Nacirema HR 582 Managing Global Diversity Patsy A. Shepherd March 22‚ 2012 In Body Ritual Among the Nacirema‚ Horace Miner writes about the strange rituals that people do in America. While reading the story I was almost fooled‚ but as read further I realized the spoof of Nacirema; Nacirema is American spelled backwards and the references in the myth are the backward strange American everyday rituals. Miner’s word usage made it obvious it was just a myth‚ words like magical‚ fascination‚
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Ritual Ritual is a set of actions that usually have symbolic meaning. It mostly appeared in organizations with systematic structure‚ especially in religion. If others do not realize what is the meaning of the ritual they have seen‚ those actions will seem to be unreasonable and arbitrary. Sometimes‚ the forming of ritual could be chased through history. Almost all the rituals are used for ceremony. Let’s take Christianity as an example. There are two important rituals in Christianity
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willingness to write‚ some things need to happen. Encompassing what needs to be done every time to be able to make a most marvelous work; more specifically‚ the writing ritual. This includes taking a three-hour nap with a fleece blanket and reclining in a La-Z-Boy by a window. To begin‚ one thing that is critical to the writing ritual is taking a three-hour nap with a fleece blanket before even beginning to write. In order to feel refreshed‚ a long nap is imperative. First‚ lie down on the bed with
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History of dance Dance’s definition is to move one’s feet or body‚ rhythmically in a pattern of steps‚ especially to the accompaniment of music. It is likely that any human society has denied itself the excitement and pleasure of dancing. Like cave painting‚ the first purpose of dance is probably ritual - appeasing a nature spirit or accompanying a rite of passage. But losing oneself in rhythmic movement with other people is an easy form of intoxication. Pleasure can never have been far away
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In an arrange marriages‚ the bride and groom is selected by a third party‚ rather than by each other. It is especially common in Indian‚ Southeast; Asian and African cultures‚ and I believe this is a ritual that I would strongly recommend to be eliminated in contemporary society. From my point in view‚ arrange marriages are just unfair and it is cheating life. Usually‚ in arranged marriages it basically forces two human beings that can be incompatible for each other and are forced to spend the
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The ASEAN Leaders adopted the ASEAN Economic Blueprint at the 13th ASEAN Summit on 20 November 2007 in Singapore to serve as a coherent master plan guiding the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community 2015. ASEAN or Association of Southeast Asian Nations was founded in 1967‚ currently consisting of Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore‚ Brunei‚ the Philippines‚ Vietnam‚ Cambodia‚ Laos‚ Myanmar‚ and Thailand. Since its establishment‚ ASEAN countries have gradually and continually strengthened their
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Art of Racing in the Rain Narrative Assignment From the day I got Enzo‚ to now‚ there have been something that has just made him stick out from other dogs. Enzo is a great caretaker and understands me more than anyone. Although a dogs memory does not last long‚ I know he will carry those memories onto his next life. There has been too much Enzo has gone through with my family for him to forget the past. I come home from work and scream‚ “Yo‚ Zo!” She doesn’t respond‚ but Enzo comes
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Dance‚ the art of precise‚ expressive‚ and graceful human movement‚ traditionally‚ but not necessarily‚ performed in accord with musical accompaniment. Dancing developed as a natural expression of united feeling and action. The Origins of Dance The earliest history of human dance is a continuing mystery. From the evidence of illustrated ceramic fragments‚ some archaeologists have speculated that dance originated some 5‚000 to 9‚000 years ago in early agricultural cultures located in a swath
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Ending Movement “If you live in the elite world of dance‚ you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let ’s face it.” –Alvin Ailey. Alvin Ailey was an African American dancer and choreographer‚ born in 1931 in Rogers‚ Texas. Ailey was responsible for creating one of the most popular dance companies of the twentieth century‚ known as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. The forming of this company began due to Ailey’s life long passion for dance‚ and his dream to give African American dancers
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University whenever conflict ensued between a chapter’s President and the Ritual Chair. Essentially‚ when it came time to select the chapter’s new Executive Committee for the 2017 calendar year‚ the Ritual Chair was viewed as many to most likely become the next President as she had become an extremely influential and promising leader. However‚ having a say in the new positions‚ the President did everything in her power to ensure the Ritual Chair was not selected to be the next President‚ but rather saw to
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