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"Take a tour of the many delightful ways children from cultures around the world help their wishes come true"--Dust jacket.
Author : Roseanne Thong
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 27,89 MB
Release : 2008-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780811857161
"Take a tour of the many delightful ways children from cultures around the world help their wishes come true"--Dust jacket.
Author : Margaret Beissinger
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 50,92 MB
Release : 1999-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780520210387
Fourteen essays on epic, oral and literary, from ancient to modern, from the Americas to India.
Author : Monika Utnik
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 44,67 MB
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0735844437
Why do we decorate Christmas trees? Do all children receive gifts on the same day? Come find out as Monika Utnik-Strugala captures the smells, tastes, and unforgettable traditions about the most popular, exciting, contemplative, and unique Christmas customs and legends from around the world. Find out why celebrate Christmas on December 25th, who invented the first glass ornament, why people build nativity scenes, and more! A truly international collection of legends and traditions are included in the volume such as - Glögg, Kutia, Lutefisk, Jansson's Temptation, Julskinka, Bûche de Noël, Hallaca, Kourabiedes, Christmas Pudding, Panettone, Christmas carols, talking animals, and The Nutcracker!
Author : Linda Badley
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 28,1 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813538747
The core volume in the Traditions in World Cinema series, this book brings together a colourful and wide-ranging collection of world cinematic traditions - national, regional and global - all of which are in need of introduction, investigation and, in some cases, critical reassessment. Topics include: German expressionism, Italian neorealism, French New Wave, British new wave, Czech new wave, Danish Dogma, post-Communist cinema, Brazilian post-Cinema Novo, new Argentine cinema, pre-revolutionary African traditions, Israeli persecution films, new Iranian cinema, Hindi film songs, Chinese wenyi.
Author : E. Reid Ross
Publisher : Adams Media
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 11,12 MB
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1507210787
Atlas Obscura meets 1001 Facts to Scare the Sh*t Out of You in this serious survey of the most bizarre, creepy, and sometimes hilarious customs from cultures around the world. Every culture handles life differently. From the “blackening of the bride” in Scotland and the custom of not looking babies in the eyes in Kenya, to enlisting geese as part of the police squad in China and the tradition of children eating bread with chocolate sprinkles for breakfast in Amsterdam, there are so many unique behaviors all across the world. In Bizarre World, journey across the globe to understand how various cultures approach everything from grief, beauty standards, food, parenting, death, stress management, happiness, and more. Many customs may seem perfectly sane, while others, not so much. Some are just downright strange, funny, or weird. There’s so much to discover about the people around us and the beliefs they hold. Let Bizarre World be your armchair guide to a different way of life with quick facts and “did you knows?” that will leave you saying, “huh, that’s strange.”
Author : Ann Malaspina
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,51 MB
Release : 2013
Category : New Year
ISBN : 9781614734291
A simple look at how New Year is celebrated in some places around the world.
Author : Warren Frederick Ilchman
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 12,51 MB
Release : 1998-09-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253333926
Though voluntary association for the public good is often thought of as a peculiarly Western, even Christian concept, this book demonstrates that there are rich traditions of philanthropy in cultures throughout the world. Essays study philanthropy in Buddhist, Islamic, Hindu, Jewish, and Native American religious traditions, as well as many other cultures.
Author : H. Byron Earhart
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 1724 pages
File Size : 14,48 MB
Release : 1992-10-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780060621155
Now in one volume: the ten volumes of the outstanding Religious Traditions of the World series. Written by leading experts, these individual studies explore the richness and variety of important religions from around the world.
Author : Catherine Herbert Howell
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 18,30 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1426217080
"A revised and updated edition of National Geographic book of peoples of the world, including all-new material"--Cover.
Author : Loriliai Biernacki
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 19,40 MB
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199989915
Not to be confused with pantheism-the ancient Greek notion that God is everywhere, an animistic force in rocks and trees-the concept of panentheism suggests that God is both in the world, immanent, and also beyond the confines of mere matter, transcendent. One of the fundamental premises of this groundbreaking collection of essays is that panentheism, despite being unlabeled until the nineteenth century, is not merely a modern Western invention. The contributors examine a number of the world's established and ancient religious traditions-Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and others-to draw out the panentheistic dimensions of these traditions and the possibilities they suggest. Panentheism is not only an esoteric, potentially heretical, and deeply mystical vision of the world's great religious pasts; it is also a key feature of contemporary global spirituality. As this volume demonstrates, the metaphors and practices associated with modern panentheism speak powerfully to the realities of our evolving species and our evolving technological world. Panentheism's enticingly heretical vision of the relationship between the divine and matter has historically been denied a serious place in scholarship. As Panentheism across the World's Traditions shows, the dynamism between matter and spirit that panentheism offers has had a profound influence in the modern world.