I come from the land of the long white cloud and I am proud to be Māori, the natives of New Zealand. ... One belief I'm going to share is when we go out diving for seafood like, fish, oysters, crayfish, mussels, and cockles, you have to give your first catch back to the sea (Tangoaroa, God of the Sea). ... If we want our kaimoana (seafood) to be plentiful in years to come, we have to pay our respects to Tangaroa and give your first catch of the day back and only take what you need. ... We want to send their spirit back to Hawaiki in which we believe to be the final resting place for ...

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It was my first time going to El Salvador and I was very nervous and scared, I didn't know what to expect. ... Back home in Virginia we usually have high temperatures with humid air. ... My mom came in and told me that she was going to the market with my aunts to buy food for dinner and asked me if I wanted to go. ... I remember my mom asking me if I liked it so far and me nodding yes, when in reality I wanted to scream and tell her how much I wanted to go home already. ... The day was finally here and it was time for us to come back home to the United States. ...

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A few years back, girls did not go to school no matter their social status. "My grandmother fought to be able to go to school" he said. ... I wanted to know if he would consider going back to India to his homeland and his response was, "Sometimes I get overwhelmed and I miss my family in India. I would like to go back but my wife and kids don't. ... As a person who did come from another country, I can connect to everything that he was telling me. ...

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Are there any factors other than cultural factors that enable an individual to come out of poverty? ... In some cultures only men work because women are not allowed to go out and work and their labour power remains unused and get wasted. Had this not been the case, the family would have come out of the existing poverty utilising the skills of both husband and wife. ... For example, let's assume that a person would want to go out and work hard to earn money but the area has curfew, if there is little stability in the environment of a person, he or she would not be able to come out of a pr...

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In the first chapter, Hall goes through the colony chronologically under the French rule. ... As a military post and due to the constant threat of the large Indian populace, not many wanted to go to Louisiana. ... She then goes through the different tribes of the area and talks about their relations to Colonial Louisiana. ... Her arguments in this chapter are the highlight of the book as everything comes to a point in describing why the culture in the lower Louisiana colony was so heavily Africanized. ... There are understandably times when she shoots off statistics, but that backs up her arg...

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If you know where you are going to do business get a basic knowledge of the language. ... When coming to a new country you are going to feel distressed. ... The initial trips over and the start up cost are going to set a company back but not cripple them. ... We feel that if we can rush and come to a conclusion that each side is happy with the deal. ... The way people from a different country comes to a decision can tell a lot about them. ...

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It is common among anthropologist to gift the culture they go out to study. ... In the interim of being admitted into the village and as he goes out to get more supplies, he contracts Malaria and goes through caring for his illness. ... He would wait for them as they come in from the fields and attempt getting information on what they had done. In the evening he would go over his notes and prepare on what he could work on the following day. ... However he is able to come back to England with 7 notebooks full of data and his camera. ...

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Therefore, for children that belongs to two cultures is not easy to find their identity, especially if they come from immigrant families. ... It also happens to be that Mabry comes from a poor family in which his mother was struggling "working 24 hour a day cases as a practical nurse" to be able to provide a life for herself and her children. ... He takes the initiative and goes to get his schedule while his family still struggles back home. ... However, he is not held back by his environment like his unsuccessful brother who "has to cope with potential unemployment and prejudice", but instead...

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What is the initial thought that comes to your mind when you think about a woman and her role nowadays? ... Returning back to the main concept of this paper (the quote), being any kind of women is not a shameful demeanour specifically when its related to their different cultural assignments to survive. ... They fulfil all the housework duties and take care of their children while the father goes out and seeks employment to provide for the family. ... At the time when my mother was growing, education was a very important aspect and my mother was one of the few of her siblings that were pre...

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On a cold, rainy, afternoon, a teenage girl wanders towards the back section of an enchanting, but familiar wonderland. ... CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON MAGAZINE PRODUCTION When you think of the word culture, what comes to mind? Is it the way you talk, the way you dress, the actions that go on in you house on daily basis? ... Another difference between the two would be a difference in opinion when it comes to certain important topics. ... The reporters go out into the community and report back the different topics that are written in the magazines. ...

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Diversity comes in many forms especially when it comes to ethnicity, race, and culture. ... Especially when it comes to having to pick a partner for a certain project. ... As life goes on after college few students now considered adults still don't understand the true meaning of diversity. ... Half of the discriminating factor goes back to teens who post nonsense or things that weren't thought twice about, has now been shared with all followers and world. ... " Same goes for all the cultures in this world, don't judge. ...

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From within the specialized area of osteology--the study of bones "comes the application of the methods and techniques of analyzing skeletal remains for cases that will apply tf legal importance. ... Some of the different things an anthropologist would be trained to aid would be: *Going to a crime scene to assist in the collection of human remains. ... A Statistics back round would be great, and is highly recommended. ... He marks the area and goes to get police to bring them back to the area. ... (www.forensicanthropologistcenter.com) Anthropology sounds like a very interesting fie...

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We gave found pottery that dates all the back to 5000 B.C., during this time pottery had many functions from conventional to decorative. ... The word Semitic comes from the name Shem, a son of Noah. ... Another thing to come out of Greek history are the Greek Tragedies. ... They come from an area around Jerusalem. ... The Hebrew people are believed to come from Abraham. ...

