A Celebration

susceptible to the opinion. In Douglass’s case, convincing an American audience that one of their long-held practices is not only wrong, but also invalidates all of their other ideals, is a difficult task to accomplish on a day immediately following a celebration of American tradition. Despite this, by actually using the fact that his speech coincided with the Fourth of July in his favor, Douglass presents a highly persuasive argument to an audience who he understands will be difficult to…

In 1912, a French sociologist Emile Durkheim explored his studies of religion and societies by publishing his book, The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life. Durkheim describes a religion as “a single integrated system of a certain set of beliefs and various practices which are considered relative to sacred things, beliefs and practices. (Durkheim, 1915) These practices are used as a set of rituals within the religion. These rituals thus create a form of social cohesion which help relate…

Jeddah soon will become one of the best cities in the world such as Paris, London and other. Jeddah is a large city in the west of the Saudi Arabia located on the Shore of Red Sea. Jeddah was suffering from some of the problems that affected the aesthetic of the city, the government has decided to start the development of some of the city problems. After that, Jeddah had developed by special experts, they had developed many things such as the development of public facilities, development of…

Igbo are the people that lives in Southern Nigeria, they are known to be the second largest tribe in the south. Their culture is very different from a western perspective, but it still should be respected because their culture is as rich as others. They have their own beliefs, social system, and values that is been there for many years. In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the Igbo culture was emphasized, it describes many events and practices of their own before the Western people…

king describes outside as a place of darkness. This may suggest that the celebration was held at night, but he goes on to call outside a place of weeping and gnashing of teeth. These further qualifications lead us to believe that the outside is not simply the space outside of the wedding hall. Had it only been nighttime, the outside would signify the man’s separation from the fellowship and community of the celebration, but the weeping and gnashing of teeth suggest more regret, pain, anguish,…

“the meat (not the Mrs. who’s the star of our show!” (Ozeki, 8). Meat as an enjoyable, delicious medium of sustenance is constantly revered in a way which might suggest a kind of respect for the origin, however this respect is never present. The celebration of meat seems to make the practices depicted throughout the novel as less horrid, but there is no…

Maroon village in St. Elizabeth. The celebration takes place on the birthday of Maroon hero, Captain Cudjoe, and commemorate the signing of a peace treaty between the Maroons and the British Empire in 1739. The festival includes a parade, Maroon ceremonies and feasts, as well as traditional singing, dancing, drumming and story-telling. February Bob Marley Week This annual festival is held in honour of Reggae legend and activist, Bob Marley. The largest celebration is held in Kingston from 1…

Loud. That was my first thought when Ms. Giovanni started speaking at the MLK Celebration Speaker event on January 18, 2017. Not loud as in volume wise but loud as in everything she did was big. The moment she took to the stage all focus was on her and the words she spoke. For such a small, petite looking African American woman, her personality was enormous. One could immediately tell that she held a strong pride in the color of her skin and her gender. She constantly reminded the audience of…

The segment that had been affected the most, not only positive but also negative is the cultural part of Mardi Gras. If Mardi Gras started as a religious festival, being part of the local culture and being a reason of being proud to live in New Orleans and participate in the event, it now changed radically. Tourism, as a mean of globalisation, has a paradoxical effect on the culture of a location or event, by promoting as well as undermining local differences, traditions and culture(Gotham,…

own land they started to dedicate land to celebrations. They could never celebrate Juneteenth without strawberry soda, barbequed pork, lamb, and beef. In some places the traditional drink was Big Red Soda. Due to African-Americans moving north in the early 1900’s and many other problems Juneteenth became to fade away. But later on the poor people’s campaign influenced people to bring it back. In Minneapolis and Milwaukee some of the biggest celebrations take place. In 1980 Juneteenth became an…