Pop culture and society Przemysław Dworzyński Pop culture‚ or popular culture is by dictionary defined as “cultural activities or commercial products reflecting‚ suited to‚ or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people”. The term “popular culture” came into existence in the 19th century or earlier. Traditionally‚ the term has meant the education and general cultural awareness of the lower classes‚ as opposed to the "official culture". The stress in the distinction from
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Pahitis: majority of his fortune in the retail sector. 3. In your opinion select an entrepreneur you thought gave a poor presentation. Also mention 3 things they could have done to improve their chances of achieving the money required. (small paragraph) The first entrepreneur who was called Nora was the most one who gave a poor presentation. She came to ask the dragons to invest 50‚000 pound in return for 20%. She came to offer a product to solve the problem of women finding it hard to
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the importance of rituals in modern society Durkheim’s theories on ritual are an integral part of his work on religion‚ outlined in his book ‘The Elementary Forms of Religious Life’. Rites are defined by Durkheim as ‘determined modes of action’ (Durkheim‚ 1915‚ pg. 36). They are ceremonies that are active expressions of particular beliefs or aspects of a religion. It is necessary to consider and assess the theories on religion before examining and assessing those on rites and ritual specifically. Durkheim
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Structure of SHG A SHG is a group of about 10 to 20 people‚ usually women‚ from a similar class and region‚ who come together to form savings and credit organization. They pooled financial resources to make small interest bearing loans to their members. This process creates an ethic that focuses on savings first. The setting of terms and conditions and accounting of the loan are done in the group by designated members. SHG Federation As mentioned previously‚ SHGs have also federated into larger
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God helps those who help themselves Some people are fatalists of the worst kind. They have a very wrong notion about God. They think that since they worship God‚ God will shower all kinds of blessings on them. They remain idle in the hope that God will help them in all eventualities. Such people lose self- confidence‚ become miserably dependent on fate and ultimately suffer failure and ruin. God has blessed us with aptitudes‚ talents and faculties. He expects us to make full use of them. He cannot
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“Financial statements can be manipulated by the people who prepare them” is very much disputed for us and we think we can look at this from two different points of view. Firstly‚ we would like to define the term financial statement; to be sure we mean the same thing. In every enterprise accountants track‚ organise and record the financial dealings of a company during the accounting cycle. At the close of each period‚ accountants use the information they have gathered to prepare financial statements
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As we know‚ there are many ethnic group in Indonesia. They are our valuable heritage. One of them is Toraja ethnic in South Sulawesi. The word toraja comes from the Bugis language’s to riaja‚ meaning "people of the uplands". The Dutch colonial government named the people Toraja in 1909. Torajans are renowned for their elaborate funeral rites‚ burial sites carved into rocky cliffs‚ massive peaked roof traditional houses known as tongkonan‚ and colorful wood carvings. Toraja funeral rites are important
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Culture can be very difficult to strictly define due to such a variety of societal aspects. According to the Webster’s Mew Dictionary of English Language‚ culture is the customary beliefs‚ social forms‚ and material traits of a racial‚ religious‚ or social group. Culture is defined in extremely vague terms as a way of life. Culture passes on from one generation to the next. Many varieties of culture exist. Ethnic cultures such as the African-American culture‚ Greek culture‚ Indian culture‚ and American
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behavior. Nowadays‚ most people are flooded with a lot of modern technologies; reading hobby is being gradually buried by other interests but my feeling of reading and holding a book still has its own value in me. In “The Art of Reading”‚ Lin Yutang‚ a Chinese scholar says that reading makes people enjoy a rich spiritual life that those people who do not read books can’t obtain. The main point of this article is trying to say that you can ’t force someone to read‚ you have to let them fall in love with
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The Naming Ceremony of James Kofi Owusu-Ansah On February 21st 2009‚ I was invited to a naming ceremony at the Martin’s West Hall at Security Boulevard. It was for a three months old boy. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Owusu- Ansah were the couple hosting the event. They are from the Akan tribe in Ghana‚ West Africa. The baby-naming ceremony or Out-dooring is the first of many life-cycle rituals performed in the Akan culture throughout a person’s life. The Akan do not name a child until a child’s been
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