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Placed as it is at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, Singapore borders Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei and can be visualized as a window to the rest of Asia. It encompasses vibrant and colorful cultures, each following unique traditions and beliefs, many passed down over generations. As diverse as these...

Scholars of Vedic religion have long recognized the centrality of ritual categories to Indian thought. There have been few successful attempts, however, to bring the same systematic rigor of Vedic Scholarship to bear on later "Hindu" ritual. Excavating the deep history of a prominent ritual category...

Fully Revised and Updated Version 2017 -- Now includes the new security measures in place Famous Munich Oktoberfest is the world's biggest folks and beer festival. It has been imitated hundreds of times, but nothing even remotely resembles the Original. This guide gives you all the essential...

As you have traveled, whether for pleasure, business, or governmental diplomacy, how many times have you said, "If I had only known?" Knowledge is sometimes all that stands between failure and success of any foreign endeavor. A lack of knowledge, no matter how insignificant, can...

Winner of the 2012 Outstanding Book Award in Cultural Studies, Association for Asian American Studies Puro Arte explores the emergence of Filipino American theater and performance from the early 20th century to the present. It stresses the Filipino performing body's location as it conjoins...

Cultural differences can cause problems. In this book, the author details a workshop she conducted and the lessons learned in Vecinos (broadly defined as “neighbors”) experiences in New Mexico that addressed these problems. The themes explored were crucial: the power of names, the tri-cultural...

About this book: Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England....

If you love France and are curious about all things French, this book is for you. In it you will find stories exploring the curious histories behind everyday French symbols: From berets to baguettes, and beyond. You will discover: - How the baguette got its distinctive shape -...

Extrait : "Lorsque le Basque est étonné par la vue de quelque chose d'inusité et de bizarre, il emploie un proverbe que l'on peut traduire ainsi : « Celui qui veut voir de drôles de choses doit venir dans ce monde. » Nous pourrions parfois placer à propos ce proverbe en écoutant raconter certaines...

Extrait : "Il a paru tout récemment dans le journal de Maine-et-Loire, un morceau de littérature ayant pour titre : Essai des mœurs bretonnes. Mais, soit que l'auteur de cet écrit n'ait fait que passer dans quelques localités de la Bretagne, soit qu'il ait vu le jour dans une autre province du royaume,...

Les origines des superstitions les plus répanduesElles font partie intégrante de notre quotidien, marquant de leur empreinte mystique certains gestes finalement très banals. Même les esprits les plus cartésiens peuvent contourner une échelle, toucher du bois ou chercher un trèfle à quatre feuilles...

La franc-maçonnerie n’est pas « une », mais « diversité » ; il en va de même pour l’islam ; la tradition s’accommode-t-elle de la modernité ?La maçonnerie, ensemble de laboratoires de pensée libre, ambitionne l’amélioration de l’humanité au travers celle de soi par...

Extrait : "Boucherie. Le service d'inspection aux abattoirs et aux halles et marchés a beau s'ingénier à réprimer la fraude sur les viandes fraîches, il n'y peut complètement parvenir. Il est, en effet, difficile de convaincre le propriétaire d'un animal, mort de maladie, qu'il a pour premier...

Taking the concept of beauty seriously, this encyclopedia examines how humanity has sought and continues to seek what is "beautiful" in a variety of cultural contexts, giving readers an understanding of how to look at beauty both intellectually and critically. • Provides an interdisciplinary...