There are many rituals in the Buddhist culture‚ but there was one that caught my attention. Death rituals are considered the most important ritual in the Buddhist culture. Many of the rituals are lost but many are still practiced today. When a person passes on‚ they would need to reach nirvana to continue their cycle of life. Concentrated in Cambodia‚ Laos‚ and Thailand‚ this derived Buddhist culture believes that a person might not have reached the intended enlightenment to carry on the cycle and
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INDEX Preface .............................................................................................................................. 3 How I came to write this book ......................................................................................... 5 An introduction to this book............................................................................................ 7 A Reality Check ................................................................................................
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The end of this sentence‚ “an object they had constructed which looked like a door-frame.”‚ demonstrates ibn Fadlan’s lack of familiarity with the Viking’s burial ritual and thus his desire to attribute familiar characteristics to it. Because he is not familiar with the structure‚ he is only able to vaguely illustrate it in his writing‚ in which he initially describes it as “an object”. He further develops the image of this object by qualifying it as being “constructed” by the Vikings and that it
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Ancient Greeks: Theatre as Competition and Ritual The ancient Greeks were the inventors of what is today known as “theater.” Beginning with religious ritual celebrations and competitions‚ they created an art form which has been parent to the modern theater‚ as well as television and film. Although the origins of Greek theater are unknown‚ it is believed that it grew out of the dithyramb‚ songs and dances honoring Dionysus held at a festival called the Dionysia (Theater of Ancient Greece)
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they were to do certain things such as‚ finding a penny on heads‚ they would have good luck. Some of these superstitions go on for such long periods of time‚ and people do them so often that they become traditions or rituals without an effort. Also‚ people who conform to old rituals and traditions often lose their minds and commit vicious actions against others out of tradition. For instance‚ some Hindu communities used to kill‚ or offer as a sacrifice‚ a virgin to satisfy Goddess Kali from their
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Since we don’t actually know how Indian tribes‚ over 500 to 600 of them‚ got to California there have been three theories made. The most well- known‚ the Bering Strait theory‚ informed us that the tribes might have descended from northern Asia and migrated‚ crossing over a land bridge‚ from Siberia to Alaska. Another theory is the Multiple Migration theory‚ which told us that the Indians migrated from many places in different ways to arrive in California. In addition to these two theories there is
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Well‚ most of the festivals that I know of were religious in nature. Christmas of course being the most famous‚ it lasted from Christmas Day until Epiphany (the 6th January)‚ and was preceded by the fast period of Advent. Epiphany used to be the climax of the Christmas period and was the biggest celebration of all‚ but in england it has faded away and is no longer celebrated. However‚ it is still the climax of christmas in Spain and Italy. Easter of course‚ preceded by another fast‚ Lent‚ which
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The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the environmentalist and local citizens raised high concerns about the potential health and environmental consequences of oil spills‚ because after many research’s pipelines always leak. The pipeline can contaminate the Missouri River‚ which supplies drinking water for millions of Americans households and irrigation supply for thousands of acres farming lands. The Native American tribe is concerned about the vicinity of the pipeline to their reservation. They are
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The land on which indigenous tribes lived are of great importance to them. At the center of most Native American belief systems is the idea that religion draws heavily upon sacred lands. They have a very reverent attitude towards nature‚ always being respectful of it. This is because their survival was dependent on the land. So rather than changing the environment in which they lived‚ they lived very closely to nature. To them‚ nature is spiritually alive. Everything in the cosmos is interrelated
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HISTORY OF JUDAISM Semitic tribes in the Middle East: from 3000 BC When prehistory shades into history‚ in the Middle East‚ there has already occurred the first identifiable movement of a group linked by their language - the Semitic tribes. Probably originating in southern Arabia‚ Semitic people have spread by 3000 BC along the desert caravan routes‚ up through Sinai and into Syria. Five hundred years later they are an integral part of the culture of Mesopotamia‚ where there is
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