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    Ritual Slaughter

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    uniforms should be allowed at school Ritual slaughter is the practice of slaughtering livestock for meat in a ritual manner and involves a prescribed method of slaughtering an animal for food production purposes. The topic of whether ritual slaughter is considered as a form of cruelty is one that raises many different views . Elements such as religion and animal rights serve as key factors in determining ones opinion on the subject . Many people regard ritual slaughter as a form of cruelty ‚ their

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    dance

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    together I felt it was very strong and interesting. Interpretation\connection: three important things I feel the audience should know about the performance is that the piece was a very different modern type of dance‚ it was based on animal instinct‚ and there was no specific genre of dance used for the performance to be based on. The most impressionable moment or me was when the dancers were each lined up separately with their backs towards the audience in between the pillars on the back wall up

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    Shabbat Ritual

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    Some rituals that are performed on this day include refraining from work or co-curricular activities‚ lighting two candles at the beginning of Shabbat‚ the Kiddush‚ lighting of the Havdalah candle‚ which essentially make up the two core beliefs of the Shabbat‚ which are to “Remember the Sabbath day” and “Keep the Sabbath day”. Shabbat begins on Friday at sunset and lasts until Saturday‚ where the third star appears in sky and will signify the end of the current Shabbat. For the Shabbat ritual‚ Challah

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    Cultural Rituals

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    Celebrating the anniversary of a person’s birth is very important in some cultures. For the Browns clan it is quite proper for family to have a yearly celebration of one’s birth. The Browns are a family of faith that consider themselves to be Christians. There is question among people of faith is it okay for Christians to celebrate birthdays? Why are birthdays celebrated? Is it sinful to celebrate birthdays? Surely there is no harm done in acknowledging the passage of time as another year

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    Body Rituals

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    In the story‚ “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema”‚ by Horace Miner he talks about the Nacirema tribe and describes the body rituals that their society does on a regular basis that they view as the norm in their society and culture. While reading about these strange and unusual rituals‚ one can’t help but think that what these people are doing is totally and completely ridiculous. Ethnocentrism comes over and judgment takes place‚ but in reality some could view our American culture as just and crazy

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    The rain came

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    Introduction The title of the story is The Rain Came by Grace Ogot. The author of the story is Grace Ogot or also known as Grace Emily Akinyi. She was born on 15 May 1930‚ near Kisumu‚ central Nyanza Region in Kenya. In achievement‚ she became the first African woman writer in English who published fiction by the East African Publishing House. Her stories such as Land Without Thunder (1968)‚ The Other Woman (1976)‚ and The Island of Tears (1980) provides the traditional Luo life. Most of her fiction

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    Dance, Girl, Dance

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    Dance‚ Girl‚ Dance is a film from the Classical Hollywood period that presents a complicated reading when viewed through a feminist lens. The 1940 film was directed by Dorothy Arzner‚ one of the most notable female directors and the only prominent woman in Hollywood at that time. Arzner presents her audience with an array of female characters‚ the main characters being Judy O’brien and Bubbles/Tiger Lily White. Judy is a dedicated dancer‚ honing her talents as a ballerina. Bubbles‚ on the other hand

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    rituals and festivals

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    Rituals and festivals have been a part of traditional European life for many years. They involved all religions‚ social classes and happened in almost all areas throughout Europe. Back in these times‚ there were no forms of entertainment like television‚ cell phones and video games. People depended on one another to entertain themselves. People in Europe would also be punished or tortured in front of the whole town to control public outbursts. An example of this is known as charivari. Some of these

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    The Lottery Ritual

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    It is very important to pass down the formal rituals of the town to next generations. In order to pass down the ritual‚ the community will need a large black box to keep the folded papers together when the lottery starts‚ one folded paper with large black dot on‚ a stool to put the large black box on‚ and piles of stone. Remember the ritual might vary slightly from other communities‚ but the ritual is an important part of our society’s history and its present. In our society‚ a lottery will be held

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    Family Rituals

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    My Family Rituals My family rituals derive from a culture that dates back before the beginning of modern civilization. The people I speak of are what our history books refer to as Ancient Mesopotamia; “The Cradle of Civilization”. The near extinction of its original inhabitants was as a result of war and religious crusade. Most recently of which was the Ottoman Empire’s massacre of the Christian living among them in 1914. My family is of the few survivors of such unfortunate events. Few people

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