Besides‚ in The Swamp Dwellers Soyinka satirises the betrayal of vocation for the attraction and power in one form or another. The Swamp Dwellers reflects the life of the people of southern Nigeria. Their vocation mainly is agro based. They weave baskets‚ till and cultivate land. They believe in serpent cult. They perform death rites. They offer grain‚ bull‚ goat to appease the serpent of the swamp. Traders from city come there for crocodile skins. They lure young women with money. Alu withstands
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The richest native americans know as the Northwest Coast Indians are believed to have begun living on the northwest coast of North America over 10‚000 years ago. This area includes what we know as Alaska‚ Washington State‚ Oregon‚ California‚ and British Columbia‚ Canada. This stretch of land has the ocean on one side and the mountians on the other side. Some of the tribes that make up the Northwest Coast Indians are the Bella Coola‚ Haida‚ Nootka‚ and Tlingit. Living along the coast‚ there was
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By: Kimberlie Jarvis Women’s role in Greece can be seen when one first begins to do research on the subject. The subject of women in Greece is coupled with the subject of slaves. This is the earliest classification of women in Greek society. Although women were treated differently from city to city the basic premise of that treatment never changed. Women were only useful for establishing a bloodline that could carry on the family name and give the proper last rites to the husband. However‚ women
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he peaceful people or the civilized people‚ can you guess who they are? They are the Hópitu‚ ‘peaceful ones‚’ or Hópitu-shínumu‚ ‘peaceful all people’ or better known as the Hopi tribe. Not all people called them that‚ the Spanish misunderstood the Hopi word mo`ki and thought that mo`ki was the tribe’s name. Moqui actually meaning death. The Hopi spoke a Shoshonean form of the Uto-Aztecan language family. The Hopi lived in now what is known as Arizona. The Hopi were first found in the summer of
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The Craft of Gourds The purpose of this research paper is to inform the reader about the wonders of the gourd. It is meant to inform on these topics. First‚ what is a gourd? Second‚ the history of the gourd. Third‚ The different methods of decorating gourds across a variety of cultures. Fifth‚ the process of creating your own decorated gourd or gourd birdhouse. Sixth‚ gourds in contemporary culture. What is a Gourd? In The Garden of Gourds‚ botanist L.H. Bailey wrote a very broad definition…” Members
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While the daily food-getting responsibilities of the sexes differ - women normally gather vegetable foods and men concentrate on hunting‚ but both the men and woman collect and trade rattan‚ although the men do not weave with the rattan it is mainly the women as they will sell the woven baskets to tourist for money. The men specialize in hunting as they believe they have stronger breath for the blowguns. They are also considered fairly expendable as the ratio are 11 men to 8 women in most camps. The women
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Textile weaving is an art that has been performed in the Philippines since pre-colonial times. Each ethnic group has its own particular kind of textile‚ motifs‚ and method of production. The people of the Cordilleras weave blankets and apparel with a backstrap loom. T’boli people first tie-dye abaca threads in earth tones before weaving them into a fabric called t’nalak (Guillermo‚ Alice G. “An Essay on Philippine Visual Arts”). A textile or cloth is a flexible woven material
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The Role of the Athlone Workhouse During the Great Famine 1841-1849 While the 19th Century was a time of great industrial change throughout much of the United Kingdom‚ Ireland was widely regarded as a poor‚ destitute country with many people already suffering from extreme poverty even before the famine. The economy in Ireland was weak and almost totally dependant on agricultural production with 66% of all families in pre-famine Ireland making their living from the land. Consequently‚ just
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In the paper “Managing Multi -Generational Diversity for Competitive Success” the author has talked about various traits of four generations‚ hr policies and benefits which fits these generations and their leadership traits. Traditionalists are born between 1922–1945 Ages 63–86 and consists of 8% of the total workforce . They are hard- working‚ stable‚ loyal‚ thorough‚ de- tail-oriented‚ focused‚ emotional maturity. They are fair‚ consistent‚ clear‚ direct‚ respectful as leaders. The next generation
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of one weft yarn in the Jacquard weave repeat. The needles and hooks are arranged in short and long rows. A pattern card has locations that are also arranged in short and long rows‚ with each location dedicated to a needle or hook since each hook resides in the bent of a needle. Location in the pattern cards is punched or left unpunched‚ depending whether the corresponding hook (or warp yarn(s)) is to be raised or lowered respectively according to the weave design. After a weft yarn is woven
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