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If a "normal" person joins the outcastes, he must assume their role and is very seldom excepted back into the standard group. ... The holy waters come from the Water Temple of the community, where the priests conduct elaborate ceremonies to make the liquid ritually pure. ... Many people who go to the latipsoh to be healed actually die during the curing ceremonies. ... However adults not feel obligation to go but also anticipate their visits. ... The message "Success comes from someone else's expense" is taught early on and carried through adulthood. ...

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Since I have come to college, I have learned to appreciate Korean food, which I have grown up eating. ... When I go to my home in Torrance, I eat Korean food every day. As a result, when I am at school, I crave Korean food even when it comes time to eat the delicious food at the dining halls. ... As economic levels go up, American pop culture is more health food oriented. ... Like fast food, the consumers are fast, on the run, and have no time to sit back and enjoy things. ...

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The first proven evidence was found in 1991, showing that tattooing may have began in Italy near Austria, dating back to 4000 BC, where they found a man in permafrost (Flamepoint). ... Shortly after, evidence was found proving tattoos were on the bodies of Egyptian mummies, dating back to 4,000 years ago (Nudity). ... Pope Hadrian I, reluctant to go against the teachings of the Bible, banned the art for many centuries (Priory). ... Tattoo comes from the Tahitian word "tatu" meaning "to mark"(Flamepoint). ... The saying goes, "Everything has a price", and unfortunately this is true. ...

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The Wonderful, Warped World of Walt Disney When we think of the Orient', immediate images of exotic beings and places, fundamentalism, Islam, hookahs and pagodas come to mind. ... As adults though, we question more and come to realize that many things are masked behind colourful imagery, sound and flamboyant characters. Our knowledge of the East comes to us from what we learn in academia, politics, social institutions and of course the media. ... As the movie goes on we see a very stereotypical image of Arab women. ... Jasmine is well aware of what is going on around her and ca...

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For example, they mentor older coworkers, come up with modern ideas, and are generally more enthusiastic. ... Seniors also come with experience in their field or occupation. ... If the United States were going through a recession, those companies would likely also feel the hit of the recession. ... " It is going to take a very skilled and well-composed manager to manage all those different cultures. ... Another thing you would have to deal with is whether you as a company are going to meet the various needs for each culture that you pick up. ...

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And it is not embarrassing at all to come late. ... The other answered him:" ok, if I don` come at 8.00 I will call you at 9.00 to say that I will not be able to come at 10. Hence, I will come at 11.00 to fix up another meeting". ... Concerning expressions that I believe reflects Dutch personality is the English idiom "let `s go Dutch" or the French analogy "invitation a la Hollandaise". ... Another saying which goes hand in hand with I have said is the saying '' the paradise lies under the feet of the mothers'. ...

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Whole town knows why we"re going. ... Jimmy is a character shown constantly to rebel against the inequities of his life, and would rather suffer (by going to prison) then succumb to an authority he does not recognise. ... He dies ultimately challenging white administration, who do not bother to come to his aid, merely saying: "Ah! ... Because of Gran's age she is portrayed to contain traditional traits such as her knowledge of bush alternatives, shown in Act 4 Scene 3 upon seeing Mary's welts; "GRAN: No"mine, No"mine put there jeerung nreerar on your back, fix you u...

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Being from a different background myself, I come to understand many things which Olive goes through in The Willow Tree and Olive such as a simple lunchtime, when she has the need to throw out her lunch and be hungry because of little girls saying "Yuck, what smells like sick?" ... Physical difference puts many of us aside immediately; as many people judge others at face value, and self-acceptance is the only way to overcome the humiliation felt that comes with the mockery. ... Things as small as going to the finals of a rugby competition when the others haven't to larger things such as ...

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As there have no other intelligent, sentient cultures living with us on Earth, our contrast has to come from the animal kingdom. ... This rings true if the child is born into a hunter gatherer tribe in the Gobi desert, where he will be expected to fetch water every day and kill his first antelope when he reaches his thirteenth birthday; or if the child is born a middle class family in Bristol where he will be expected to tidy his room, go to school and say please and thank you. ... If either of the children decided to go against the rules (as every child is wont to do) they will be punished. ...

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Mariah tries to separate the narrator's past from the present, but the narrator is unable to do so since she has not come to terms with it. ... The flower brings back a flood of memories for the narrator while Mariah's culture creates a view of simplistic recognition of beauty. ... Although this may seem as though it is obvious to those on board the train, as well as to the reader, it is a fact that goes unnoticed by Mariah and most likely by the other diners. ... She goes on to point out: "they were not at all like my relatives; they only looked like them. ...

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These names come as a reference to the bag the monk carried. ... All these images present Hotei Buddha in Japan as an itinerant monk who goes around the communities taking away the sadness from people around the world through the virtues he carry for example bringing happiness, good fortune and his role in assisting the poor in the society. ... Blue flowers with vines and two bronze candleholders stretch out gradually from back of their shoulders. ... Both pieces have a green crescent-shaped cut cushion at the back to fit the bronze candle branches. ...

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In this assignment I am going to be looking at the culture of India . ... This demonstrates four lions back to back,which are separated by wheels, which symbolise Chakra the wheel of law, standing over a lotus shaped as a bell. ... " (parlakian, R & Sanchez, S,Y).This to me shows us how important it is to teach children from a young age about different cultures, and tell them stories so that they are aware of the differences of countries all over the world, but also so they can embrace the different children or people they come across in later life. ...

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