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…meets and falls in love with Ts’eh, a mystical character that appears and disappears in various parts of the novel, that he completes his healing journey. The significance of Ts’eh to Ceremony is very powerful and vital to the recovery of Tayo. She lives up…

…in a flat twist with curls at the top in a thick bun. They all looked so beautiful. The wedding was a traditional Greek Orthodox wedding. This consists of two parts: the service of the betrothal and the ceremony of the sacrament of marriage. First…

…Director Mira Nair carefully combines American style narrative and culture with Indian tradition and heritage. The film centers around the wedding of Aditi and Hemant. Weddings are universal ceremonies that people of any culture can relate to. However…

…In the video "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" Toula's family acknowledges her individualism. We begin the video in the restaurant Dancing Zorba's, where Toula works with her family. Her father Gus owns the restaurant. Toula is a woman who is lost in life…

…My Big, Fat, Greek Wedding This past weekend, I went to see the movie, My Big, Fat, Greek Wedding. Not only was the movie funny and entertaining, but it taught a good lesson on the importance of diversity in our world. I always thought…

…is essential for the understanding of the Japanese tea ceremony. The Japanese Tea Ceremony: "Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage." --Katkuzo Okakura "The Way of Tea cannot be taught in any book...It is a state of mind. Tea is a living tradition…

…They kill what they fear” (Silko 136). Leslie Marmon Silko uses these three short passages taken from an ancient Indian story included in the novel Ceremony to express and convey the idea that the white man’s fear was the primary factor contributing…

…Muriel's Wedding is a tragic comedy set in the town of Porpoise Spit, Australia. The movie is about Muriel, an ugly-duckling character, and her one motivation in life, to get married. Her motivation arises from the fact that all of her friends from…

…In the Wedding of Zein written by Tayeb Salih, the portrayal of women in my opinion changes through out the story. They start off being the slaves of the man's power by adapting that one man has the power to get them married if he falls in love with them…

…"Ceremonial Dance Masks of the Oceanic and African Culture" Ceremonial headresses are a spiritual symbol of the cultures of both Oceanic and African people. Though the 20th century dance masks of each culture are similar in that they are both painted…