Encyclopedia - Blackfoot Music: Encyclopedia - Blackfoot Music
Blackfoot music, the music of the Blackfoot tribes (best translated in the Blackfoot language as nitsínixki - "I sing", from nínixksini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakers: Encyclopedia - Shakers
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vixakha Bouxa: Encyclopedia - Vixakha Bouxa
The Vixakha Bouxa festival is the Lao version of the Visakha Puja. It commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha. It ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wan Chai: Encyclopedia - Wan Chai
Wan Chai (or Wanchai, 灣仔; Cantonese IPA: /wɑn55 tsɐɪ35/; Jyutping: waan1 zai2; Pinyin: Wān Zaǐ; lit. "a small bay, a cove") is a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Nepal: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Nepal
The culture of Nepal, the rich cultural heritage of the Kingdom of Nepal, has evolved over centuries. This multidimensional cultural heri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wallflower People: Encyclopedia - Wallflower People
In social situations, a wallflower is a slang term used to describe shy or unpopular individuals who do not socialize or participate in a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gesture: Encyclopedia - Gesture
A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication made with a part of the body, used instead of or in combination with verbal communication...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zuni: Encyclopedia - Zuni
The Zuñi or Ashiwi are a Native American tribe, one of the Pueblo peoples, most of whom live in the Pueblo of Zuñi on the Zuni River, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Waltz: Encyclopedia - Waltz
For a musical genre, see Waltz (music). For the political scientist, see Kenneth Waltz. Waltz is a common name for ballroom and folk danc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nepal: Encyclopedia - Nepal
The Kingdom of Nepal (IPA: /[nəˈpɑːl]/ listen ▶ (help·info)) is a landlocked Himalayan country in South Asia, bordering the People...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meme: Encyclopedia Ii - Meme - Biological Analogies
In much the same way that the selfish gene concept offers a fruitful way of understanding and reasoning about aspects of biological evolu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wan Chai: Encyclopedia Ii - Wan Chai - History
Wan Chai (formerly Ha Wan 下環, lit. "a bottom ring"; as, geographically, its location is relatively low) is one of the earliest develo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sonatas And Partitas For Solo Violin 1001-1006: Encyclopedia Ii - Sonatas And Partitas For Solo Violin 1001-1006 - List Of Recordings On Other Instruments
The Sonatas and Partitas have been transcribed for and recorded on many other intruments, including: Rachel Podger, baroque violin Scott...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Nepal: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Nepal - Tribes & Ethnic Groups
See also Demographics of Nepal Nepal has a population of more than 27 million people, consisting of over 40 different races, ethnic and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Bolivia: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Bolivia - Festivals
Pagan rites from the pre-Columbian era are still common during the religious festivals of the Indians. The clothing used during the festi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gesture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gesture - Using One Hand
Gesture - A-ok. Main articles: A-ok, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tamil People: Encyclopedia Ii - Tamil People - Culture
Tamil people - Language and literature. Main articles: Tamil language, Tamil literature Tamils have strong feelings towards the Tamil l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin - Turkey
Varieties of Style, Scale and Rhythm and Spheres of Use Varieties of Folk Music Music accompanied by words can be classified under the fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Brazil - Brazilian Music History
Music of Brazil - Colonial music. The earliest known descriptions of music in Brazil date from 1578, when Jean De Léry, a French Calvi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wiarton Willie: Encyclopedia Ii - Wiarton Willie - The History Of Wiarton Willie
The story of the origin of Wiarton Willie dates back to 1956. A Wiarton resident named Mac McKenzie wanted to showcase his childhood home...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-baptiste Lully: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-baptiste Lully - Life
Born in Florence, the son of a miller, Lully had little education, musical or otherwise, but learned to play the guitar and violin. In 16...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin - Greece
Names of many Greek dances may be found spelt either ending with -o or with -os. This is due to the fact that the word for "dance" in Gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michigan J. Frog: Encyclopedia Ii - Michigan J. Frog - As Wb Mascot
From 1995 until 2005, he was the official mascot of the WB Television Network. On July 22, 2005, Michigan's "death" was announced by WB N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Novelty And Fad Dances: Encyclopedia Ii - Novelty And Fad Dances - Fad Dances
These are also called "dance crazes". Dancing style fads have always been a part of social dancing, sometimes gliding smoothly into tradi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nepal: Encyclopedia Ii - Nepal - History
Neolithic tools found in the Kathmandu Valley indicate that people have been living in the Himalayan region for at least 9,000 years. It ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gesture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gesture - Using One Hand
Gesture - A-ok. Main articles: A-ok, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pforzheim: Encyclopedia Ii - Pforzheim - History
Since 90: A settlement was established by Roman citizens at the Enz river near nowadays Altstaedter Bruecke (old town bridge). Archeologi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakers: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakers - Communalism Under Joseph Meacham
In 1781–1783 the Mother with chosen elders visited her followers in New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut. She died in Watervliet, Ne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meme: Encyclopedia Ii - Meme - Biological Analogies
