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A Celebration of Customs & Rituals of the World by Robert Ingpen,Philip Wilkinson Pdf
Explores initiation rites, wedding feasts, harvest celebrations, religious rituals, and many other customs used around the world to mark all kinds of special occasions. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
Rituals and Traditional Events in the Modern World by Jennifer Laing,Warwick Frost Pdf
Many events have evolved over centuries, drawing on local customs and conditions. However, as the world becomes increasingly globalised, traditional events and the identities they support are increasingly being challenged and rituals may be lost. Reacting against this trend towards homogeneity, communities strive to preserve and even recreate their traditional events, which may require rituals to be resurrected or reinvented for a new audience. The aim of this book is to explore the role of traditional events and rituals in the modern world. The 16 chapters cover a range of case studies of the performance of ritual through events, including their historical antecedents and development over time, as well as their role in society, link with identities both seemingly fixed and fluid and their continued relevance. The cases examined are not museum pieces, but rather vibrant festivals and events that continue to persist. Drawing on the power of history and cultural tradition, they are manifestations of heritage, existing in three temporalities: celebrating the past, occurring in the present and aiming to continue into and influence the future. Iconic events including Chinese New Year, Hogmanay and the New Orleans Mardi Gras are examined and examples are drawn from a diverse range of countries such as South Korea, China, Laos, the United States, Scotland, Italy, India and Haiti. This volume provides a deep understanding upon the role of tradition and ritual within events, from a global perspective and will be valuable reading for students, researchers and academics interested in events, heritage and culture.
Welcome to "Cultural Mosaic: Fascinating Facts About Traditions And Customs Around the World," a comprehensive collection of unique cultural practices and beliefs from different countries and regions. This book is a celebration of diversity and a journey into the rich tapestry of global customs that shape our world. Targeted at Problem Identification: In a world that is becoming increasingly interconnected, it is crucial to understand and appreciate the different traditions and customs of various cultures. This book aims to help readers recognize and respect the distinct practices of different societies, fostering a sense of unity and understanding in an often divided world. Solution-Oriented: By shedding light on the unique customs and traditions of different cultures, this book seeks to break down barriers and promote cultural awareness and acceptance. It encourages readers to embrace diversity and celebrate the richness of our global heritage. Content That Captivates: From the vibrant festivals of India to the ancient rituals of Japan, "Cultural Mosaic" delves into the fascinating and often surprising traditions that shape the way people live and interact in different parts of the world. Through engaging stories and anecdotes, readers will be transported to far-off lands and gain a deeper understanding of the diversity of human civilization. Special Features That Stand Out: This book stands out for its engaging writing style, vibrant illustrations, and interactive elements that bring the customs and traditions of different cultures to life. Readers will be captivated by the vivid descriptions and insightful commentary that immerses them in the sights, sounds, and flavors of faraway lands. Educational Value: "Cultural Mosaic" is not just a collection of facts and figures; it is an educational tool that encourages readers to think critically and explore the complexities of our global society. Each chapter is filled with thought-provoking questions, activities, and discussion points that challenge readers to reflect on their own beliefs and values. Whether you are a seasoned traveler or an armchair explorer, "Cultural Mosaic" invites you on a journey of discovery and enlightenment. Step into the world of different cultures and traditions, and experience the beauty and diversity of our global community. This book is anyone curious about the world beyond their doorstep and eager to expand their horizons.
A unique cookbook that shows you how to incorporate long-standing cultural traditions -- from the Amish & Eskimo to Greek & Polish -- into the planning of a well-rounded celebration of life. Contains a unique collection of 75 recipes typically served at funeral ceremonies, alongside descriptions of rituals & traditions form cultures around the world. One part sociological study & one part cookbook, it explains the background & proper timing for such culinary rituals as passing a hen & a loaf of bread over a grave as dirt is shoveled onto the coffin, serving chocolate caskets & skull-shaped cakes at a funeral, & baking up a Funeral Pie to acknowledge the passing of a loved one.
This single-volume work covers many traditions, customs, and activities Westerners may find unusual or shocking, covering everything from the Ashanti people's funeral celebrations to wife-carrying competitions in Finland. In Maharashtra, India, a tradition exists to throw newborn babies off the tops of buildings. At the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, Thailand, some people ritualistically pierce their cheeks and faces with swords and knives. How did these surprising customs come to be? From camel wrestling to cheese-rolling competitions to a tomato-throwing festival, this fascinating single-volume encyclopedia examines more than 100 customs, traditions, and rituals that may be considered strange and exotic to U.S. readers. This work provides high school and undergraduate students with a compelling and fascinating exploration of world customs and traditions. Comprising entries by anthropologists, religious leaders, scholars, dancers, musicians, historians, and artists from almost every continent in the world, this encyclopedia provides readers a truly global and multidisciplinary perspective. The entries explore the origins of the custom, explain how it was established as a tradition, and describe how and where it is practiced. A thematic guide enables readers to look up entries by the type of tradition or custom, such as birth, coming of age, courtship and wedding, funeral, daily customs, holidays, and festivals.
