Cultural heritage

NT2200-Week One Cultural Influences Paper The Bible gives precise and detailed information about the Apostle Paul’s heritage and cultural background. In Php 3:5 (KJV) “Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;”. And in Act 22:3 (KJV) “I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of…

Cultural Heritage or Traditional Knowledge is an identity which has evolved through time and has taken shape from the tradition which has been followed time and again in various communities or societies or regions altogether. This knowledge is gained after experience and practices. It is said to be a skill or an art transformed and transferred from generation after generation with or without any modification or improvement in the said knowledge. Any knowledge which has been transmitted to…

Embracing my profound cultural heritage has not been something I have always been good at. My story begins in Montreal, Canada when I was born into a newly immigrated family from Morocco. My dad was studying to become a software engineer at the University while my mother took on odd jobs here and there in order to keep food on the table. In the beginning, as such is the case for most immigrants, times were hard, but my poor upbringing taught me the virtue of being humble; something I pride…

the annual employment effects of historic preservation, “Heritage Tourism created 54,204 jobs.” The travel and tourism industry is the leading…

The holiday that I celebrate is Christmas because I’m Christian and that’s my religion to celebrate Christmas me and my family we all get together at my house Christmas eve and we make ginger bread houses and watch Christmas movies on Netflix and we get to open one present that night and then Christmas day we wake up and my mom and mom mom cook a big breakfast for the whole family and we sit down and eat and enjoy the food and then when were all done we go sit around the tree and start opening…

The main problem caused by tourism is the devaluation of traditional lifestyles and cultural heritages. This happens when traditional products or events such as crafts and some ritual are available for the commercial purpose. Consequently, this cultural heritage and traditional products will lose much of their meaning and significant value, this phenomenon known as a commodification (Knox and Marston, 2003) (Fletcher, 2008)…

Macau is a small city based at the mouth of the Pearl River Delta in southwest China, which is often called the “Las Vegas of the Orient” (Kong et al., 2015); for its 36 casinos that have contributed $44.1 billion in gaming revenue which is 7 times the annual gaming revenue income in Las Vegas (Greenwood et al., 2014). Consequently, the legalization of gambling in 1847, Macau has been the lead of the gambling industry in Asian casinos (Wan, 2012), it was not until 2001 that the government in…

I love rock, metal, and old cars. a month ago, I never would have thought about how that relates to my cultural heritage. But on once I studied my culture and heritage, I became more aware of how I represent my culture, and by extension, how I don't. this essay should tell you a lot about me. I've been around rock music my whole life. I haven't been to many concerts, but I'd listen to the radio, or my favorite cd, and just chill. I first got hooked on rock from my mom and dad. I also have…

For my comparative analysis I will be analyzing and comparing the 2014 NHL winter classic, featuring the Toronto Maple Leafs against the Detroit Red Wings. For the AFL match I will be analyzing game 7 of the 2015 AFL season featuring the North Melbourne kangaroos against Essendon bombers. Pre-game show In the NHL match, my video source does not include a full pre-game coverage show. However, the video coverage opens with both teams standing on the blue line, with each team standing on the…

social, cultural and economic phenomenon which entails the movement of people to countries or places outside their usual environment for personal or business/professional purposes” (UNWTO).Tourism has become a major phenomenon and a way of life for a majority of people today. Therefore tourism literature has time and again stated that it is one of the leading industries. It is an important sector, and a dominant economic development instrument grounded on destination resources. Heritage is what…