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    The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is usually around mid or late September in the Gregorian calendar. It is a date that parallels the autumn and spring equinoxes (chūn fēn 春分) of the solar calendar, when the moon is supposedly at its fullest and roundest. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncak The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the two most important holidays in Chinese calendar, the other being the Chinese New Year, and

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    The Importance Of Dances

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    Title here Festivities filled the Chamkar Mohn quarter of Phnom Penh; fragrant arrangements of jasmine and chrysanthemum, piles of wild fruits, and vermillion decorations filled every corner of the neighborhood. Petite candles and spherical paper lanterns pushed the glimmer of the stars and moon out of sight and lit the streets as men inside of large tiger costumes performed dances. A roaring of drums and the melody of Chinese-imported instruments filled the air and thundered in my chest. Inside

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    A Short Story

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    Festivities filled the Chamkar Mohn quarter of Phnom Penh; fragrant arrangements of jasmine and chrysanthemum, piles of wild fruits, and vermillion decorations filled every corner of the neighborhood. Petite candles and spherical paper lanterns pushed the glimmer of the stars and moon out of sight and lit the streets as men inside of large tiger costumes performed dances. A roaring of drums and the melody of Chinese-imported instruments filled the air and thundered in my chest. Inside of my house

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    What Is Thanksgiving

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    just similar to one of the Chinese traditional festivals, Mid-Autumn Festival. The Full moon symbolizes family reunion in Chinese tradition, so at that time, families will gather together to enjoy the full moon and the traditional type of bakery, mooncakes.

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    I’m a simple man, dressed normal, act normal, eat normal, and I get normal grades. I have enjoyed the simple things such as my daily carton of milk at school. I am very into taking care of myself except for times I decided to be unhealthy. Relaxing is my joy, because it feels much better than sleeping 12 hours in my opinion. I would act proper at all times when i'm supposed to, because I believe in being professional when i’m not on free time. Being professional is a way everyone should behave, It

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    not around the role he played. Thomsen is most famous for the role Christian he played in the first Dogma film, The Celebration (1998), which made him well-known to the world. The main adult actor who played Anton, Mikael Persbrandt, was famous in Sweden. It was the success of In a Better World that brought him to the international stage. The reason why Bier chose Persbrandt to play the main role is that he a Swedish actor, which corresponds to Anton’s identity in the film. As he is famous in Sweden

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    Chinese Culture Exposed in Joy Luck Club and Kitchen God's Wife          Traditional Chinese customs are described in great detail in Amy Tan's books. This rich culture adds interesting and mesmerizing detail to the intricate stories of both The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen God's Wife.   Traditions are apparent throughout all of the stories in The Joy Luck Club. One of the first instances is in the story from Ying-Ying St. Clair entitled "The Moon Lady." Ying-Ying is describing the

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    family, union, and fulfilment, and through it explores Chinese feudal traditions as a tool of suppression for women, and the erased narrative of her aunt’s fatal transgressions. Roundness features heavily in Chinese cultural iconography, in “round mooncakes, round doorways, round windows, and round rice bowls, of the Chinese” (Kingston 13). Its associations with perfection, harmony, and familial values serve as a reminder of “the law: the family must whole, faithfully keeping the descent line by having

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    CANTONESE REGIONAL CUISINE (Chinese flag, 9 April 2015)

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    Thank you for providing me with the opportunity to evaluate Disney and their international expansion, in particular, Hong Kong Disneyland. Disney’s international expansion over the past decades has been a mixture of successes and failures. When expanding globally, a corporation has to take into account many factors and work around the cultural, economic, and social differences for every region. Unfortunately, sometimes it is very difficult to satisfy and/or recognize all these factors. In the case

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