Christmas is an important Christian festival. It is celebrated all over the world. It falls on 25th December every year. December 25 is the birthday of Jesus Christ.. Fairs are held and shops set up on this occasion. Before it comes‚ people decorate their houses‚ shops‚ establishments‚ churches etc. People in their best clothes attend the special services in Churches. They make Christmas cakes. It is a festival of feasting‚ rejoicing and giving and receiving gifts. The festivity begins on the
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20th of March‚ 2013‚ Hossam elsokkary‚ former head of BBC Arabic service‚ lectured at the American university in Cairo. El sokkary is well known for being a major political activist and blogger‚ as well as becoming a figure in the Egyptian media sector. Unlike what everyone had in mind about the lecture‚ El Sokkary talked more about media in general and less about politics. El Sokkary talked about the fundamentals of news and its basics. He stated that news content are never created by the news
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his novel is a sequel to the Noli. It has a little humor‚ less idealism‚ and less romance than the Noli Me Tangere. It is more revolutionary and more tragic than the first novel. The hero of El Filibusterismo is a rich jeweler named Simoun. He was Crisostomo Ibarra of the Noli‚ who‚ with Elias’ help‚ escaped from the pursuing soldiers at Laguna de Bay‚ dug up his buried treasure‚ and fled to Cuba where he became rich and befriended many Spanish officials. After many years he returned to the Philippines
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new species created by the U.S. secret government that they do not want us to know about? Whatever the case El Chupacabra is something people should not overlook. El Chupacabra is a legendary cryptozoology creature that has been letting his presence be felt in differents parts of the world ‚including Puerto Rico‚ Russia‚ Mexico‚ the U.S. ‚ Central America ‚ South America. The origin of el chupacabra is unknown but it has not stopped people from inferring or creating their own stories. The term “chupacabra”
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The typical foods in El Salvador are probably one of the best foods anyone can taste! The food that most identifies Salvadoran people are "pupusas". You can find them anywhere you go. There are other typical foods from El Salvador‚ like chilate‚ nuegados‚ yucca‚ atol de elote‚ tamales (from pork‚ chicken‚ beef) and shuco. Except in large cities‚ which have supermarkets‚ most Salvadorans shop daily for groceries at an open air market. Beans‚ rice‚ tortillas and tamales (a type of corn dumpling
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"El Topo" (The Mole; 鼹鼠) (1970) (ACID WESTERN / SURREALISM / ART-HOUSE) "El Topo" (English title: "The Mole"‚ Chinese title: "鼹鼠") is a very weird movie which can be described as mix of acid western and surreal art-house feature. It was directed by highly controversial Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky and shot in Mexico (where Jodorowsky lived many years). As I said this a truly ambitious and difficult to understand film‚ full of multiple allegories‚ religious symbolism and far-east philosophy
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El Greco: Feast in the House of Simon El Greco’s "Feast in the House of Simon" creates a visual story of the last supper. It has similar and completely different attributes of a painting I’m more familiar with‚ Da Vinci’s "Last Supper." The reason for thinking this is because of the what is taking place in the scene and for the story I recall learning as a child. The similarities I notice first is seeing Jesus as an important main focal point being placed in the center. As I look farther
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El Cid is a movie from 1961 that shows how Spain became a unified country. Spain was being invaded by the Moors‚ which are apart of the Muslim religion. The Moors believed their God “Allah” would help them defeat the Spanish. Rodrigo who is also known as El Cid‚is on his way to get married with his fiancé Doña Ximena ‚ when he rescues a small Spanish town from the moors. He arrests the moors and plans to take them to vivar ‚ but he eventually lets them go as long as they don’t treason on King Ferdinand’s
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suffering and sorrow. The movie "What Dreams May Come" had a very strong impact on me‚ my faith‚ the way I see things‚ love‚ and so many other messages. It is a heady‚ cerebral movie that makes you consider a typical after death experience. I found throughout the movie that I have experienced a myriad of feelings‚ from fear to joy and hope. It tells us to live our lives to the fullest. We will never know when our lives will end. The best thing is to be prepared. In the movie‚ the wife committed suicide
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The SUMMARY of “El Filibusterismo” During his travels in Europe‚ Ibarra changed his name to Simoun. He becomes a renowned jeweller thus his wealth grew further. He started to make new connections with the illustrious societal personalities in Spain. With his influence‚ he helped a military colonel to rise the ladder and be promoted as captain general of the colonial territory‚ the Philippines. For Simoun‚ it was all planned. Upon his return in the Philippines‚ he was dubbed as his black eminence
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