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…of Buddha in India and China had some similarities and were taken from the origin of a religion Buddhism which initially came from India, and then over the centuries spread to China. Instead of just mere copying, Chinese art evolved the image of Buddha, making…

…Seven Years in Tibet is orientalism which focusing on Tibetan religion and history. The orientalism plays out in opposites rescue paradigm, western authority over the East, and the justification of that authority. The movie recounts of the story…

…164). With this in mind, it seems reasonable for Forster to devote much energy to portraying the Hindu religion. Furthermore, Forster himself expressed that he viewed himself as on "nearer nodding terms with Krishna (the Hindu god of literature, art, music…

…religion we have. It is all because of culture. Each person goes through life making decisions; our cultural context helps us quickly make a ruling and move on to the next obstacle in our lives, creating our on identity. The last factor is ethnicity…

…is to love somebody, to feel something in your heart. If they would read Bible, they would get knowledge about God and religion. All this information could destroy the main concept of their utopian society--stability and loyalty. The other potentially dangerous…

…, economy, government, religion, agriculture, and technology, the Sumerians created what we know today as civilized life. The greatest achievement of the Sumerians was the invention of cuneiform style writing. They would engrave their picture words using reeds…

…hides deep symbols of pagan religion and the feminine divine. The title of the poem is the first and only mention of Eva, presumably the addressed "you" in the rest of the poem. Eva could easily be a variation of the Biblical Eve. Plath, herself a feminist…

…all people are bound to intensive labor and domestic duties. The Zulus are pretty much 50-50 on the percent that live in cities and those that engage in domestic work. The Zulu religion includes the belief in a god named Nkulunkulu, who does not interact…

…opinion, Homer uses Athena as an allusion, a prime example of ancient and modern day religion as a whole. The inclusion of Athena in "The Odyssey" signifies the importance of religion in daily life for Homer, and the supernatural characteristics that she…

…Voodoo is one of the oldest religions which have been around in Africa since the beginning of human civilizations. However it was born in Haiti during the European colonization of Hispaniola. The slaves practiced voodoo in secret, and it was a way…