Kaamulan Festival is an ethnic cultural festival held annually in Malaybalay City‚ Bukidnon from the second half of February to March 10‚ the anniversary date of the foundation of Bukidnon as a province in 1917. It is held to celebrate the culture and tradition of the seven ethnic tribal groups—Bukidnon‚ Higaonon‚ Talaandig‚ Manobo‚ Matigsalug‚ Tigwahanon and Umayamnon—that originally inhabit the province.[1][2] It is the only ethnic festival in thePhilippines.[3] Kaamulan comes from the Binukid word “amul” meaning
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Bolivia has one of the highest deforestation rates in South America‚ second only to Brazil. This effect is seen particularly in eastern Bolivia where the interregional effects of Brazilian policy and infrastructure can easily be felt across the border. Bolivia‚ as well as other regions in the Amazon are largely inhabited by a wide variety of indigenous cultures that depend on the natural resources of a region for their livelihood and existence. The largest factor in rapid deforestation and desertification
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protected national parks in two regions of Africa. One part of the gorillas live in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. The other group of Gorillas are spread over three national parks in the Virungas mountain. Any left over Gorillas live in lowland rainforests or mountainside forest Population: The mountain gorillas population has gone up and down throughout the years. But in 1989 there was around 620 individual gorillas but the number has increased to 880 today. Physical adaptations:
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2-reflects modernists cycle of disillusionment alienation • Metafiction Readers always aware that they are in a fiction characters know that they are in a story • Anti-hero A protagonist who lacks heroic virtues and qualities. Ex: Leroy from Lowlands • Motif Repeated word or image Ex: BIRDS are a motif in the Aguero Sisters • Button -Cisneros’ own term for a detailed image/short scene can be inserted into similar stories • Magical realism Fantasy detail integrated with realistic
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the decision to develop a civilization in a seasonal desert that depended on a consistent rainfall cycle to support agricultural production. Then‚ they engineered a reservoir system that ultimately depended on seasonal rainfall because much of the lowlands had only restricted natural groundwater resources. For agricultural strategies‚ the short-fallow slash-and-burn agriculture method‚ logging‚ and cattle ranching significantly affected portions of the ecosystem and limited
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The Maya civilization began to wane towards the end of the Classic period. Nobody knows exactly why‚ but it has been a continuing mystery to archaeologists for hundreds of years. Around the year 800 AD‚ the once thriving Maya civilization of Mesoamerica began to rapidly collapse. There were a series of catastrophic volcanic eruptions that had devastated the countryside. This was followed by two extreme droughts that lasted for long periods of time. This goes without mentioning the unending wars
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THE HOT‚ WET EQUATORIAL CLIMATE Distribution -Is found between 5° and 10°N and S of the equator. Its greatest extent is found in the lowlands of the Amazon‚ Congo D.R‚ Malaysia and the East Indies. -Further away from the equator‚ the influence on the on-shore Trade Winds gives rise to a modified type of equatorial climate with the Monsoon influences. -Within the tropics‚ the equatorial highlands have a distinctively cooler climate‚ modified by altitude such as the Cameron highlands‚ northern
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Hong Kong ’s premier educational theme park. The current park covers more than 870‚000 square meters of land and features a diverse selection of world-class marine attractions‚ thrill rides and shows divided between three areas: Lowland‚ Headland and Tai Shue Wan The Lowland features Ocean Park ’s latest themed-area‚ the Amazing Asian Animals – an educational and highly entertaining collection of exhibits bringing together some of Asia ’s rarest animal. A viewing pavilion of hundreds of shimmering
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‘The Impact of Mining in Kakadu National Park’ This report will explain the impact of mining in Kakadu National park and what effect it has on such topics as marine life‚ flora and fauna‚ tourism‚ climate and the history of Kakadu National Park. Map of Kakadu National Park History The name Kakadu comes from the mispronunciation of ‘Gagadju’ which is the traditional name of an Aboriginal language spoken in the northern part of the Park. Aboriginals have continuously populated Kakadu National
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Collection of Samples The different species of Chiropterawere collected from three (3) caves at Minalungao National Park such as Maipit Cave‚ Minalungao Caveand Makatulang Cave. Exact location was determined using the Global Positioning System (GPS). Consequently‚ abiotic factors such as air temperature and humidity were determined using thermo-anemometer and sling psychrometer respectively. The collected Chiropterans were placed in a appropriate bags and properly labelled. The Maipit Cave is located
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