There is no such thing as ethnic war 1. Introduction: Traditionally the phenomena ethnicity is intimately related with the field of anthropology. In terms of emphasis and concern, it came into prominence in the field of International Relations after the World War II era- wit...
Tang Dynasty I. Another high mark in Chinese politics, culture 1. Resembled Han but more of everything 2. Opened to the new and different, adopting the best of what the world offered 3. Chinese, particularly on the south also designated themselves asnen of Tang 4. Founding family intermarri...
Be it one's notion about the society, business and economics, or traditional culture and religion. ... However having a great interest in the subject I decided to broaden my knowledge by visiting various temples and museums situated in the former capitals of Japan such as Kyoto and Nara, and reading books about Japanese culture, religion and society. ... He was the son of king Suddhodana who lived in the city called Kapilvastu on the border of India and Nepal (Hirakawa A. 1990). ... It is known that Mahayana Buddhism has reached Japan coming from India, through China and Korea reaching th...
The book also showed how the Western cultures and Easter cultures viewed each other, and the contrasts between them. In Shogun, the author introduces us to Japanese history and Japanese culture. ... At the same time, this book shows how Christianity took hold in Japan, and how some Japanese slowly became Christians and changed it to fit with the Japanese culture. ... They had already began trading fine silk, porcelain, and spices and had started to send ships up past India to find gold and riches to bring back in their country. ...
It was 1884 when Kano drew up the by laws of his DoJo and declared, "Taking together all the merits I have acquired from the various schools of Jiu Jitsu and adding my own device and inventions, I have founded a new system for physical culture, mental training and winning contest. ... ,Britain, France, Canada , India, China , Korea and Russia. ...
One child in America will pollute and waste more over a lifetime than 30 children in India. ... It hard to believe that Indian husbands and their parents would injure and even murder their wives because of the inability to produce sons of which their culture requires. ...
The history of Zen, its different schools, Zen arts and Zen gardens had a great influence on the Western culture during the twentieth century and has now become the most popular and influential form of Buddhism. The foundation of Zen lies in India, where Siddhartha Gautama was born and attained enlightenment and became the Buddha. ... From the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries Buddhist monasteries played an important role in the culture and religions of Japan. ...
The history of Zen, its different schools, Zen arts and Zen gardens had a great influence on the Western culture during the twentieth century and has now become the most popular and influential form of Buddhism. The foundation of Zen lies in India, where Siddhartha Gautama was born and attained enlightenment and became the Buddha. ... From the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries Buddhist monasteries played an important role in the culture and religions of Japan. ...
Semiotics is a field that searches for mechanisms in culture. ... Empty center means as much that the culture has no rational foundation. ... This empty center explains for example how different religions could exist next to each other in Japanese culture. ... Zen Buddhism derived from the Buddhism of India. ... Willpower is important for soldiers in every cultures but this was extra emphasized in Zen and this aspect became absorbed by Bushido. ...
In all cultures, cosmetics helped beautifying the face and often turned a common face into a special appearance. ... In other words, the colors express different things to each person or culture.3 Colors represent countries and traditions and express emotions and feelings. ... Some ancient cultures, such as the Egyptian and the Chinese, practiced a method of healing through the use of color, called chromo therapy. ... Black and white color meanings are opposite in Eastern and Western cultures. ... It does not necessarily mean depression or the Gothic culture. ...
