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Express gratitude on thanksgiving
By Aunt Annie · 14 years ago
Everyone worldwide knows that Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated primarily in Canada and the United States. This day is not the same in both the country, hence the Canadian thanksgiving and American Thanksgiving are different ...
Labor Day and Beyond
By Tony Francis · 14 years ago
Driving in September on Florida’s roads and highways presents some special challenges for motor vehicle operators who happen to be Floridians.
This Labor Day weekend, AAA estimates that 1.6 million drivers hit Florida’s network of ...
RACE Today- Can We Really Talk About It?
By Nan Ray · 14 years ago
Race, race - everything’s ‘bout race? This should be lyrics to some new song. Everywhere we turn some media personality in America is reporting on race, interviewing authorities about race, and labeling, categorizing, and detailing ...
Why We Give Presents At Christmas
By Paul Smith · 15 years ago
Every year on December 25th we celebrate the tradition of giving gifts to our friends, family and loved ones whilst very few of us understand the reasoning behind doing so. There is a lot of ...
Comparing Overseas Chinese and Indians
By Chris Devonshire-Ellis · 15 years ago
Ask the average Chinese what they think of the mainland Chinese who have been educated or worked overseas and the typical response will be the politically incorrect term describing the said individual as a "banana" ...
The Nafaqah in Islam
By Prof. Gabriel Sawma · 15 years ago
In Islamic Shari’a, nafaqa is defined as an obligation of material support for the wife and children. This is a gendered entity in Islamic marriage, as long as the marriage has been consummated. When the ...
Ethiopian History
By Abesha Habesha · 15 years ago
Ethiopia has seen human habitation for longer than almost anywhere else in the world, possibly being the location where humans evolved.
Evidence of Naqadan contacts include obsidian from Ethiopia. The first records of Ethiopia proper ...
Who Was The Mysterious Queen Nefertiti?
By Rob Mabry · 15 years ago
In 1924, a bust of a beautiful woman was put on display at the Egyptian Museum in Berlin. The bust depicts a woman with a long, slender neck and possessed of great beauty. In fact ...
Radical Islam Threatened by Hollywood
By Uday Gunjikar · 15 years ago
Not long ago, I ran across an article on the web—an Associated Press release—that included the following passage (quoted verbatim):
Elsewhere in the northwest, a car bomb exploded close to a movie theater in the ...
Amish Country Stores of Northern Indiana Offer a Unique View on Life
By Sean Hess · 15 years ago
A lot of citizens do not know a lot about the Amish, and are slightly ignorant when it comes to learning something new about a culture that is different from their own. If you were ...
Why we need women
By Lacey Key · 15 years ago
Women are more important than we think, so let's just stop for right now and think how much we need our women. Women love us, nurture us, women are our friends and lovers. We need ...
Filipino Customs explained
By Derek Lakes · 15 years ago
Be prepared to wait
The Filipinos are a very thoughtful and laid back people. These are both things to aspire to, and are part of the reason many Westerners choose to live in the Philippines, ...
A Westerner’s guide to Filipino Culture
By Daniel Roser · 15 years ago
Greetings
First impressions are very important in Filipino culture, and this impression is usually made upon first meeting a person. A simple smile, a gentle wave, or a cheery ‘Hi’ or ‘Hello’ is all that’s ...
Giving Our Best in the Indian Tradition: A Double Blessing
By Ralph P. Brown · 15 years ago
In the Indian tradition way it is customary to welcome a guest into our home with kindness and generosity by offering the best that we have. In some homes there may not be much - ...
Feng Shui- to be or not to be?
By Shashwith Uthappa · 15 years ago
Feng Shui isn’t the a magic wand with a ‘cure all’ aura. It isn’t even associated with a religion. Yet it lures Hong Kongers into following it. It’s inscrutable power has its origins way back ...
Chinese Inventions Have Resulted in Some Incredible Innovations
By Henry Fong · 15 years ago
It might be difficult for westerners to perceive that Chinese inventions have been responsible for some of the most important innovations to come about, but the fact is that this is completely true. The Chinese ...
In Chinese Astrology Ox Comes After Rat, and is the Sign for 2009
By Henry Fong · 15 years ago
In Chinese astrology Ox is after Rat and 2009 is the year of the Ox. In the very beginnings of Chinese astrology, over 3 000 years ago they named the 12 Earthly branches after animals. ...
China's Emperors - The Early Years
By Henry Fong · 15 years ago
Suiren, Fuxi and Shennong are known as the Three Sage Kings. They are the leaders of their time and they made many contributions and sacrifices to improve the lives of the people of their time. ...
The Tang Yuan Festival
By Henry Fong · 15 years ago
Dong Zhi, or the Winter Solstice Festival, was celebrated by the Chinese of ancient times. It was commemorated in much the same way Chinese Lunar New Year is now - with visits to friends and ...
Introducing the Chinese New Year
By Henry Fong · 15 years ago
The first day of the first lunar month is the start of the Chinese New Year and this important celebration lasts for fifteen days. The Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in China ...