A Woman's Book of Rituals and Celebrations by Barbara Ardinger, Ph.D. Pdf
This is a handbook on how to perform sacred ceremonies in the tradition of Goddess spirituality in one's own home with ordinary household items. An annual cycle of celebrations is included, as is advice on how to set up an altar and use simple tools. The author, a practitioner of Wicca (witchcraft), expounds the life-affirming, eco-feminist values of that tradition. Suggestions for rituals and ideas for inventing one's own are given. Poetry and blessings blend in a title which supports celebration of the Goddess image in daily life. These rituals are personal, moving rites which celebrate love and peace, and which act as meditations for considering new rituals, old traditions, and the course of women's lives.
You'¬?ll think you'¬?ve died and gone to heaven when you sample the delicious fare laid out in DEATH WARMED OVER, a unique collection of 75 recipes typically served at funeral ceremonies, alongside descriptions of rituals and traditions from cultures around the world. One part sociological study and one part cookbook, DEATH WARMED OVER explains the background and proper timing for such culinary rituals as passing a hen and a loaf of bread over a grave as dirt is shoveled onto the coffin, serving chocolate caskets and skull-shaped cakes at a funeral, and baking up a Funeral Pie to acknowledge the passing of a loved one. Whether you'¬?ve been asked to provide food for a funeral feast or wish to bring an appropriate culinary contribution for the extended mourning period, look no further than DEATH WARMED OVER.A unique cookbook that shows you how to incorporate long-standing ethnic and cultural traditions-from the Amish and Eskimo to Greek and Polish-into the planning of a well-rounded celebration of life.With detailed mail-order resources for specialty and ethnic foods.Features suggestions for ways to incorporate recipes and traditions into nonfuneral parties or gatherings.Cover image title, "Post-Mortem Club with Past Member" (August 3, 1934). The Post-Mortem Club, an organization of naprapaths, held its annual breakfast with all chapter members present although the president, J. M. McAdou, founder, had died during the past year. One of the rules of the club is that each member will his skeleton to it, for atttendence to club meetings despite death."Lisa Rogak'¬?s recipe-enriched approach to funeral customs around the world reminds us that these rites are for the living. Digging into her slow-cooked jambalaya dish meant to be served after a New Orleans jazz funeral would make anyone feel happy to be alive."-Barbara Haber, author of From Hardtack to Home Fries: An Uncommon History of American cooks and Meals
Timeless Traditions by Lisl M. Spangenberg,Beverly Clark Pdf
"Timeless Traditions places the world at your feet--or at least within your grasp, which is as it should be for everyone in love. For engaged couples around the world, this volume is an indispensable, comprehensive guide to the wedding traditions of the major faiths and more than one hundred countries and peoples, spanning the cultures and regions of past and present.Written by "Elegant Bride feature contributor Lisl M. Spangenberg and illustrated with sumptuous two-color illustrations, "Timeless Traditions focuses on each step along the path to marriage, from pre-wedding to ceremonial rituals and from celebratory to post-wedding traditions. Within each section, specific customs are described in an A-to-Z format. Traditional dress, food, music, dance, and gifts are all featured, along with vows, readings, and toasts, from Asia to Zimbabwe.Rediscover time-honored customs and read about practices which, though thousands of years old, may be new to you. Learn why the bride stands to the groom's left, what the Asian tea ceremony involves, how the African custom of loading the bride parallels the bridal shower, and why the brides of so many cultures wear veils. Withins these pages, discover the courtship and wedding rituals that speak to you and help you map out a meaning-filled celebration for your personal romance.The perfect guide for couples who want to lend the richness and resonance of tradition to their wedding day, "Timeless Traditions is also an ideal resource for wedding planners and others involved in the wedding industry.
Wedding Traditions from Around the World by Ava Laboy Capo Pdf
Diversity is all around us, celebrate, embrace, and represent your culture on your special day. Incorporate rituals, ceremonies, and traditions, there are many ways to honor and incorporate your ancestry during wedding ceremony and celebration. Many nationalities and cultures chose to include their heritage and traditions, embrace it and incorporate all that applies.
