Ancient Traditional Chinese Clothing Han Chinese clothing‚ or Hanfu (TC: 漢服; SC: 汉服; pinyin: hànfú;; literally "Clothing of the Han people") refers to the pre-17th century traditional clothing of the Han Chinese‚ the predominant ethnic group of China. Hanfu encompasses all types of traditional clothing worn by the Han Chinese ethnic group. As such‚ it has a history as long as the history of the Han Chinese people. Hanfu was eliminated by Manchu invaders by force in the 17th century‚ and is largely
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In all manner of honesty and sincerity‚ many Zambians can relate to the use of traditional medicine for healing‚ prevention and even use in traditional rites of passage. World Health Organization WHO (2008) admits that traditional medicine has been used in some communities for thousands of years. It further provides that some Asian and African countries‚ 80% of the population depend on traditional medicine for primary health care and that 70% to 80% of the population in developed countries has used
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Social Science (Area Studies) 2011-17964 Dumalaog‚ Frances Camille BA Development Studies 2011-29085 Juane‚ Marc BA Social Science (Area Studies) 2011-17964 Anthropology 167: Medical Anthropology TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE A Background on Traditional Chinese Medicine and TCM in China Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)‚ also known as Chinese medicine (中医)‚ is an umbrella term for various medical practices developed in China. TCM traces its history since the period of the mythical “Yellow Emperor”
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army was very mighty. Because of this they were able to expand their territory. At the height of their power they were able to conquer what we now call Wales‚ Spain‚ France‚ the Middle East‚ Greece‚ most of Germany‚ and the northern coast of Africa. Historians view the roman army as an extremely effective fighting machine. The lowest level soldier in the Roman army was a legionnaire. 5000 to 6000 legionnaires made up a legion. They were trained to fight in a disciplined and coordinated manner. If
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Influence of Traditional Leadership Models Leadership ideals continue to evolve and acquire the interests of scholars and business leaders‚ as efforts remain ongoing in defining and developing the ultimate‚ universal model of leadership. As such‚ with the growing complexity of globalization‚ technology‚ and nontraditional relationships between superiors and subordinates‚ the topic of transactional or traditional models has elicited strong criticisms and has been challenged as outdated or ineffective
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Yes‚the young generation in this 21st century has lost their manners. They simply do what they wanted to do without ignoring others feeling and reaction. Young generation nowadays has changed. This happen because they lacks of education. Their parents did not teach them about manner with the right ways. Parents nowadays are busy with their works and did not have the time to teach their children. By that their children felt abandoned by their parents. They hear music very loud and make annoying
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Traditional African Religion Before one starts to outline the traditional religion in Africa‚ one must first explain the way Africa is as a whole. Without the knowledge of the past combined with knowledge of culture‚ one would have a very vague‚ if any‚ understanding of traditional religion. Out of all of the continents‚ Africa is the most central. It is told that the first man was found in Africa‚ so with this‚ many feel that Africa is the birthplace of human culture. Within this continent
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a. Traditional Budgeting Wildavsky (1978‚ p.502) mentions that "traditional budgeting is annual (repeated yearly) and incremental (departing marginally from the year before)". It is conducted on a cash basis in current dollar. It is also in the form of line-items such as personnel or maintenance. This system is essentially a financial plan of estimated expenditures expressed in terms of kinds and quantities of objects to be bought and the estimated funds needed to finance them during a specified
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THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD MANNERS Essay One of the first most visible characteristics that distinguish a person from the 21st century‚ from most of his predecessors‚ is the way in which our contemporaries behave themselves. Humanity has existed long enough on this Earth to understand‚ that there are certain unwritten laws‚ which govern our everyday life. It wouldn’t be a far-fetched statement if I say that obeying these universally accepted rules ensures if not a successful social life‚ then
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damaged by human activity and organic resource consumption‚ which has caused a great loss of biodiversity. If strong efforts are not made to restore and sustain conditions‚ our ecosystem will be destine for collapse. It is imperative that we use TEK (traditional ecological knowledge) as a source of environmental ethics to conserve the earth’s habitats and restore our ecosystem “TEK has a strong potential to contribute to more effective and sustainable approaches to forest management in particular
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