The Heritage

The Hawker Centre is a quintessential element of the Singapore culture. Hawker Centres has provided a distinctive attraction to curious tourists and a locus of memories for Singaporean away from home. It pulsates with a life and rhythm unique to Singapore (Kong, 2007). Hawker Centres serves as a spontaneous gathering point for many residents, providing opportunities for stall owners and customers to interact and it also manifest aspects of local communities and its everyday life. In Singapore,…

Heritage: Our Origins Every person, family, or tribe, can trace their history back to when their ancestors were just creating things from scratch, migrating from place to place in search for resources, and coming up with new ideas that we consider ancient today. What our ancestors did is as much of importance, or maybe even more, as what we do with what they left behind. Whether it is a family tradition that has existed for hundreds of years, or customs that have evolved as time passed by, are…

reality of heritage languages: in Canada, only half of second generation Canadians will retain it. According to Stat Canada’s 2008 survey, only 55% of us 5,702,700 second generation Canadians nationally defined as children with at least one immigrant parent will preserve their mother tongue. Although this might be an improvement from the 41% in 1981, the future doesn’t seem too bright. Compared to our neighbours the United States, Canada plays a major support to multiculturalism and heritage…

WHEREAS, September 15 to October 15 is a period were our nation celebrate and recognize the National Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States; and WHEREAS, Hispanic Heritage Week was established by legislation sponsored by Rep. Edward R. Roybal (D-Los Angeles) and first proclaimed President Lyndon Johnson in 1968. The commemorative week was expanded by legislation sponsored by Rep. Esteban E. Torres (D-Pico Rivera) and implemented by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period…

Keita: Heritage of the Griot is a historical fiction that takes place in the geographical location of Africa. The film focuses on a storyteller who aims to deliver ancestral heritage to Mabo Keita (the young boy). The storyteller, whose name is Djeliba captures Mabo’s attention by discussing the origins of his name and significance of the country's history (Kouyaté). The conflicts in this film were twofold; the rejection of non-western history by Africans and Mande King’s first wife whom has a…

Immigrants should practice their cultural backgrounds and heritage because America is a melting pot, immigrants have much to offer, and America is all about being unique. Many of our citizens tend to believe that if someone migrates to America, then that person needs to be a carbon copy of the people in this country and do everything we do, have the same interests, or have the same religion. But what makes America so great is the freedom we are given to make our own choices, such as choosing a…

asked: How specifically is the heritage element defined in the heritage sign bylaw? The answer is: It's not defined! Downtown Orillia Management Board (DOMB) vice-chair Michael Knight admitted, however, that maybe it should be. Maybe? Coun. Sarah Valiquette-Thompson, following up on complaints from several merchants, investigated the issue and reported that compliance-related matters take up "an enormous amount" of staff time. Of course it does. Without a specific heritage sign definition,…

Confederate flag apparel should be allowed in schools because it represents the Southern heritage for many students. In the article “Heritage or Hatred” Zach Comer says his shirt is inscribed with the slogan “It’s a lifestyle y”all wouldn’t understand”. To most of these students the confederate flag is not a symbol of racism, but a symbol of what they live for. Their southern heritage defines who they are, and where they come from. “Live life like you want to live life” Zach Comer said, “but…

Cultural Heritage The concept of cultural heritage includes both the tangible and intangible aspects of culture. The tangible aspects include monumental and physical remains of cultures and the intangible aspects are the traditional cultural practices of a people, passed down over generations. Our team has identified the tangible and intangible aspects of Egyptian culture to determine the ways in which we can make an impact in the country, while identifying with the cultural heritage of the…

My family's heritage is from Mexico. I was never told that I am Hispanic, I was only told that I was Mexican but I was also told to refer myself as an American. I did not even know the term, Hispanic, until I was in the eighth grade, when I saw my mother doing some paper work. I asked her what it meant, she said, "It's like another word for Mexican". I am part of the second generation in my family to be born in America. That means my parents did not teach me Spanish, so I had to learn it…