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    There are different rites of passage for Native American tribes. In the apache tribe, the girl has to go through many more challenges during her ceremony in becoming a true woman in her tribe. In the Medicine Bag, Martin unexpectedly received his rite of passage by receiving a medicine bag. They both faced many diverse challenges. The rite of passage in each tribe is different with age, gender, etc. In the apache tribe and lakota tribe, both the young adults have to go through a certain ritual

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    close to the individual. This means anything that happen to there one friend and they die or get hurt, it effects them. For example, cultures have types of rituals (Lenkeit 2012: 11) where there is a celebration of life and when life ends we have a ceremony for the death of the person who meant something to us. It’s a way of coming to peace and honoring them. 2. Supernatural belief (Lenkeit 2012: 11) is defined as the belief that transcends the observable, natural world. So, this has to do with religion

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    The rite of passage that is most significant to me is doing what you want to do and not what other people want you to do. It is the rite of passage because in the story “The Setting Sun and the Rolling World“ it states how, Nhamo wanted to pursue his dream but his father Old Musoni didn’t want him to leave the farm. Not having to rely on other people is my second rite of passage of this story because it helps the person to be more mature and grown up. The story sights Old Musoni :”You haven’t

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    tradition/culture/religion to which it is attached Initiation is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society. For Aboriginals Initiation ceremonies are performed to introduce and celebrate adolescent boys and girls into adult members of the community as well as welcoming them into the Aboriginal community. This initiation ceremony is often called One's Right to Passage. This is because they have the right to pass from childhood to adulthood. Description of initiation ritual Identify

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    The rite of passage that is most significant to me is being confident at what you're good at and not caring what others think. The story "You Are the Electric Boogaloo" being confident is its main focus. This is the most significant because it's a big part of maturing and growing up. A big part of growing up is learning what you like and what you're good at and sticking with it. When you're younger you don't start out liking things or being good at things, your hobbies develop as you grow. Sadly

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    Waterlily Analysis

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    story finally shifts to focus solely on Waterlily. During her childhood, Waterlily and her family are invited to attend a Sun Dance. Also, she witness her cousin, Leaping Fawn, participating in a Virgin’s fire and learning the proper way to accept a marriage. Eventually, Waterlily is brought by Sacred Horse because she felt that she must fulfill these obligations due to her family. However, Waterlily has a hard time adjusting to her new life and the new role she has to play. Waterlily begins to miss

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    its meanings as the insider under¬stands it. Exploring the Japanese community from an emic perspective takes dedication and understandings. The Japanese community has a wide variety of ceremonies that are practiced both in America and Japan. Some traditional ceremonies or celebrations are the baptisms, marriages, death and afterlife. According to Ichihara (2013), a baptisms practice reveals that “The 1959 Prayer Book was revolutionary in the initiation rites. It combined the traditional three

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    movement away from tradition allows the new generation to easily recognize and be influenced by the westernization during post-war Japan. Through parents, Chikako’s poison, and the new generation; Kawabata explores the decaying tradition of the tea ceremony, successfully exposing the shift from tradition to westernization in post-war Japan. Children observe their parents, assess them carefully, and know their parents better than parents do their children, which explains why the power parents have towards

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    Ella Sarachan 12/3/2015 Ethnography of Tea Background China The origins of tea are rooted in China (Food Timeline). According to legend, the beneficial properties of tea were first discovered by the Emperor Shen Nung in the year 2737 B.C. He drank only boiled water for hygienic purposes, and one day while he drank a breeze rustled the branches of a tree and a few leaves fell into his cup. Creating the first cup of tea. It is challenging to know whether or not the emperor was real or just a part

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    Promoting A New Rice Wine

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    attitudes and ideals. Ikkyū’s significance and understanding of Zen culture made him the perfect candidate to conduct a tea ceremony to demonstrate the quality and spiritualness of the new rice wine. The commercial will begin with a panning shot of a rock pathway leading to a teahouse. In the background of the panning shot will be the rock garden that faces east. The tea ceremony will be taking place at sunrise so that the sun will be rising over the rock garden. During this shot, the sonorous and

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