Leslie Silko's Ceremony is a highly informative and insightful work that offers a closer glimpse into the lives of Pueblo people and their culture. The author focuses on the various ceremonies and traditions that are considered essential for spiritual and physical healing in such traditional societies. The story revolves around the disease that Tayo has contracted during wartime and that appears to consume him completely. Through Tayo and two other young men ocky and Emo, Silko has tried to reveal the inferiority complex that Pueblo youth suffers and the desperation with which they seek access to the world white. These three young men from Laguna enlist in the Army to achieve their ultimate goal of being a part of the white world and so when the recruiter informs them that, "Anyone can fight for America, even you boys."(p. 64), the three young men are naturally ecstatic. But their dreams, hopes…...

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REFERENCE:

1) Leslie Silko, Ceremony (New York: Richard Seamer, 1977)

Moreover, it helps explain the practice of embalming and mummification, which restored a body that had been rendered into multiple pieces into a single whole, in a hope of defeating death. The bodies did not have to be dismembered in the mummification process, because death was a form of dismemberment. Osiris dies, but is reborn through the sky-goddess and becomes a god, himself. Osiris plays a role in the justification of the dead. The deceased has to justify himself as the personification of death, with respect to an enemy, and with respect to a divine prosecutor where the deceased has to answer for his conduct on earth (Assmann 1989, p.146).
4. What are the main concerns of the deceased in the "Declaration of Innocence" from Chapter 125? What do these tell us about Egyptian ideas of morality?

The main concerns of the deceased in the "Declaration of Innocence" are in demonstrating…...

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References

Assmann, J. 1989, 'Death and initiation in the funerary religion of ancient Egypt' in Religion

philosophy in ancient Egypt, Yale University, New Haven, pp. 135-159.

Baines, J. 1991, 'Society, morality, and religious practice,' in Shafer, B., ed., Religion in ancient

Egypt: gods, myths, and personal practice, Cornell University Press, Ithica, pp.123-200).

Graduation Ceremony Plan
Project Plan for Graduation Ceremony and Luncheon

This paper reviews on the planning of a graduation ceremony of 800 students with luncheon, the main person in charge of the whole project is the Project Manager. Under his supervision all the financial, technical, human resources will conduct their duties and the Project Manager will overlook all their aspects and keep track of their performances. There are two main departments in this project which then have sub-departments of their own, first is the finance department which allocates all the finances to the respective authorities to conduct their operations, secondly we have the organizing committee which is responsible for events such as the decoration, rehearsals for the graduates, training for the main speaker and such activities.

1-Definition of project scope:

The main objective is to conduct a successful graduation ceremony of 800 students within the given limited budget and other material resources (but the…...

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References

Baume, Carole. 2002. Managing Educational Development Projects, London:

Kogan Page.

Dinsmore, Paul. 2006. The AMA Handbook of Project Management, New York:

AMACOM.

He is no longer afraid. He is reconciled with fear through identity with wholeness and unity with the dead.
His time with the woman, Ts' the, completes his transformation. They say he is sick and want him to return (p. 228), but really he has found himself. Talking to Ts' the, Tayo says, "The destroyers: they work to see how much can be lost, how much can be forgotten" (p. 229). He recognizes how lost he was in the hospital: "the thick white skin that had enclosed him, silencing the sensations of living, the love as well as the grief; and he had been left with only the hum of the tissues that enclosed him" (p 229). Ts' the agrees, saying the scars thicken and that only destruction arouses anymore. Then later, crying around a fire, she says, "They want to change it. They want it to end here, the…...

yaqona bowl" in ceremony. What was it made from, used for?
he yaqona bowl is made from wood and coconut fiber. It has a simple shape and is used to drink yaqona (kava), a plant-based beverage. he act of sharing a bowl of yaqona is thought to create a bond between the participants. (Source: Fiji Guide, retrieved March 29, 2013 from http://fijiguide.com/page/4351878:Page:55)

he bark cloth, called masi, made in Fiji. How was it made and colored. When was this cloth used?

he cloth is made from the bark of the paper mulberry tree. he bark is stripped and beaten with clubs, then dried in the sun. Sometimes it is left its natural white color, other times decorated with stencils made from banana or pandanus leaves. Masi is used for ceremonial garments.

(Source: Fijan apa Cloth, retrieved March 28, 2013 from http://www.kivu.com/?page_id=3766).

he wooden artwork made in Fiji came from which tree?

he wooden artwork comes…...

