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    Spanish Traditions

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    Spanish Traditions and Folk Song Musical traditions have been taking place for centuries in all countries‚ ethnicities and cultures. Each group has specific musical stylings‚ sounds and instruments. Here we will take an in depth look at the musical traditions of the Spanish traced back to the mid-1500s. St. Augustine‚ FL was founded by the Spanish in 1565. This was the beginning of traditional sounds‚ folk songs‚ hymns‚ and dance. It was discovered that these musical sub groups‚ reflected Spanish

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    Dystopian Tradition

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    Dystopian Tradition Could you ever imagine living in a world that you thought was normal but the way other people saw it was completely different. Authors have tried to warn us about our future through literature. This is the intense genre of dystopias. They show what we could become‚ who we already are‚ or who we were. It comments on what we hope we don’t become‚ it plays with our minds. Shows us our doom. The stories that people write draw us in like fish out of water. We see and encounter

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    The Western Tradition

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    Name: Tutor/ professor: Institution: The western tradition Introduction Renaissance is a French term meaning rebirth is a perfect description of the economic as well as intellectual changes that happened in Europe continent from fourteenth century through the sixteenth century. In the course of the renaissance era‚ the whole of Europe sprung from stagnation in terms of economic status which was dominant in the middle ages to a period of economic or financial prominence. Of much greater importance

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    Christmas Tradition

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    1. I believe Christmas season is a season to celebrate Jesus’ birth. I think that giving others presents shows Jesus giving freedom and forgiveness to us. 2. I would want to give them something that they would treasure for the rest of their lives. It depends on the person and what I can give. If someone asks for love‚ I’ll give them love because it will last longer than giving someone a toy (because eventually‚ you will outgrow it). I would give it to those who need it. Not those who desperately

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    Mahayan Traditions

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    Mahayana traditions claim that they have the real teachings of the Buddha and that the Theravada tradition is the corruption of Buddhist teachings. The Theravada traditions believe the same about Mahayana traditions. Mahayana Buddhism is more main stream. The creation of Mahayana tradition came from people living in the domestic life. They created this tradition because they wanted nirvana without having to leave home and because of emotional reasons. In the Theravada traditions‚ nirvana is very

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    Oral traditions

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    because most of the African society was illiterate before the European intrusion. ’History ’‚ he said‚ ’only begins when men take to writing. ’ He‚ as well as others who had the same opinion‚ failed to realize that African communities existed long before colonialism and so had their own history‚ even though it had not been put into writing at the time. Oral traditions have played and continue to play important roles in the history of Africa as well as its present. Songs‚ folklores‚ superstitions

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    Indian Tradition

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    of varied ethnic groups‚ climate‚ cultures‚ regions and traditions. As such‚ many people visiting the country for the first time find it uniquely different. You will find many conservatively dressed Indian women flocking the temple entrance. There are millions of illiterates in the Indian subcontinent; there are also those who are the driving force behind the booming IT industry in India. Perhaps‚ the one thing that is going to take you by surprise and also deeply touch you on your India

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    Indonesia Tradition

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    Suku Makassar‚ and Suku Toraja. The latest ethnic group‚ Suku Toraja‚ is the ethnic group that most of them live in Tana Toraja. According to a book Tana Toraja: A Social History of an Indonesian People‚ “Toraja itself is formed from word ‘to’ means people and word ‘riaja’ means highlands.” So‚ it means “People who living in the highlands” or highlanders. Suku Toraja traditional ceremony and traditional house are very popular. Both of them are related. Another reason why both very popular are because

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    Columbia Traditions

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    Amazon Rainforest. The regional cultural traditions are mixed‚ with a broad assortment of distinct groups that have unique customs‚ accents‚ and social patterns. Within the Caribbean region of Columbia‚ the predominant ethnic group is the Pardo‚ a mixture of European‚ indigenous‚ and afro-Columbian descent. The widest spread language in this area is Spanish‚ followed by the Wayuu language. The weather of this area involves a warm climate and a calm coast. The people of the Caribbean region are said to

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    How realistic is the realist tradition? By Dan Andrei Dumitru Realism as a tradition of thought in political theory has been a perennial approach and it can be traced back for more than two millennia. However‚ as Donnelly (2000‚ p1) remarks‚ “the link between realism and international theory is especially strong in the twentieth century”‚ being a dominant theory before and after the second World War and then declining after the end of the Cold War. Furthermore‚ as he points out‚ realism

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