Introduction Punjab, a region in Northern India and Eastern Pakistan, boasts a rich and vibrant culture that is deeply rooted in history, tradition, and community values. Known for its lively folk dances, sumptuous cuisine, and profound religious practices, the culture of Punjab is a tapestry…
Essays on World Cultures
Introduction Japanese culture and tradition encapsulate a timeless essence that reverberates through the ages. Rooted in a rich history and imbued with values that transcend time, Japan’s cultural heritage is a testament to the endurance of its customs, rituals, and artistic expressions. This essay delves…
Introduction Japanese culture and tradition are a captivating tapestry woven with centuries of history, values, and practices that continue to influence modern society. From its vibrant festivals to its intricate art forms, Japan’s cultural heritage is a testament to the country’s deep-rooted traditions and dynamic…
Introduction Culture is the intricate web of traditions, values, beliefs, and practices that define a group of people. For many individuals, cultural identity forms an integral part of their sense of self. Embracing and being proud of one’s culture is not only a way to…
Most places in the world rely heavily on tourism as their main source of income and jobs. Sadly, tourism can also be a source of problems, particularly if it is a major source of income and employment. Tourism itself has become an increasingly complex phenomenon,…
“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within.” WILL DURANT, Caesar and Christ, Epilogue, p. 665 (1944). Our world faced many of different civilizations through its history. It started from Mesopotamia civilization which is the first civilization formed on…
On the first day of class, students could select which ethnic group that they would like to know more about. Only 4 to 5, students were able to sign up for the same group. When I was walking up to sign my name under a…
Introduction In the contemporary globalized world, there is an increasingly growing multicultural society that continues to present healthcare practitioners with challenges of providing suitable healthcare services for patients with different philosophy of healthcare, value systems, beliefs, life experiences, languages, and religions (Nalayeh, 2018). People’s health…
With Polynesian culture, there are many sacred stories of ancient myths and legends. For many elements like earth, wind, water, and fire, there is an origin or story of how each element came to be. One of the most well-known myths of Hawaiian or Polynesian…
Of all the tons of topics to be technical about, the history of dreadlocks arguably tops them all, as pinning down the origins of dreadlock to a particular culture or race, is one topic that has wrought a lot of confusion and issues, amongst a…
The pre-modern Irish family was controlled mainly by the church and the ideologies circulating around the clergy, there has been a shift in roles, ideologies and morals to the now, modern Irish family, the one we see today. The Irish family is not so different…
Throughout history, cultures have been developing more and more into what they are today. America became a melting pot for all of these cultures where they continue to grow and change. Cultural heritage is different for everyone as we all come from a different family…
Whether weaving athletically between defenders on a NBA basketball court, weaving multiple scriptures into an explosive sermon, or rapping about the vicissitudes of urban poverty and violence, the Afro-American race and it’s unique gifting is not spared from mental health challenges. Resolve, perseverance, and faith…
“Growing up Hispanic has made me the person I am today, without a doubt. The biggest thing I’ve learned from my culture is the support of the ones that you love,” she said. Everybody has presumably experienced inconsiderateness or tormenting sooner or later in their…
‘The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it’s possible to achieve the American dream.’ All people can strive to achieve the American Dream. The American Dream is subject to change for all types of different people…
An enduring issue is one that many groups across time have attempted to solve with wildly varying degrees of success. There are several enduring issues, such as the impact of cultural diffusion, or that of imperialism, presented by the documents, however, arguably the most significant…
The Manchurians have a unique way of life. In the beginning, the Manchu people were into agriculture. They grew crops such as soybeans, apples, sorghum, and millet. They added tobacco and corn due to those ideas being popular. They were also hunters and had tremendous…
Family tree is a Chinese traditional culture that carefully records the origin, rules, marriages, cultures, and members in a family, and it is usually recorded in a notebook and handed from generation to generation. Zhang Huan, the Chinese visual artist born in 1965, who created…
To study American history is often an exercise in learning selected truths and proposed agendas. Curricula and texts throughout the country continue to center the suppressor vs oppresed experience, with Black people often confined to a short section about slavery and quotes by civil rights…
