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    In the Scandinavian culture from the Bronze Age to the Viking Age‚ people of the old heathen beliefs performed various forms of burial customs; these include passage graves‚ cremation burials with or without cremation remains of the pyre‚ inhumations in pits with or without coffins or in wooden chambers and boat burials. But after the conversion to Christianity (from the end of the 10th century onward)‚ these varying burial customs disappeared and got unified into inhumations in consecrated grounds

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    Scandinavian Food

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    TRADITIONAL SCANDINAVIAN FOOD HABITS The fare of Scandinavia is simple and hearty‚ featuring the abundant foods of the sea and making use of the limited foods produced on land. Most Scandinavian cooking and food processing reflect preservation methods of previous centuries. Fish was dried‚ smoked or pickled‚ and milk was often fermented or allowed to sour before being consumed. Scandinavians still prepare a large variety of preserved foods and prefer their foods salty. Scandinavians

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    Funeral practices and burial customs in the Philippinesencompass a wide range of personal‚ cultural‚ and traditional beliefs and practices which Filipinos observe in relation to bereavement‚dying‚ honoring‚ respecting‚ interring‚ and remembering their departed loved ones‚ relatives‚ and friends. Sources of the various practices include religious teachings‚ vestiges of colonialism‚ and regional variations on these. In past and present times‚ Filipinos believe in the afterlife and give attention to

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    thousands of years‚ Scandinavian people found out their very own way to not only survive with the endless blizzard‚ but also to live a life full of happiness. The secret is probably all hidden in their brilliant minds. Design has become something that flows with their blood inside of them. They changed not only their lives‚ but also the understanding of design of the entire world. However‚ while Scandinavian only refers to Denmark‚ Norway and Sweden‚ the term of Scandinavian design actually contains

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    Burial Rituals of Native American Culture At some point in our lives‚ we all come to realize that death is a part of life. Cultural diversity provides a wide variety of lifestyles and traditions for each of the unique groups of people in our world. Within these different cultures‚ the rituals associated with death and burial can also be uniquely diverse. Many consider ritualistic traditions that differ from their own to be somewhat strange and often perceive them as unnatural. A prime example

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    Scandinavian Airlines Case

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    Scandinavian Airlines: The Green Engine Decision Scandinavian Airlines serves 32 million people and is the largest airline in Scandinavia. It has been a first-mover in many areas and has built a positive reputation for corporate responsibility. Having decided to update its fleet with 55 Boeing 737s‚ SAS now has to decide whether to purchase DAC green engines. Arguments for and against purchasing the green engine – Director of Aircraft & Engine analysis Having spent almost five years on

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    Ikea: Scandinavian Style

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    BUS 565 Organizational Theory Case Analyses Dr. Nanette Metz Congbo Zeng(Leo) IKEA: Scandinavian Style IKEA is a Dutch company‚ which has branches in several countries around the world‚ selling flat-box storage of furnitures‚ accessories‚ bathroom and kitchen products and other goods. “As of January 2008‚ the company is the world ’s largest furniture retailer. ”[i] IKEA is the pioneer in designing and selling ready-to-assemble furniture‚ and it is founded in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad at

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    Burial Archaeology

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    How does the study of Burial populations help us understand social relations in an ancient society? And explore the relationship between burial rituals‚ the development of ‘abstract’ and symbolic forms of culture and communication‚ and how this ties into social relations. In this Essay‚ I will explore and analyze archaeological evidence of the development of Burial practices in Europe in the Palaeolithic and Neolithic eras‚ and explore the dynamics between these burial rituals‚ and development

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    The Burial at Thebes The play Burial at Thebes is a modern translation of Antigone by Sophocles and Seamus Heaney is credited for this recent translation. The plot structure used in Heaney’s work can be described as episodic. This play stands out as episodic because of its early point of attack. For example‚ at the start of the opening scene Antigone approaches her sister Ismene with news that King Creon has issued a proclamation that their brothers body should not receive a proper burial‚ and

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    A Burial at Ornans

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    1) “A Burial At Ornans”. About forty peasant mourners are depicted in this painting by the French painter Gustave Courbet. This work was done between 1849 and1850‚ around the period of the 1848 French revolution where art became oppositional to the idealistic portrayals of society. Courbet communicated a very insightful reasoning that somewhat introduced his style: “Since art is ideal‚ anything that is not art must be what is real”. Courbet was a realist painter ; his principles were based on Realism

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