OTHERWORLD - A generic term for the Celtic Land of the Dead. Each Celtic culture had its own euphemisms for this place. (CMM)

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MAGICKAL SYSTEMS: Can refer to Traditions, denominations, sects, or pantheons. It is a basic set of guidelines relating to specific Gods and Goddesses or cultural traditions.

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mleccha

a class of persons outside the social and spiritual divisions of Vedic culture, whose standards and practices are considered abominable.

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THEOLOGY: is Greek, meaning the 'Study of God and the religion and cultures effected by them. . Thealogy: new usage & spelling, the 'Study of Goddess'.

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KELTOI: The Greek name for the ancient Celts. Greek writings give us our first glimpse into the culture of the Celtic people dating from around 700 BCE.

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MAGICKAL SYSTEMS: A basic set of guidelines relating to magickal and cultural traditions, sometimes including religion.

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dhoti

A single long piece of cloth, usually of cotton or silk, that is the standard garment worn on the lower part of the body by men of Vedic culture.

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Mythology:

The study of myths, and thus a field overlapping folklore; sometimes used to refer to a specific body of myths pertaining to a given culture or motif. The study of someone else’s religious stories.

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Dharma:

Refers to religion or activities regulated by religion; one's faith; one's spiritual path in life. Also in the lowest sense it refers to the duties one is compelled to perform in vedic culture based on their stage in life and family in which they were born. In other words there is both a mundane and spiritual conception and definition of this word.

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Osho:

An enlightened mystic hailing from India; known for his enlightening discourses and apparently rebellious views on contemporary socio-cultural issues. Formerly known as 'Bhagwan Shree Rajneeesh' and 'Zorba the Buddha'.

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new age: According to Webster's New World Dictionary:

"Of or pertaining to a cultural movement popular in the 1980s [and 90s] characterized by a concern with spiritual consciousness, and variously combining belief in reincarnation and astrology with such practices as meditation, vegetarianism and holistic medicine."

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Definition and meaning of Patterns of Human Activity

Patterns of Human Activity

Human beings influence physical geography, and the patterns of their activities, in turn, reflect influences of the environment. Patterns of human activity include the processes of migration and settlement, the distribution of cultures and their interrelationships, the structure of economic interdependence, and the ways political and cultural groups divide and distribute space. Humans tend to settle in fertile areas with accessible transportation routes, and their settlements become part of the physical environment. They modify the environment based on how their societies value and use the Earth's resources. They compete for control of physical and cultural spaces, and their patterns of cooperation and conflict influence the division of Earth's surface. Patterns of human activity leave marks on the landscape.

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Definition and meaning of Patterns of Human Activity

Patterns of Human Activity

Human beings influence physical geography, and the patterns of their activities, in turn, reflect influences of the environment. Patterns of human activity include the processes of migration and settlement, the distribution of cultures and their interrelationships, the structure of economic interdependence, and the ways political and cultural groups divide and distribute space. Humans tend to settle in fertile areas with accessible transportation routes, and their settlements become part of the physical environment. They modify the environment based on how their societies value and use the Earth's resources. They compete for control of physical and cultural spaces, and their patterns of cooperation and conflict influence the division of Earth's surface. Patterns of human activity leave marks on the landscape.

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Sathya Sai EHV:

Sathya Sai EHV: Education in human values. It is based on the values of truth, right action, peace, love and nonviolence. It stresses the importance of service to society, tolerance for people of different races, cultures, nationalities and regligions.

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Definition and meaning of barrios:

barrios

"Barrios" are urban neighborhoods heavily populated by Hispanics. They are centers of Hispanic culture in America, particularly in big cities of the Southwest.

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Definition and meaning of Pan-Indian resistance movement:

Pan-Indian resistance movement

This movment called for the political and cultural unification of the Indian tribes in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

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Definition and meaning of Jazz Age:

Jazz Age

The 1920s were known as the Jazz Age, so called for the popular music of the day as a symbol of the many changes taking place in the mass culture.

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Definition and meaning of The Scarlet Letter:

Scarlet Letter, The

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" (1850), a grim, yet sympathetic analysis of adultery, was one of his many depictions of New England culture and history.

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Definition and meaning of Tecumseh:

Tecumseh

The Shawnee chief Tecumseh organized an Indian confederacy to try to defend Indian land and culture in the Ohio country. In 1811 his confederacy was shattered at the Battle of Tippecanoe. Tecumseh was killed at the Battle of the Thames during the War of 1812.

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Definition and meaning of Perception

Perception - [World Geography]

People's perceptions of places and regions are not uniform. Their views of particular places or regions are their interpretations of its characteristics as influenced by their own cultures and experiences.

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Definition and meaning of Artifacts

Artifacts

Artifacts include anything made by humans such as a chair or natural objects such as an arrowhead modified by humans. An artifact can provide students with clues about the nature of a culture.

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Definition and meaning of Imperialism

Imperialism - [World History]

Imperialism is the domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region. Imperialism led to the creation of a number of European empires which extended around the world.

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