stilt walking performances are Beijing‚ Shanxi and Shandong. The Chinese and Malay outfits come from China and Malay respectively. The Malay performers are playing drums. There are at least 14 types of traditional drums. Drums and other traditional percussion instruments are often made from natural materials. Music is traditionally used for storytelling‚ celebrating life-cycle events‚ and times like harvest. As the Malay and Chinese culture contributes greatly to our Singapore culture‚ thus it is
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Samantha Phan Professor Reams Section 11 March 19‚ 2012 Student Self-Evaluation For my informative speech I chose the topic of Chinese New Years. I discussed about the history‚ the festivities and the calendar. While reviewing my speech I found some mistakes that I can change for better improvement for future speeches. As I listened to myself I can tell that I was really nervous and trembling. With those two actions it did affect my speech and how I came off to the audience. First‚ my introduction
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freedom Street politics "talks about the incident of the watering-down of a feisty New Year’s message which was preparing to run in Southern Weekend latest edition.The new trigged several gatherings in Guangdong Province.Police appeared unruffled.People were surprised with the free gartherings that never happened before. People on the Internet were abruze.They would have urged the Communist Party to uphold the Chinese constitution and the freedoms it purportedly guarantees. The second interpret
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Festival and Lantern Festival By Yolanda The Spring Festival‚ also known as the lunar new year‚ which falls in late January or early February. It is said that the Spring Festival evolved from an activity known as the “Winter Sacrifice”. And the word “Nian”‚ which in modern Chinese solely means year‚ was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a New Year. So people hang“good luck”wishes on red paper on the door and wall‚ use fireworks in
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I am Thai‚ but inside I am also Chinese “My hometown China‚ I’m so sad that I had to leave you”‚ is a part of the song I heard all the time when I was little‚ and I still remember it. Not much is known about my background; I only know that I am actually Chinese. I could have cared less about it because I was born and raised in Thailand‚ and I considered myself Thai until my mom told me about my grandparents. My grandfather used to be a doctor in a small communist camp in China. He didn’t like it
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and friends. On this fine morning‚ I would like to talk about Malaysian Holidays .Our country of Malaysia is the home of people of different cultures and ethnic groups. The majority of Malaysians are Malays. Besides Malays‚ there are Chinese‚ Indians‚ and so on .We live here‚ Malaysia‚ peacefully without wars amongst ourselves . To students‚ a public holiday means having fun and relaxing. We students will get tired of school if holidays didn’t exist. Spending our time on
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important ancient chinese invention ever made was gunpowder.” Gunpowder Taiwanese-secrets.com Gunpowder is one of the greatest and most powerful inventions the Chinese people created. The chinese created a formula which was made of Saltpeter‚ Charcoal‚ and Sulfur during the Tang dynasty possibly around the year A.D. 850. The Chinese were trying to make a formula that would make you live forever but instead it shortens your life by killing you. The first use that the Chinese had for gunpowder was
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Everyone has their own festival to celebrate. As a Chinese‚ I always celebrate different festival like the Lantern Festival and Dragon Boat Festival. However‚ the festival which I anticipate and put in my effort to prepare for it will be the annual Chinese New Year. Whenever Chinatown is aglow with flamboyant lights‚ and the laughter and banter of eager shoppers fill the air‚ it is a clear sign that the welcoming Chinese New Year is approaching once again. While there is no denying
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amplify our mental abilities and furnish radical insights into the complexities and inner workings of our world. It is not just the ability to collect‚ store and process data on a massive scale‚ or even communication‚ but the opening of our minds to new and often hidden possibilities—that is real power.” There is no denying that the growth and spread of computing technology have been significant things that we witness and indeed experience personally. Cell phones‚ for example‚ have been through from
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Wenqing Zhong Professor King English 1A 30 January 2015 My Cultural Lineage As can be told from my face‚ I’m an Asian. To be more specific‚ I’m a Chinese. Unlike many big families in my country‚ my family doesn’t keep a genealogy‚ which is a vital means by which people can record their domestic history. I believe part of the reason has something to do with my family name. My family name is Zhong‚ which is very rare even in China. But thanks to that‚ it’s easier for us to find our ancestors since
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