Ancestral Traditions in a Modern World by Shalini J Han Pdf
Ring in the Year of the Rabbit with this vibrant exploration of Lunar New Year festivities across Asia and around the world. Join author Shalini J. Han on a journey through the rich traditions, cultural customs, symbolic rituals, and spiritual practices that characterize the most important and auspicious holiday in the Asian lunar calendar. This book provides an illuminating guide to Lunar New Year celebrations spanning China, Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, and beyond. Learn about the ancient origins of Lunar New Year and how celebrations have evolved over thousands of years while retaining traditional hallmarks. Discover unique regional practices - like giving red envelopes, dragon parades, ancestor tributes, festive foods, and spiritual ceremonies aimed at ushering in luck and prosperity for the coming year. See how Lunar New Year unfold today in bustling metropolises like Beijing, Seoul, Hanoi and Singapore as well as remote villages. Witness time-honored customs observed by families like cooking auspicious feasts, making offerings at temple altars, hosting raucous celebrations, and partaking in cultural performances. The author also ventures beyond Asia to showcase how Lunar New Year has expanded globally. Immigrant communities from San Francisco to Sydney keep traditions alive far from home through colorful parades and festivals. We see how the holiday transforms into a hybrid celebration as cultures blend across borders. Ultimately this book reveals how honoring the past propels Lunar New Year into a bright future each year. Well-researched, engagingly written, and filled with immersive details, Ancestral Traditions in a Modern World provides the complete guide to Lunar New Year as both an enduring cultural tradition and an evolving global festival that unites families and communities through joy.
To give her family and friends a deep experience of earth-based spirituality, Jane Meredith holds eight rituals per year, celebrating the solstices, equinoxes, and cross-quarter festivals. 'Rituals of Celebration' provides accounts of the most memorable rituals she's organised, as well as how-to instructions for creating the rituals.
An indispensable, comprehensive guide to the wedding traditions of the major faiths & 100+ countries & peoples, spanning the cultures & regions of past & present. Focuses on each step along the path to marriage, from pre-wedding to ceremonial rituals & from celebratory to post-wedding traditions. Traditional dress, food, music, dance, & gifts are all featured, along with vows, readings, & toasts. Rediscover time-honored customs & read about practices which, though thousands of years old, may be new to you. Discover the courtship & wedding rituals that speak to you & help you map out a meaning-filled celebration for your personal romance. Also, an ideal resource for wedding planners & others involved in the wedding industry. Illustrations.
Rituals and Traditional Events in the Modern World by Jennifer Laing,Warwick Frost Pdf
Many events have evolved over centuries, drawing on local customs and conditions. However, as the world becomes increasingly globalised, traditional events and the identities they support are increasingly being challenged and rituals may be lost. Reacting against this trend towards homogeneity, communities strive to preserve and even recreate their traditional events, which may require rituals to be resurrected or reinvented for a new audience. The aim of this book is to explore the role of traditional events and rituals in the modern world. The 16 chapters cover a range of case studies of the performance of ritual through events, including their historical antecedents and development over time, as well as their role in society, link with identities both seemingly fixed and fluid and their continued relevance. The cases examined are not museum pieces, but rather vibrant festivals and events that continue to persist. Drawing on the power of history and cultural tradition, they are manifestations of heritage, existing in three temporalities: celebrating the past, occurring in the present and aiming to continue into and influence the future. Iconic events including Chinese New Year, Hogmanay and the New Orleans Mardi Gras are examined and examples are drawn from a diverse range of countries such as South Korea, China, Laos, the United States, Scotland, Italy, India and Haiti. This volume provides a deep understanding upon the role of tradition and ritual within events, from a global perspective and will be valuable reading for students, researchers and academics interested in events, heritage and culture.
How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm by Mei-Ling Hopgood Pdf
"The book is breezy and entertaining and Hopgood is charmingly self-deprecating about her own mothering of the formidable Sofia, who emerges as a sassy character in her own right."—Boston Globe A tour of global practices that will inspire American parents to expand their horizons (and geographical borders) and learn that there’s more than one way to diaper a baby. Mei-Ling Hopgood, a first-time mom from suburban Michigan—now living in Buenos Aires—was shocked that Argentine parents allow their children to stay up until all hours of the night. Could there really be social and developmental advantages to this custom? Driven by a journalist’s curiosity and a new mother’s desperation for answers, Hopgood embarked on a journey to learn how other cultures approach the challenges all parents face: bedtimes, potty training, feeding, teaching, and more. Observing parents around the globe and interviewing anthropologists, educators, and child-care experts, she discovered a world of new ideas. The Chinese excel at potty training, teaching their wee ones as young as six months old. Kenyans wear their babies in colorful cloth slings—not only is it part of their cultural heritage, but strollers seem outright silly on Nairobi’s chaotic sidewalks. And the French are experts at turning their babies into healthy, adventurous eaters. Hopgood tested her discoveries on her spirited toddler, Sofia, with some enlightening results. This intimate and surprising look at the ways other cultures raise children offers parents the option of experimenting with tried and true methods from around the world and shows that there are many ways to be a good parent.
