The small island nations of Oceania have big ideas about death. The islands are rich in culture, and many island people honor their ancestors through rituals and art. For example, the indigenous people of Melanesia wear masks to connect with the spirit world. You may find similarities in Ocean...
but the meanings associated with these color words are quite different. Take“yellow”for example. Yellow in English is usually associated with the state of being cowardly, as in“yellow-bellied”and“yellow streak”. In Chinese, however, the ...
for the people’s independence, while the equilateral triangle stands for freedom, equality and fraternity, as France was once advocating as well. The red color stood for the blood that would be shed in order to claim the independence; with the white, single star as symbol of absolute ...
This guide features 35 resources on different topics in Eastern and Middle Eastern cultures. Learn about the religions, history, clothing, language, the traditional roles of men and women, superstitions and rituals. Middle Eastern and Asian cultures comp
Using insight gained from the work of French sociologist Emile Durkheim, Harrison argued that all myths have their origin in collective rituals of a society. [C] Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud held that myths-like dreams-condense the material of experience and represent it in symbols. [D] ...
Much has been written about the Our Father (also referred to as the Lord’s Prayer) as it represents a personal and public dialogue with God in daily prayer and liturgy. While its theological and spiritual aspects have been thoroughly investigated, their cultural implications for different speech...