Pop culture is a part of our American culture. Social media and virtual media are big factors of how we perceive others and life. Jeffrey Fleishman wrote an article named “How an Angry National Mood Is Reflected in Pop Culture” he believes that social media…
Geographic Location China is located in Southeast Asia along the coastline of the Pacific Ocean, China is the world’s third largest country, after Russia and Canada. With an area of 9.6 million square kilometers and a coastline of 18,000 kilometers. Germany on the other hand…
Introduction African Americans have been treated unfairly in all outlets of the media. African Americans are always given the short end of the stick and portrayed as savages and inferior to whites. This paper discusses the ways in which the media aids in the destroying…
The phrase “just pray on it” is a common saying in regards to mental health issues, disparities and emotions in the black community. Major mental disorders are often ignored due to lack of knowledge and understanding. There’s this stigma about psychological openness, and help-seeking, which…
Danny Vineyard opens American History X by proclaiming he does not care for anyone who is not White or Protestant. A powerful monologue for the opening of this particular film, a highly controversial and barbarous story of racism in a family and the seeds that…
Has someone ever formed a stereotype of you rooted from a single story? The single-story mask and stops the ability to observe the difficulties, variety and similarities that assembles the world. The one-sided story keeps us from seeing people as people but for what they…
Many people from different countries have asked the same problem, “Is the caste system still exist nowadays?”. To answer this question, a journalist from Buzzorange asked five Indian friends in 2017. In terms of law, the caste system was abolished more than 60 years and…
There are many ways that the things the Greeks did that we still use to this day. These things do include their art, culture, stories, and so much more. I think out of all of them the stories have been the biggest impact on the…
Since May of 2020 multiple protests have stirred up due to the killing of George Floyd. The latest victim is Jacob Blake; ‘’he was shot seven times in the back by a police officer’’. Even though Blake was able to survive the shooting, he himself…
Written by Martin Luther King, Jr., while detained in a Birmingham, Alabama jail cell for protesting segregation, this open letter to members of the clergy was published in newspapers throughout the United States. The letter critiqued the idea that civil rights demonstrators should wait until…
Children, being the leaders of future generations, have to fill in the gaps of those before them so it is fairly important that children are brought up with the right mindset.The environment of the youth has a great impact as to the way in which…
On April 12, 1963, Martin Luther King was arrested because of participating in demonstrations of non-violent civil rights in Birmingham, Alabama. On the same day, eight Birmingham clergymen published a letter to Birmingham News, which indirectly called out King and blamed the civil rights protesters,…
History is defined as the study of past events. In the paper, I would like to analyse the influence that Ancient Greek civilisation – being its culture as well as the ways of its society and life – has had on Western civilisation. The influence…
“This is America”- the Grammy award-winning music video for the song.“This Is America” by Childish Gambino is a matter of cultural importance. The powerful video has brought up many controversies in America. Believe it or not, there are still many people who judge minority groups…
Throughout his 2010 article Is the American Dream Over?, Cal Thomas explains the American dream, what it means to people, and why he believes author Bob Herbert was wrong in saying it is dead. Thomas, who shows strong disagreement with Herbert’s stance that “standards of…
In Alice Walker’s short story ‘The Flowers,’ the author depicts the story of a ten-year-old girl named Myop growing up in a day. The story begins with Myop’s feelings of peace and happiness. Walker’s descriptions depict Myop skipping and happily exploring the forest behind her…
African American civil rights movements have elevated the style and functionality of recent protests and rights movements by defying the odds through each time period as oppositions towards African-Americans grew with the hatred towards them and actions taken to suppress them. In the dawn of…
Stephen Kinzer began to follow the path of a well-known military sociologist because he liked the idea and the way of thinking. Kinzer never had his own field where he could take ideas or at least start an investigation to give way to expose it…
In the deepest understanding, there are no true deities in Buddhism. However, there are figures who are regarded and raised to a stature to be seen as deities. In Buddhism, anyone can become a Buddha. But just a few have ever reached that potential. While…
First of all, what is culture? Culture is the everyday life a specific group/society. Culture includes what people wear, eat, what they believe in, who they worship, etiquette, greetings, language, where they live, celebrations, customs, education, family, and so much more. The United States of…
