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    My Cultural Background

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    things in my life make me‚ me. This cultural background paper is about the values‚ experiences‚ worldviews‚ and different identities that have shaped me throughout the years. It makes you think hard about the things you let into your life‚ or even the values you developed through your family or on your own. Unfortunately‚ there are things that influence our identity in a negative way and can overtake what we think about ourselves. Starting with my cultural background I am a daughter‚ sister‚ granddaughter

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    I have two cultural background which are Cherokee Indian and African American . Cherokee is really pronounced as “CHAIR-uh-kee” in our language. Cherokee comes from a Muskogee word meaning ‘speakers of another language’. Cherokee Indians originally called themselves Aniyunwiya “the principal people‚” but today they accept the named Cherokee. But in their language it is pronounced Tsadagi . The Cherokees are original residents of the American southeast region‚ particularly Georgia‚ North and South

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    I. Cultural background of Israel A.(geographic setting) The south of Israel is dominated by the Negev desert covering some 12‚000 square kilometres (4‚633 sq mi)‚ more than half of the country’s total land area. The north of the Negev contains the Judean Desert‚ which‚ at its border with Jordan‚ contains the Dead Sea which‚ at −417 meters (−1‚368 ft) is the lowest point on Earth. The inland area of central Israel is dominated by the Judean Hills of the West Bank‚ whilst the central and northern

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    My Cultural Background Alta Burwell Saint Leo University Abstract Being adopted‚ I will focus on my family that raised me. My adopted mother was very unique in the fact; she was in her sixties when she “obtained” me. Nothing about my adoption was legal. My whole childhood was rare and why I began questioning it around age 12. I was blessed and I was miserable while I worked through my childhood‚ family issues‚ school‚ and church

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    Introduction: Cultural Background Essay This paper compares the Philippines and the United States in multiple areas such as norms‚ values‚ beliefs‚ religion‚ economics‚ etc. The United States and the Philippines‚ compared from a sociological perspective‚ reveal fascinating similarities and differences. While English and Spanish are the most common languages in the U.S.‚ Filipino and English are spoken in the Philippines along with eight major dialects. Filipino was declared the official

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    Socio Economic and Cultural background Dulmin is a child who was suffering from meningitis. He is 5 years old and he is a nursery child. His weight is 14kg. He lives in Rathgama. His father is a Labour. His mother is a House-wife. Before this illness he had a good health condition. His parents gave immunization to him in accurate time. And also he had an appropriate nutrition in his child hood. Health Sciences |   |   | | Weber State University Health Sciences | |           | |

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    My cultural background includes Jamaica. Jamaica is located in the Caribbean and is part of North America. On average‚ the temperature is between 80 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Nights are colder than the days‚ and the mountain areas are colder than the lower land throughout the year. One of the colder mountain areas is the Blue Mountain Range since it is the tallest mountain on the island. When it rains in Jamaica‚ it rains for short periods of time‚ and the rainfall is light. People in Jamaica wear

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    When looking into my cultural background there were a two factors that influenced me musically such as being told that music is not a real career and my parents divorced. Many people in my family believe that a music career is only blank to be played in middle or high school not to make a living doing it. Once you finish high school you are require to process a real career that earns you more money to take care of you family. I always remember my uncle‚ tell me that teaching music is not where the

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    Haitian Revolution

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    deteriorated after the Haitian Revolution ended in 1804. It has always been the curiosity of the researcher to discover Haiti’s state prior to this major revolt and also to find out the factors which caused the socio-economic break down of the colony. This research seeks to educate the researcher and whoever may read it in an effort to broaden their knowledge on Haiti’s socio-economic structure and why it is the way it is. Introduction The Haitian Revolution was a strategy

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    Haitian Vodou

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    Vodou‚ A Haitian religion deeply rooted in colonialism stems from several African sources‚ which have constructed and maintained a hybrid Africana and European diaspora in the Caribbean. In an effort to preserve African tradition and spiritual belief‚ slaves in Haiti prior to the Haitian Revolution of 1791‚ established and developed the heterogeneous religion known as Vodou. As Vodou became a more prominent aspect of slave culture in Haiti the hybridization between traditional Africana religion and

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