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The lines are called Journey Lines. They represent the wanderings of Aboriginal ancestors during the Dreamtime, or Dreaming. (Source: Aboriginal Art Online, retrieved March 29, 2013 from   Dot paintings are not unique to the Aboringines. French artist Georges Seurat, a post-Impressionist, famously used dots in his technique dubbed "pointillism" in a well-known painting titled A "Afternoon the Island of La Grande Jatte." Seurat used thousands of tiny dots of color; the eye blends them to see other colors and defined shapes.http://www.aboriginalartonline.com/culture/dreaming.php ).

The Aborigine artist Erna Motna paints using symbolic images from his spiritual life, called The Dreaming. What does The Dreaming mean?

The Dreaming describes the relations and balance between the spiritual, natural and moral elements of the world. It describes a period from the origin of the universe to a time before living memory or experience. (Source: Aboriginal Art Online, retrieved March 29, 2013 from

Ceremonies of King Louis XIV
Marriage Ceremonies and King Louis XIV

Marriage to Marguerite of Savoy

Marguerite was the princess of Savoy; she was stunningly beautiful, with her big shimmering eyes, dark face and fairy like attire. She walked so gracefully that she barely touched the ground. Her reception was the most desired thing of all times, the king, queen and all the others at the court were dying to see her reception. Even before going into sound sleep at night the duchess along with her daughter thought of Marguerite, who according to them would become the future queen of France. To attend the morrow at the princess apartment, the king ordered a suit to be made ready for him.

Next day everything happened against the expectations. Before the court, the king appeared and the manner in which he started to make the announcement seemed to be a reserved and thoughtful one. His way…...

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References

Cowart, Georgia J. The Triumph of Pleasure: Louis XIV and the Politics of Spectacle (U of Chicago Press, 2008)

Fraser, Antonia. Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006

Jones, Colin. The Great Nation: France from Louis XIV to Napoleon (1715 -- 1799) (2002)

Ceremonies of Possession/Differences in How America as Settled
Patricia Seed in her book, Ceremonies of Possession, assumes a novel position in regard to the settlement of the New orld by the various European powers. Seed's theory is that each of the five main nations involved in the settlement of the New orld: England, France, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands, did so in their own unique way and that these unique ways were more closely related to the individual country's rituals and practices as opposed to their inherited traditions. Reducing Seed's theory to its least common denominator: "Englishman held that they acquired rights to the New orld by physical objects, Frenchmen by gestures, Spaniards by speech, Portuguese by numbers, Dutch by description

The demonstration of the English dependence on physical objects can be seen in their heavy reliance on building, erecting, and planting as part of their cultural development when they began settling…...

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Works Cited

Seed, Patricia, Ceremonies of Possession: Europe's Conquest of the New World, 1492-1640. (Cambridge University Press: 1995).

Ceremonies of Possessions

Seed, Patricia, Ceremonies of Possession: Europe's Conquest of the New World, 1492-1640. (Cambridge University Press: 1995). p. 179.

Margaret Mead and Coming of Age in Samoa
Different aspects of culture define people over a period of time. It is only human nature that we see differences in culture and ourselves when thrown into a melting pot, a mix of multi-cultures in which we live today. One can only imagine what it must have been like for Margaret Mead as she traveled half way around the world in search of understanding aspects of other cultures, very foreign from our own. In this respect, she was a trail blazer, breaking with convention and expectation of her own role in society by becoming an anthropologist. It is the quest of the anthropologist to observe, discover culture and document aspects of that culture that are unique. ith this mind, it is important for one to have a working definition of culture, in order for one to explore rituals embedded within society that define…...

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Works Cited

Coming of Age. 9 Nov. 2005

Dillon, W.S. "Margaret Mead (1901-1978)." The Quarterly Review of Comparative Education

31 (2001): 447-61.

Freeman, Derek. "Evolving Margaret Mead." New York Times Review of Books 32 (1985):

Essay Topic Examples
1. The Role of Ceremonies in Indigenous Cultures:
    Explore the significance of ceremonies and rituals in preserving the traditions and beliefs of indigenous people. Discuss how these practices serve as a means of passing down knowledge, customs, and values from generation to generation.

2. Marriage Ceremonies Around the World:
    Analyze the various marriage ceremonies that exist across different cultures. Highlight the unique aspects, symbolic elements, and social significance of these rituals, and how they reflect the cultural values and societal norms of each community.

3. Initiation Rites as a assage to Adulthood:
    Examine the role of initiation rites in different societies as a transitional phase marking the coming of age for adolescents. Discuss the psychological, societal, and cultural impacts of these rituals on individuals and their communities.

4. Rituals of Mourning and Remembrance:
    Reflect on the importance of mourning rituals and remembrance ceremonies in helping individuals and societies deal with loss.…...

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Primary Sources

Turner, Victor. The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure. Aldine de Gruyter, 1969.

van Gennep, Arnold. The Rites of Passage. University of Chicago Press, 1960.