Over the generation, family value, morals and point-of-views change. In the play, “A Raisin In The Sun”, Lena Younger and her family experience different views in terms of their own American Dream. In the story, readers observe the viewpoint in which the characters see the…
“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation” (Kennedy). When looking at the greatest countries…
This Monday I attended the National Museum of African American History and Culture. I choose to go to this site for my reflection essay because I felt that seeing this museum in person would be an amazing opportunity for me to learn not only about…
In book 1 of the Confucian Analects, Confucius is adamant in bolstering the Chinese philosophies of faithfulness, respect, and sincerity among all followers of the Confucian religion. According to him, listening and adhering to the advice of superiors who are knowledgeable of both the Chinese…
Frederick Douglass said 200 years ago “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men “and today Amy Chua adapt the same concept which she writes about in her 2011 article for The Wall Street Journal, “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior “Chua…
Buddhism is a major religion based off of the beliefs and ideas of the Buddha. Buddha comes from a little aspect of Hindu tradition and largely from the Buddha’s own path to spiritual enlightenment. There are many religious debates as to whether Buddhism is…
One single historical significance panel from Gene Yang’s graphic novel, Boxers, was on page 225. Where Little bao and his brothers’ discipline, the society of Righteousness and Harmonious Fist, put on their opera clothing and yell the word kill in front of the Main entrance…
Modernist literature appeared in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in both Europe and North America. It is characterized by a break of the traditional literature and the struggle to create something new. Some innovations are brought by the use of a new epistemology…
The word Orthodox is derived from the Greek word orthos and doxa. In Greek, Orthos means straight, upright, right, and correct and doxa means teaching or worshipping. This would make the direct translation of Orthodox Christianity to be the “correct teachings” of Jesus Christ. The…
As China and the U.S are currently regarded as the top two world powers economically speaking. That being said, it is important to understand the business culture and the differences between Chinese and American culture, and the similarities in our cultures as there have been…
Technology has advanced and spread in many different ways since it was first invented. Technology has made some things easier to use or get. The technology could have been better in the past or in the new type of technology we have today. By evaluating…
I interviewed my floor mate, Morimoto Shotaro, about unique Japanese culture which other countries do not possess. Shotaro made a good explanation about Japanese culture and tradition in his hometown. Shotaro was born in Nara. He spent his youth there and moved to Osaka for…
The Troy is an ancient Greek epic poem. It is based on the struggles between the Greek and Troy. It is also about the events that occur at the last weeks of the ten year siege of Troy by the Greeks. The Story covers only…
Many cultures have body modifications that are very similar yet possess vastly different implications, meanings, and methods behind them. Tattoos have existed for thousands of years and with the abundance of time since their creation, their use and application have evolved. While many different cultures…
Ancient Greek culture values having moral virtue and living up to one’s potential in order to bring the most fulfillment to one’s life as well as the lives of whom they interact with as seen in Homer’s, The Odyssey. Greeks deem morality and excellence as…
While Sparta and Athens were both city-states they had different views on life and what valuable character traits were. Sparta was known as the most militaristic city-state. The people who lived in Sparta were tough and valued strength and war above everything else. It is…
The Odyssey illustrates how the ancient Greeks worshiped the god/goddesses and how some didn’t. The people worshiped the gods by praying to them, making sacrifices, and obeying them. Telemachus prays to the gods to help him get rid of the suitors. Penelope also prays to…
Penelope exhibits several identical traits to Hesiod’s Pandora, which is shown by her immense physical charm, renowned weaving ability, and through her cunning method of deceiving the suitors for three years. By using her immense feminine charm and cunning intelligence, Penelope perfectly fits the model…
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The old Egyptian and old Greek human advancements are two of the most seasoned known civic establishments in our history. The Egyptian development, situated in the eastern piece of North Africa, is accepted to have begun around 3150 BC and proceeded till the finish of…
Xenophanes was perhaps the first greek thinker who made a bold criticism of the conventional religion during his times. Unlike the Milesians who were engaged in the natural explanation of the world Xenophanes was more interested in what we can call as ‘constructive theology’ of…
One of the most important themes in The Odyssey is the concept of xenia, which is the old Greek word for hospitality The Ancient Greeks believed that with great Xenia good actions would be bestowed on the person. The guest host relationship is explored throughout…
