Singaporean society‚ this essay discusses the importance of reciprocity and the circulation of gifts for the establishment and maintenance of social relations. The Trobriand Islands - Importance of yam and kinship From adolescence‚ adulthood and finally death‚ reciprocal gift giving is prevalent in the Trobriand Islands. This is exemplified in the way men give gifts of yams while the women give banana leaf bundles and red fiber skirts. According to O’Sullivan et‚ al. (2008)‚ yams are “the most
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In Jared Diamond’s "Twilight at Easter‚" we travel across the mysterious Easter Island as he describes the most intriguing fact about this place: the island consists of monolithic stone statues that had once been found all over the island despite the apparent lack of means to create them or ways of transporting them to their different coastal locations. This central mystery of standing statues had been explored since the earliest recorded European contact by Jacob Rogeveen in 1722. While the mystery
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(Shutter Island) Shutter Island takes place in and around Ashecliffe Hospital in 1954. Ashecliffe is an institution for the criminally insane. The film opens on a ferry transporting U.S Federal Marshal Teddy Daniels played by Leonardo DiCaprio and his new partner Chuck Aule played by Mark Ruffalo. They are sent to Shutter Island to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Rachel Solando played by Patricia Clarkson who has somehow escaped from her cell. While on the Island. Teddy
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Easter Island is one of the most unusual places on the planet. In A Green History of the World Clive Ponting notes‚ “Easter Island is one of the most remote‚ inhabited places on earth. Only some 150 square miles in area‚ it lies in the Pacific Ocean‚ 2‚000 miles off the west coast of South America and 1‚250 miles from the nearest inhabitable land of Pitcairn Island‚” (Ponting‚ 1991). The extreme isolation of Easter Island or Rapa Nui is not the islands most distinguishing feature. The most interesting
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Treasure Island Rob Johnson May‚ 2012 About the Author Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson was born on the 13th of November in the year 1850 in Edinburgh‚ Scotland and died December 3rd‚ 1894 in Vailima‚ Samoa. Stevenson was of Scottish descent and was the only child of Thomas Stevenson. At age six‚ Robert attended his first school and found it hard to fit in
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Coney Island at the turn of the century was a bustling and growing place. People of all classes traveled from New York City as well as other parts of the world to take part in the famous amusements that helped to loosen the tight corsets of Victorian gentility. Inspired by the Columbian Exposition in 1893 George Tilyou began to build a park on Coney Island beginning with the Ferris Wheel similar to that featured at the exposition which was designed by the Pennsylvania Steel Company. By 1895 Tilyou
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film‚ producers tend to choose the same theme. Beside that‚ they also hire the top film stars to act in their movies. The fans will for sure spend their money to watch their favorite actors and actress even though the genre of the movie is same as the previous movie released. Basically‚ films produced by Malaysian are stereotype. Producers also tend to plagiarize masterpieces from other countries to make their art pieces look good in society’s eye.Since the producers are the business maker‚ so they
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Berlin is one of the greatest cities in the world for high design and artsy hotels‚ and among the German capital’s artsy accommodations is the Propeller Island City Lodge which is a collection of individually designed rooms in a former apartment building. Some of the rooms‚ the ones that get the most attention‚ are truly outrageous. The hotel is more to the theme hotel but the unique of this hotel is each room has a different character‚ whether it is the “Padded Room” where everything is upholstered
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Science Reference Sites: * http://www.cebu.gov.ph * http://www.whrmag.com/cebus-hot-islands * http://www.oneocean.org/ambassadors/migratory_birds/obst/index.html * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olango_Island_Group * http://www.virtualtourist.com/hotels/Asia/Philippines/Province_of_Cebu/Hotels_and_Accommodations-Province_of_Cebu-TG-C-1.html * https://www.facebook.com/pages/Olango-Island/211568655550424 * http://www.hoteltravel.com/philippines/cebu/olango-wildlife-sanctuary-in-cebu
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Fraser Island Passage Analysis The author’s hatred for the wilderness on the island is expressed through literary devices throughout the passage. Having been rained on and in damp and smelly jeans‚ the author and his friend‚ Craig‚ journey into the interior of Fraser Island‚ where he describes it as being a “wasteland” and the “badlands.”The author uses descriptive similes and metaphors‚ cacophonous vocabulary‚ vivid imagery‚ and Craig’s contrasting positive outlook of just how terrible the visit
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