeare festival

In the 2012/2013 financial year, the Nashville Shakespeare festival was supported to the tune of $10,000. This event offers a significant boost to upcoming artist Continue reading...

The management is committed to improve the standards of the annual community outreach festival. This would increase the level of the business because a good turn up for the festival would generate enough and relative good income to the organization. Essential to achieving this objective is to enable the organization to obtain capital to develop a similar every quaintly and also to motivate the employees through the creation of interactive avenue and exchange of ideas. It is also a great chance to address challenges and situations facing the entire event industry over the next few years.
The festival demand Continue reading...

Eid is a festival celebrated by thousands of Muslims all over the world every year. Celebrating the festival means celebrating happiness regularly. The traditions and culture in this festival may vary slightly according to the geographic location of Muslims; however the basic requisite of this festival is to remember the poor and be grateful to god for whatever they have. Eid-Ul-Fitr (Eid) is a great cultural experience that is celebrated at the end of the holy month of Ramadan on the first day of Shawwal that is considered to be the tenth month of the Islamic calendar.
In the Continue reading...

Introduction

Culture plays a big part in our social lives. Culture is what binds humans in a social unit. Culture is defined by our selection of food, religion, language, music, social behavior and arts. Culture constitutes the foundation of our values, morale, beliefs and principles of life. Culture forms societies and influences the pattern of our living. Each culture has some unique attributes that make it different from others. In this essay I would like to explore the differences and similarity of American, Chinese and Indian cultures in terms of religion, language, food and festivals.
- Religion
America being a Continue reading...

The caste system has been in existence for centuries in Asian countries such as India. The system involves placing individuals in occupational groups. The caste system is rooted in religion and is implemented based on labour division. It dictates the occupations an individual can pursue, as well as the kind of social interactions the person may engage in their lifetime. The caste system is only practised in the Hindu religion. The system has an order of hierarchy. Initially, there was no hierarchy but an order based on birth or occupation and personality. However, during the Holi event just before Continue reading...

Brazilian folk and culture is one of the richest in comparison to other world cultures and traditions. It is so far regarded as a melting pot because it has been shaped by the Brazilian native Indians, a huge African population, the Portuguese and other people from Europe, the Middle East as well as Asia who have settled there over time. All these cultural backgrounds put together gives rise to a new culture that almost everyone identifies with. It therefore goes without saying that this is a culture that can interest anyone who cares to know how different cultures of Continue reading...

Memento is a 2000 psychological thriller film directed by renowned Hollywood director Christopher Nolan. Also produced by Nolan, the movie is actually adapted from a short story titled “Memento Mori” written by Jonathan Nolan, his younger sibling.
The lead character named Leonard is played by Guy Pearce. He stars as a man suffering form short term memory loss and who is on a mission to avenge the rape and death of his wife. Apart from moving into vengeance direction, the movie tries to create a picture on some of the factors that push people to do certain acts.
Leonard Continue reading...

The White Night is an art festival, where public and private art galleries, museums and other cultural institutions open their doors to the public at no charge, this event is usually an all-night affair. The center of the city hosting the event is usually transformed into a de facto art gallery, where spaces are availed for art installations, themed social jamborees, performances from the different arts (performance art, film, music and dance) and many social activities. The event is usually held during the season of the midnight sun, during the summer solstice when the nights are shorter in high Continue reading...

125 Old Road

WTI 3331 22
98 Baker street

London

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Dear Mr. and Mrs. Bruge,
We highly appreciate your interest in visiting our town. In this letter and enclosed flyer you will find all necessary data on places worth visiting, accommodation and travel options, offered by Ghost town Tour – a leading service provider in Ghostttown.
As far as you may have already heard, Ghosttown is a beautiful medieval place, situated by the shore of the river Thames. Cozy beaches, silent bays and atmosphere of mystery are things, which make the town different from all the places you may have Continue reading...

Festival City Symphony- ‘Not an Irish Concert’
Festival City Symphony- ‘Not an Irish Concert’
Classical music shall never be old or out-dated. There is beauty in it, a melody which can soothe the listener’s mind. Usually, youngsters find it boring. But, they should earnestly try to give classical music a chance and listen to it for some times. Then, hopefully the rumour of it being boring can be put to rest. I attended a classical concert on 17th March 2013 by the professional musicians of Festival City Symphony. Named as ‘Not an Irish concert’, it comprised of some Continue reading...

The purpose of carrying out this study was finding out the relationship between the number of r of institutions that ever had festivals or events in the name of anniversaries. In case there is an existing relationship, then an anniversary can be used such as the UNBSJ 50th Anniversary. The rationale for choice this study is therefore the UNBSJ 50th anniversary where everything intends to help in the festival.

Research method

There were two data sets in use for this study for the UNBSJ 50th anniversary, comparisons and making of conclusions. The data used in the study was secondary data from Continue reading...

Music Festival

Porter’s five forces analysis.
The musicians who conduct music festivals have a high bargaining power. Their music is unique and the tickets are fixed in price hence the price cannot be adjusted due to bargain. The industry is therefore attractive in that the uniqueness of industry makes it possible for the owners to have high market power.
The consumers have very low market power. There are no instances when the prices of tickets can be lowered to favor some customers. As a result, the industry is assured of a certain amount if revenues when the festivals are attended.
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Introduction
Star festival in Japan is also known as Tabanata. Tabanata is a Chinese word meaning evening of the seventh; hence, its origin is traced to China. Tabanata is an important festival in Japan where Japanese value it very much and it is commemorated once a year on the seventh day in either July or august, according to the lunisolar calendar. Tabanata festival is celebrated or performed at night on 7 July in accordance to their culture (Anesaki & Ferguson, 1928).
Most people in Japan either celebrate the day at home or school depending on someone’s program on that Continue reading...

Article Review - Henri II

In "Criticizing the Savage and Making a King: The Royal Entry Festival of Henri II (Rouen, 1550)," Wintroub (1998) examines the royal entry festival that was held in the city of Rouen in 1550 to honor King Henri II. In particular, the article focuses on the reproduction of a Brazilian village that was created for the festival, within which there were fifty Brazilians to inhabit the village. The creation of this village, and the interaction between the Brazilians and the people of France, creates a number of interesting social questions regarding perceptions of other cultures in the Middle Ages. Continue reading...