The Persians is an ancient Greek tragedy by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus, written during Ancient Greece’s Classical period. It is unique for its genre and time in that it dramatizes recent Greek history rather than the myths of gods and heroes or otherwise hypothetical distant…
Ancient Greece is the cradle for the civilization of Western people. Ancient Greece’s lifestyle, their system of beliefs and their buildings have developed a long-lasting impression on the modern Greek society. There are some similarities between today’s modern society with that of Greek tradition even…
This famous fragment is the oldest mention about Adonis, derives from the 7th century B.C.E poem of famous Greek poetess Sappho in which the choir of girls is asking Aphrodite what they can do to mourn Adonis death. Aphrodite is answering that they should beat…
Mythology, a term with multiple definitions. Merriam-Webster defines it as, “a body of myths such as dealing with the gods, demigods, and legendary heroes of a particular people,” and also “a popular belief or assumption that has grown up around someone or something.” Every country,…
In Greek mythology, Moiras or Parcas are symbolic representations of Fate. Originally there were three sisters. They were responsible for enforcing the fate of men following the orders, specifically, of the god who reveals his name, Moors “fate”. Thus, they were assigned very specific tasks…
Throughout its history, the eye has been called the noblest of the senses and has been epistemologically privileged and other senses thrown into the background. Despite in Greek culture, it was conceived as a prerequisite of wisdom, in other words, as a “vision”; in the…
Mythology represents for the collection of myths, belonging to a particular religions or cultural traditions. It has been the origin of literature for all people from different nations. Almost every country has its own form of mythological literature as their religions and cultures differs from…
There are many other qualities that Colombia has to offer. Colombia is a country in South America in the northwestern part of the continent. Bogota may be a chaotic city, but it is also Colombia’s capital. When people hear of Colombia, they immediately think of…
With delicate white, trumpet shaped petals and yellow stamens the Easter lily is revered for its wonderful fragrance and magnificent bloom during the springtime. The Easter lily can be seen every year leading up to the Easter season pinned on the shirts of Catholics and…
From the beginning of time, there has been violence. We experience it everyday. Simply put violence is something that exists in order to cause physical harm, intending to hurt, or kill someone. People are fascinated by violence. Elements of violence exist in almost all parts…
As we have seen, now it could be said that it is unmistakable clear how much paradoxical can be the discourse about cultural exchanges, especially if established within a deep-seated Western system. It is also now evident which are those hidden dynamics that still allow…
The prohibition era is a fascinating time period because people were knowingly breaking the law, and everyone wanted to take part in it. This widespread wave began in the first decade of the twentieth century. Despite the ratification of the 18th Amendment, which banned the…
In former times, there wasn’t control and people were beginning to experience new ways to have fun with music, while business owners earned money, offering special places for people who could fun. The video starts showing the wars and the consequences that brought with it,…
This is once again the most significant human journey luncheon of the planetoid Julian or Spring Festival, which is a large part of Chinese New Year festivals as millions move around the country and exceeding. About 40 billion visits occurring in 40 days. So how…
Planting trees, watering flowers and grass, cleaning up litter, these are all signs of helping our environment. We should always be trying to help our environment grow and flourish. If we stop cleaning up the Earth horrible things could happen to it. It could become…
Jens Kastner, born 1970, sociologist and art historian, lives as a freelance author in Vienna where he teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts. He has published texts on social movements, cultural studies and contemporary art in various newspapers and magazines. Since 2005 he is…
Rashomon is a famous Japanese film from the 1950’s about a man who dies after his wife was raped by a bandit (Module-7, Rashomon Lecture, 5:41). Point of view in the film is where the scenes are made so that the audience can view a…
The Ballad of Mulan (Ode of Mulan) is as a primary source document and mainly describes the protagonist Mulan. She disguises herself into a man to join the army instead of her father, which defeats the enemies and accomplishes the mission successfully. Mulan returns home…
Paz Vega is a brilliant Spanish actress, best known for her outstanding performance in the 2004 American romantic comedy film, Spanglish. She is undoubtedly one of the few Spanish actresses currently making waves in the Hollywood industry. In addition to her acting prowess, Paz is…
