Holidays

civilizations are connected to other regions through trade and conquest, it allows the mixing of cultures and even creates new elements. These elements can be food, religion, holidays, etc. The mixing of these different cultural aspects into something unique is called cultural synthesis and it is responsible for many holidays, such as Halloween. When two cultures combine, they have a surge in technologic advancements due to the sharing of cultures. When this happens, a single trait evolves to…

Earlier today St. Patrick's day celebrations began in London. While the holiday itself isn’t until Thursday, March 17th, parades at events will run all this week. The first event, a parade which started in Trafalgar Square, drew thousands of people. Live music as well as food and a 17 foot parade float dominated the scene as people, tourists and natives alike, flocked to enjoy the festivities. Thankfully, while this event may cause delays in normal traffic routes or otherwise interrupt…

one decision-making process to another. There has been some research to test the motivating factors for different demographic groups. A study of Irish traveler’s perceptions of salient attributes that led to travel preferences within major foreign holiday destination (Kaynok, 1996). This study found significant difference between tourists of different ages, sexes, educational attainment, income and marital status. In addition, young people often preferred vacation which provides an opportunity…

Armenia offers many different features and different sides of life. One of the most important traits about Armenia is the culture. The many traditions and rituals that they have. Traditions are all over the world and have been around for many years. Everyone and everywhere do people celebrate their traditions differently but all of them include more than one person, all of them are supposed to be happy and joyful. Traditions are meant for people to reunite. The traditions I will be talking about…

curiosity and energy. There is this one secret that only I know. Holidays scare me. Starting at the age of fourteen, I began to realize that I have a fear of holidays. As holidays start to approach, I become nervous and anxious. I love Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Years, but my fear consists of my parents. As an only child and having all my extended family members living in Malaysia, I spend holidays celebrating with my parents. Holidays for me can either turn out to be good or bad. When I…

celebrations of holidays include art. Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday that is traced back more than 2,500 years to the rituals of ancient indigenous tribes of Mexico. This holiday celebrates the family and friends who have passed. Day of the Dead is celebrated the 1st and 2nd of November. They believe that overnight on Dia de los Muertos (“Day of the Dead”) the souls of their loved ones whom have passed will return to visit their family and friends who are living. People who celebrate this…

DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM (norika) Discipline in the workplace is controlling personnel correct behaviourial deficiencies and ensure the compliance to established company rules. (‘Discipline in The Workplace’, n.d.). Disciplinary system should be implemented in every workplace because it can control the employee’s behavior based on the rule given. This is because not all of the employees can always follow the rules given to them as long as they work in the company. Disciplinary system can educate…

Halloween is just around the corner, shops are loading their windows with witches hats, broomsticks, plastic spiders and all manner of ghoulish costumes. Here in the UK, scorn is poured on the holiday, mainly due to the fact the meaning of Halloween is largely unknown and often misunderstood. Many consider it to be an Americanisation and to some extent it is, others simply do not want to open their doors to mischievous children in cheap rubber masks. The true history of Halloween was lost long…

off to vote on Election Day or if the presidential election day was declared a national holiday, then voter turnout rates would increase within the lower income population. The poor are not able to take unpaid leaves from work to go vote like the majority of the wealthier population can, causing voter turnout for the low income population to be much lower. “The practice of either declaring a national holiday or holding elections on weekends has already spread to Austria, Belgium, France,…

night when everyone dresses up as their greatest fantasy or their worst nightmare and goes door to door saying the world renowned phrase "trick or treat". Everyone wanders the streets collecting candy on this wonderful holiday without knowing the history behind it, or how the holiday even began, but how did Halloween begin? There is plenty of misconception to Halloween. Many people believe Halloween has to do heavily with religion, witchcraft, bad doings, and even "Satan" himself. In reality the…