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    Samoa is a small island nation found in the southern Pacific Ocean, although, what they lack in size is compensated by their rich, Polynesian-based culture. Music is a powerful force in Samoan culture, and shapes their identity with the use of resonant lyrics sung in their native tongue, song, and dance used to parallel their everyday lives and beliefs. Storytelling is as big of an element to Samoan music and dance as any rhythm produced by their instrumentation, and if it is not directly addressed

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    Samoa, a small island nation found in the southern end of Pacific Ocean. Although, what they lack in size is compensated by their rich, Polynesian culture. Music is a powerful force in Samoan culture, and shapes their identity with the use of resonant lyrics sung in their native tongue, song, and dance used to parallel their everyday lives and beliefs. Storytelling is as big of an element to Samoan music and dance as any rhythm produced by their instrumentation, and if it is not directly addressed

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    culture, traditions, and their cognation. The level of considering culture, identity and traditions when organizing private events; weddings and the role of modernization …….furthermore, the history of weddings and how marriage have changed over time in the Arabic society is identified. Finally, trends affecting marriages in Qatar are emphasized to provide a deeper understanding of the current marital situations and the reasons behind divorce. At the present time, the idea of culture, traditions and

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    There’s a good side and a bad side of tradition. In “The Lottery” their tradition is the bad side of it. Traditions could be many things like beliefs, behaviors, customs and rituals passed down between a group and society from one generation to the next. Keeping traditions for the holidays like the ordinary days help teach children the things their family values. Traditions give security to young people, providing them a sense of continuity and routine that they can depend on year after year. These

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    together of two people rather two souls. In fact, a wedding also brings two families closer, which thereafter share a bond of respect and affection. As a result there are a number of traditions and customs associated with the Indian Hindu wedding ceremony. TRADITIONS I will now elaborate more on the different Indian traditions related to an Indian Hindu wedding. Kanyadaan – is a ritual, which apart from being vital to the ceremony, tugs at the emotional cord of the prides of the parents. Mangalsuta – it

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    heritage to the outside world informed the transfer of oral traditions into the written form. From the colonial era till date, African writers in all genres have taken this as a great challenge to promote this literary tradition.In view of this, writers such as Amos Tutuola, Chinua Achebe, John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, Wole Soyinka, NgugiWaThiog’o, Ferdinand Oyono, MugoBeti, and a host of others, skillfully infused one form of oral tradition or the other into their literary works.Like the foremost Nigerian

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    to the nuclear war. Our contemporary world understands the significance contained in past literacy and oral traditions to teach us our civilization’s past, however, their current forms are not cherished by this generation due to technological advances. Even though the situations and settings in the world of Canticle for Leibowitz and the contemporary world differ, the use of each tradition remains alike even if one is cherished more than the other. More so, the transmission of knowledge in the form

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    down a single word. Oral tradition is used to pass stories down from generation to generation through different forms of communication without any writing system. Oral tradition stories are told by word of mouth, riddles, storytelling, and songs. It cannot be changed although the narrator might embellish it. Oral tradition is how Africans perceived the past. The significance of oral Tradition is due to the stories holding so much information and knowledge. Oral tradition contributed to understanding

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    An Analysis of Hazing in the Military Essay

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    aims to provide a brief history of the ethical issues of hazing in the military. The impact on various stakeholders is also provided before an analysis of the causes of hazing in the military and recommendations on how military leaders can promote tradition and a sense of belonging in a hazing-free military. The Issue Hazing is an issue that has attracted much attention over the last few decades. College fraternities, high school programs, professional sports, and the military have all had their

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    focus on religious traditions rather than just “religion” because religious traditions are “a tradition is an historical context or network of linguistic, personal, and cultural relationships” (Portier 19). Traditions can be limiting like the legal tradition in America where we carry it around because it shapes our ideas of what is right and what is wrong. Traditions can also be freeing like the civil rights movement which ended slavery and ended a limiting tradition. Traditions are used as a resource

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