Tradition

A harana is a traditional Filipino divertimento. The adult male is accompanied by his friends who back him up both vocally and psychologically. At first. the woman’s window is closed. The adult male calls out to her and if she’s interested. she’ll unfastened her window. The most celebrated Tagalog harana. one that you can still…

What Makes a Good Argument? What makes a good argument? Is it one where we repeatedly push our ideas and beliefs without background information to support it? One ran by one-track minds that aren’t willing to look at the issue with new eyes? No it most certainly is not. A good argument is one derived…

Literary Analysis of the Surrounded             One of the first Native American novelists, D’Arcy McNickle is also regarded as one of the best. His realistic fiction depicts the hard lives of rural Americans on reservations, farms, and ranches during the Great depression of the 1930s. His sensitive stories detailing the consequences of Euro-American ethnocentrism neither…

Discussion on Tanjong Rhu Theme: Traditional habits and ceremonies vs. modish patterns and behavior Tanjong Rhu is one of the famous ASEAN short stories wrote by Minfong Ho. This story is focusing on Singaporean Chinese life which contrasts in terms of traditional and modern. Tanjong Rhu is a port in Singapore where the writer sets…

Assimilation, Amalgamation and Accomodation: Toward an Understanding of Minority Integration Assimilation, Amalgamation, and Accomodation are all current sociological theories that attempt to explain how minority groups that are marginalized “fit in” in society, thus becoming more mainstream and out of the margins of the nation’s norm.  Assimilation is the oldest and most frequently used term…

The History of the White Wedding Dress As a child — or possibly even as an grownup — have you of all time sat moonily conceive ofing yourself in a fairytale nuptials frock, about to get married your really ain Prince Charming? And, what colour is the marrying frock? The opportunities are it ‘s a…

Compare and Contrast the Traditional Music of India with that of China Music, according to Dale Hoiberg and Indu Ramchandani has been an essential part of the Indian life since the Vedic times, and Vedic hymns are chanted at religious functions even today (p. 29). Hoiberg and Ramchandani noted that Indian music comprises a wide…

Case 1 (Providian Trust) / Analysis write-up/discussion questions. (1) What key issues and challenges led to the initiation of the Access Plus project? Please think about the external vs. internal and business vs. technological aspects of the issues and challenges. From an internal point of view, Providian Trust board members felt that the trust’s information…

Family tradition and cultural legacies contribute to inhibit to an individual self-identity in many ways that would last a life time. A person’s way of living and how they present themselves, comes from the culture that was instill in the soul from youth. Even the choices of food we may eat or the beliefs we…

It is not often that I have to read an article or essay several times before I can make an appropriate response. As I read Wendy Lee’s article, Peeling Bananas, I found myself side-tracked by my own thoughts and feelings of being an African American here in the United States. As I read and reread,…