A festival is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival. Among many religions, a feast is a set of celebrations in honour of God or gods. A feast and a festival are historically interchangeable. However, the term "feast" has also entered common secular parlance as a synonym for any large or elaborate meal. When used as in the meaning of a festival, most often refers to a religious festiva...
With globalization being the watchword of the new century, the political, commercial and the socio-cultural worlds have all merged into each other to create a common global identity. With the advent of communication technology, geographical boundaries and barriers have now been undermined to promote a sense of global interaction. Different cultures from different countries have now come together to form world forums and joint political and inter-national councils. In this paper, we would delv...
Casteism is a social concept which creates an elaborate and complicated system combining elements of profession, endogamy, social class, culture, affiliation to groups and political power. It should not be mistaken with more fundamental features such as nobility, social class or race. Members of all castes in any society may belong to one race, while members of same class in same society may belong to different races of castes. The word 'caste' was first used by the Portuguese in order to des...
Malaysia has many kinds of restaurants almost everywhere in the cities and towns. There are Malay Restaurants, Chinese restaurants, Indian Restaurants, Thai Restaurants and more. Eating out in Malaysia is a real gastronomic adventure. There is such a great variety; spicy Malay Food, a seemingly endless variety of Chinese food, exotic cuisine from North and South India, as well as Nyonya and Portuguese Food. Popular Malaysian dishes include satay, nasi lemak, rendang, roti canai, murtabak, lak...
Its all about trust and values,that makes people interpret,act and experience indivividually and in groups.In general,culture refers to a community or a group with which you share your common experiences that design the way you look at the world.A person can belong to several different cultures,depending on his or her birth place;nationality;family status;age;profession;palce of work and his coorporate culture.Culture is the backbone of every community,on which u stand to view the world.It is...
I think we need to have available/visible at all times the ‘summary' of what each hat represents - maybe just the bits in red I added? It's difficult to remember all the ‘stances' at first. Creative/visual solution?? 1 Six Thinking Hats 2 Introduction Brainstorming is one of the best-known techniques for producing fresh ideas and approaching problems from innovative new angles. Brainstorming sessions are best done in small groups; participants are asked to leave their inner critic...
Taste as an aesthetic, sociological, economic and anthropological concept refers to a cultural patterns of choice and preference. While taste is often understood as a biological concept, it can also be reasonably studied as a social or cultural phenomenon. Taste is about drawing distinctions between things such as styles, manners, consumer goods and works of art. Social inquiry of taste is about the human ability to judge what is beautiful, good and proper. Social and cultural phenomena conce...
In the many categories of visual arts, sculpture is a branch that operates in three dimensions and is known as one of the plastic art forms. Plastic arts is a form of physical manipulation of a plastic medium by using the techniques of molding and even modeling which can be seen in ceramics and sculptures. Originally, resilient sculptural proceedings used carving; which is the removing of material, and modeling; which is the adding of materials an example of this is seen in clay; in materials...
According to the Chinese Translator Journal and other first-class academic journals in Translation Studies in China, it has been widely acknowledged that China has currently achieved greatly in translation theories on translating the foreign works into Chinese. When it comes to the full development of translation studies, A History of Translation Theory in China (2000) points out that there exist two tendencies in Chinese translation theories.[9] The first trend is the early Chinese translati...
The cuisines of Western countries are diverse by themselves, although there are common characteristics that distinguishes Western cooking from cuisines of Asian countries and others. Compared with traditional cooking of Asian countries, for example, meat is more prominent and substantial in serving-size, and Westerners traditionally have a far more in-depth knowledge concerning specific methods of preparing and serving different cuts of meat than Asian cooks. Steak in particular is a common d...