Bell, Catherine. Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice. Oxford University Press, 1992.

Grimes, Ronald L. Ritual Criticism: Case Studies in Its Practice, Essays on Its Theory. University of South Carolina Press, 1990.

Rappaport, Roy A. Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity. Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Ceremonies of the Pacific Northwest Coastal Indigenous Peoples
People have been living along the Pacific Northwest Coast for more than 11,000 years, and while the tribes and nations that developed differed in their customs and cultures, they shared some common ceremonial practices including most especially those involving their most important beliefs and natural resources such as salmon and the white deer. This paper provides a description of the different types of ceremonies used by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coastal regions, including the Potlatch, Salmon Ceremony, the White Deerskin Dance and the Jumping Dance, followed by an analysis concerning how the scholarly or ethnographic records can be engaged in ways that contribute to building solidarities with and among indigenous people and what the ethnography of North American indigenous people can contribute to a critique of non-indigenous culture. Finally, a summary of the research and important findings concerning the ceremonies…...

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References

Bredin, Marian (1993), "Ethnography and Communication: Approaches to Aboriginal Media," Canadian Journal of Communication, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 37-39.

Finkbeiner, Ann (2015, September 14), "The Great Quake and the Great Drowning,' Hakai Magazine. [online] available:  https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-long/great-quake-and-great-drowning .

Gingrich, Jennifer (2003, Winter), "The Power Source of a Tribe Seeking to Achieve World Renewal and the Protection of Its Natural and Cultural Resources," Environmental Law, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 215-221.

Lightfoot, Kent G. and Otis Parrish, California Indians and Their Environment: An Introduction. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2009.

Degradation Ceremonies: How degradation ceremonies are used as a means of social control
Degradation ceremonies are a not-so subtle means of formal and informal social controls in a variety of institutional as well as informal contexts. The ceremonies suggest to the initiates involved that they must behave in such a fashion or else they will be socially ostracized. Degradation ceremonies need not be formal social or religious rituals -- for example, the House Un-American Activities anti-communist witch hunts could be seen as a form of degradation ceremony, even for those who were not legally charged with a crime or imprisoned. The mere threat of tainting of the supposedly offending individual with the label of communist, if he or she did not 'name names' could condemn the accused person in the eyes of the public, and degrade the accused person's name and reputation in the formalized context of the ceremony or ritual…...

Hindu Marriages
What does it mean to be married? Traditions around the globe

It is important to note, from the onset, that marriage remains one of the world's most practiced traditions. Despite its widespread practice, marriage is conducted differently across different cultures. This discussion concerns itself with Hindu wedding ceremonies. In the words of Prinja (2009), "the precise details and rituals performed in a wedding ceremony vary from region to region and often take several hours to complete." Some of the key phases of Hindu weddings, as highlighted by Prinja (2009), are: jayamaala, madhu-parka, gau daan and kanya pratigrahan, vivaha-homa, paanigrahan, shilarohan and laaja homa, sapta-padi, surya darshan and dhruva darshan, and ashirvada (blessings). Because of space constraints, I will address these in brief.

To mark the start of the wedding, the bridegroom and his family are welcomed by the bride's parents at the designated location of the wedding. After the prerequisite pleasantries,…...

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References

Chand, M.S. (2008). Exploring the Stable and Changing Beliefs of Middle Class [Urban] Hindu Couples in New Delhi about Marriage. Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest LLC

Droesch, K. (2013). Wedding Traditions from Around the World. Retrieved from  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/29/wedding-traditions_n_3964844.html 

Prinja, N.K. (2009). Weddings: Hindu Weddings. Retrieved from  http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/hinduism/ritesrituals/weddings.shtml

Ceremonies and Celebrations
The Coast Salish people are people from Nations and Tribes whose traditional roots are found along the west coast of British Columbia and ashington State. Actually, the Coast Salish region expands from the northern Vancouver Island and Lower Mainland regions to western part of the ashington State. Most of the Coast Salish First Nations Groups are found in British Columbia and ashington State ("Coast Salish Fast Facts," p.1). The Coast Salish people seemingly have some similarities with other cultures in the Pacific Northwest Coast. An analysis of their traditions and customs and ceremonies and celebrations demonstrates that they are different from the other cultures, which make them distinct people. The process of proving this thesis will entail examining a brief history of Coast Salish people and thorough evaluation of their traditions and customs as well as ceremonies and celebrations.

The Coast Salish People of British Columbia

As previously mentioned, Coast…...

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Works Cited

"COAST SALISH FAST FACTS." S'abadeb -- The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists. Royal BC Museum, 17 Nov. 2009. Web. 12 Nov. 2014. .

"Coast Salish." First Nations - Land Rights and Environmentalism in British Columbia. First Nations, n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2014. .

