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The food practices of humans are determined by values, attitudes, beliefs, and environmental and religious circumstances; all of which are the products of tradition, culture, and contacts. Knowledge and culture affect the intake of a particular food. The success in understanding the culture of other countries or ethnic groups lies in understanding their rituals in food consumption customs. In developing countries, culture plays a crucial role in determining food patterns. Each ethnic group has…

Icons & Idols Icon, a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol or as worthy of admiration. Idol, a person or thing that is greatly admired, loved, or cherish. Icons and Idols has been a huge influence on art during different periods of time. Two specific art periods that have produced artworks that Utilize the theme of icons and idols; are Ancient Greece and India. In these cultures, new techniques and skills were developed and many are still used today. These art periods were…

Many forms of religions cover the globe but not one sticks out as much as Christianity. At the most basic level, a “Christian” is anyone who professes that Jesus of Nazareth is the “Christ” .Leading into saying, most Christians of the past and present believe much more about Jesus: that he was not just a great prophet, or miracle-worker but that his relationship with God was so close and unique that he could rightly be called the Son of God,and given many other titles, some of which make him…

fight for tomorrow. If singularity is achieved and people delegate all their futures to machines, then they at the same time lose the meaning of life. Religion is another instance that best demonstrates my point. People tend to believe God, Buddha, Shiva, not exactly because they do exist, but because we need some faith to rely on. In other words, it is these paramount and sublime attributions that give people a modest heart to revere. FDR’s famous saying that “the only thing we have to fear is…

What is Hinduism? For some people, it’s a religion with multiple Gods while other see only one true God. Both ideas are correct, depending on which one you’re referring to. The three aspects are Vedic, Upanishad and Theistic/Classical. Although each aspect has its own identifying factors, they also flow and blend together. Like all complex and ancient religious tradition you can’t think that Hinduism is one monolithic religion. It is more than that with its different tradition involving arrays…

Not only does art and music become hindered when cultural appropriation is shunned, but so does personal expression. For instance, it is a human right in the United States to express oneself freely, whether that expression be of religion, language, or even as simple as hairstyles. In March of 2016, a video taken at San Francisco State University went viral when an African American student confronted a white student with dreadlocks, accusing him of cultural appropriation. The black girl, Bonita…

Supervisors using an autocratic style of management avoid asking for group input and tend to display a lack of confidence in their team and colleagues (Gill, 2014). Transactional leadership is a “quid pro quo” relationship between leader and follower (Shiva & Suar, 2010, p. 119). An example of a transactional relationship are employees receiving a form of payment in return for their work. However, extrinsic rewards will only incentivize employees so far; eventually, managers must develop new…

“Peace. It means not to be in a place where there is no noise, no trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.” - unknown. Peace is the basis of religious life- without teachings of peace, there would be very few followers of religion. At the centre of all religious teachings there is peace, in both monotheistic and polytheistic religions, but it plays a different role in each. In order for one to live a truly peaceful life, they must find…

Hinduism is the leading religion, or way of life, particularly in India. Although Hinduism contains an overall variety of philosophies, it is a family of connected religious cultures by shared concepts, rituals, cosmology, and shared textual means. What does it mean to be Hindu? Hinduism recommends the eternal duties, such as honesty, refraining from harming living beings, patience, mercy, self-restraint, compassion, among others. When people refer to being Hindu they refer to a certain god or…

A topic that is mentioned on a daily basis is Freedom of Religion. Freedom of Religion is the freedom for one or a group of persons publically or privately practices,beliefs, and worships a religion or no religion at all. Top religions include: Christianity, Islam, Catholicism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Out of these religions, Christianity is the top religion having over 2,000,000 followers. Islam is not far behind, they are rapidly growing (newsmax).Three things that are important about freedom…