"Coast Salish Peoples." The Seattle Times. Newspapers in Education and Hibulb Cultural Center, n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2014. .

"Coast Salish Spinning and Weaving." Coast Salish Wool Dog Poster. Coast Salish Fashion, 2007. Web. 12 Nov. 2014. .

ceremonies of the Hopi tribe of the American Southwest, and the Assiniboine of the Northern Plains. The Assiniboine engage in the Sun Dance as one of their major ceremonies, while the Hopi engage in the Snake Dance as one of theirs. These dance ceremonies share many commonalities, but they contain major differences, as well. The Hopi were largely agricultural, living on mesas devoid of much moisture, while the Assiniboine were hunters, subsisting off the buffalo of the plains. These differences make up the disparity in their ceremonies, and they are important clues to their identity and way of life.
The Hopi Nation is one of the oldest Native American tribes in North America. They can trace their history in Northern Arizona, where their reservation is located, back to the 12th century, but they believe their history goes back much further than that. They are believed to have migrated to the…...

ather than functioning solely as a sporting event, the '84 Summer Games delivered a broader scope of entertainment never before seen or attempted. The event encompassed entertainment not only in the form of sporting competition, but also in music and arts (Masterman, 2004). It is now understood that special events possess a powerful role in the society.
2012 Olympic closing ceremony will be a mega event as it will have a large effect on the entire economy of the UK. The event is going to get huge media coverage that is why it is important to adopt right marketing strategy for this event.

Issues of human resource management

Human resource management is vey important aspect of this grand event. The better evetn mangers and event management organizations understand the labor force and employs hired for the event the better resources can be allocated to effective recruitment and retaining strategies.

Workers and employees are…...

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References

Hoy, W., & Miskel, C.1982. Educational administration: Theory, research, and practice. NEw York: Random House.

Masterman, G.2004. In Lashley C.(Ed), Strategic sports event management: An international approach. Great Britian: Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann.

McDonnell, I., Allen, J., & O'Toole, W.1999. Festivals and special event management. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons Australia

National Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating. 2004. Ottawa: Stastics Canada

I. Introduction
A. Explanation of what a Bat Mitzvah is
B. Importance of the Bat Mitzvah experience
C. Preview of my own Bat Mitzvah experience

II. Preparations for the Bat Mitzvah
A. Studying Torah and preparing a speech
B. Choosing a theme and decorations
C. Selecting a dress and accessories

III. The Bat Mitzvah ceremony
A. Description of the synagogue
B. Roles of family members and friends
C. Reading from the Torah and delivering the speech

IV. Celebrating after the ceremony
A. Reception with family and friends
B. Food, music, and dancing
C. Traditions such as the candle lighting ceremony

V. Reflection on the....

Essay Outline: Bat Mitzvah Experience

I. Introduction
A. Definition of Bat Mitzvah and its significance in Jewish tradition
B. Thesis statement: Describe the transformative nature of the Bat Mitzvah experience and its lasting impact on the author's life

II. The Journey to Bat Mitzvah
A. Preparation and study: Describe the rigorous academic and spiritual training undertaken to prepare for the ceremony
B. Personal growth: Discuss the introspection and self-discovery that occurred during this time
C. Significance of reaching maturity: Explain the symbolic and emotional significance of officially becoming a Jewish adult

III. The Ceremony
A. The ritual: Describe the traditional elements of the Bat Mitzvah ceremony, such as the....

I. Introduction
A. Background information on Napoleon Bonaparte
B. Thesis statement: Napoleon Bonaparte was an influential figure in history due to his military accomplishments, administrative reforms, and enduring legacy.

II. Military Accomplishments
A. Rise through the ranks in the French army
B. Victory in the Battle of Austerlitz
C. Expansion of French territories through military campaigns
D. Defeat in the Battle of Waterloo

III. Administrative Reforms
A. Creation of the Napoleonic Code
B. Centralization of power through efficient governance
C. Establishment of the Bank of France
D. Promotion of education and meritocracy

IV. Enduring Legacy
A. Influence on subsequent European political systems
B.....

The Zunda and Tekela Sub-Groups: A Linguistic and Cultural Exploration

Within the Nguni language family, the Zunda and Tekela sub-groups occupy a distinct position, sharing close linguistic and cultural ties while exhibiting subtle but significant differences.

Linguistic Characteristics:

The Zunda and Tekela languages, collectively known as isiZulu, are part of the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo language family. They are mutually intelligible but display variations in pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.

Pronunciation: Zunda is characterized by a distinct enunciation of consonants, particularly the alveolar click /c/. Tekela, on the other hand, tends to have a softer pronunciation, replacing the click with a glottal stop....