In much the same way that the selfish gene concept offers a fruitful way of understanding and reasoning about aspects of biological evolu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Mozambique: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Mozambique - Timbila
The Chopi people of the coastal Inhambane region are known for a unique kind of xylophone called a mbila (pl: timbila) and the style of m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Partner Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Partner Dance - Double Partner Dance
This kind of dance involves dancing of three persons together: one man with two women or one woman with two men. In social dancing, doubl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swing Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Swing Dance - Forms Of Swing
The three main dance forms of swing are Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing, and East Coast Swing. However, there are many other dances of this k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackfoot Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Blackfoot Music - Singing
Singing consists mostly of vocables, though recordings and reports from the early 1900s and prior indicate there were a great deal more l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Brazil - Popular Music
The field of Brazilian popular music can be traced back to the 1930s, when radio spread songs across the country. Popular music included ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zuni: Encyclopedia Ii - Zuni - History
The Zuñi, like other Pueblo peoples, are believed to be the descendants of the Ancient Pueblo Peoples who lived in the desert Southwest ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mauro Campagnoli: Encyclopedia Ii - Mauro Campagnoli - Biography
Anthropological and ethnomusicological fieldwork Graduated in Cultural Anthropology from Turin University. He conducts anthropological an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hustle Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Hustle Dance - History
Based on older dances such as the mambo, the Hustle originated in Hispanic communities in New York and Florida in the 1970's. A line danc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wan Chai: Encyclopedia Ii - Wan Chai - Transport
Geographically, Wan Chai is in the midway between the west (West Point and Central) and the east (Causeway Bay and North Point) of the Ho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pforzheim: Encyclopedia Ii - Pforzheim - Politics
Pforzheim - City council. The city council of Pforzheim consists of the Lord Mayor as its president and 40 elected (part-time) councill...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pforzheim: Encyclopedia Ii - Pforzheim - Culture And Places Of Interest
Pforzheim - Theater. Municipal Theater of Pforzheim (opera, operetta, musical, drama) Pforzheim - Orchestras. Southwest German Cha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wan Chai: Encyclopedia Ii - Wan Chai - Culture Of Wan Chai People
Wan Chai - Religious diversity and eclecticism. People in Wan Chai have a wide range of religions like Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pforzheim: Encyclopedia Ii - Pforzheim - Personalities
Pforzheim - Honorary citizens. (a small selection) 1939 Alfons Kern, historian 1965 Dr. Johann Peter Brandenburg, German politician ([...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wan Chai: Encyclopedia Ii - Wan Chai - Tourism And Recreation
Each day, crowds of people come to the locality to experience its vitality and fascinating diversity. There are many world-class commerci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wan Chai: Encyclopedia Ii - Wan Chai - Cultural Institutions
Near the waterfront are the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Hong Kong Arts Centre, two of the most popular venues for theat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wan Chai: Encyclopedia Ii - Wan Chai - Urban Decay And Renewal
Wan Chai faces a serious problem of urban decay. In order to tackle the problem, the government has launched a series of urban renewal pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pforzheim: Encyclopedia Ii - Pforzheim - Economy And Infrastructure
Pforzheim is one of the regional centers (Oberzentrum) in Baden-Wuerttemberg and has one of the highest densities of industrial activity ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wan Chai: Encyclopedia Ii - Wan Chai - Sustainable Development
Wan Chai - Central and Wan Chai Reclamation. After the completion of the Central and Wan Chai Reclamation Feasibility Study in 1989, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin - Indonesia
List of folk dances sorted by origin - Bali. Joged ... See also:List of folk dances sorted by origin, List of folk dances sorted by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mauro Campagnoli: Encyclopedia Ii - Mauro Campagnoli - Works
Mauro Campagnoli - Essays. Baka Pygmies of Cameroon, 2004 Music and Musical Instruments of Baka Pygmies, 2005 Mauro Campagnoli - Mus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meme: Encyclopedia Ii - Meme - Introduction And Definitions
Though memeticists do not generally agree on a specific definition, one can roughly define 'meme' as any piece of information transferabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gesture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gesture - Body And Facial Gestures
Many gestures utilize only the face or body, without the hands. One such gesture is "eye-rolling" wherein a person rotates his or her eye...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gesture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gesture - Using Two Hands
Gesture - Air quotes. Main articles: Air quotes, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]] This phrase refers to using one's fingers to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Bolivia: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Bolivia - Writers
Writers of Bolivia: Nataniel Aguirre Oscar Alfaro Alcides Arguedas Alcira Cardona Oscar Cerruto Adolfo Costa Du Rels Antonio Díaz Villa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meme: Encyclopedia Ii - Meme - Memetics
Memetics, the study of memes, remains a controversial field among many scientists and skeptics. Memetics originated when Richard Dawkins ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meme: Encyclopedia Ii - Meme - Memetic Evolution
Memetic evolution, like genetic evolution, cannot happen without mutation. Mutation produces the essential variations, whereupon those va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Mozambique: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Mozambique - Marrabenta
Marrabenta is the best-known form of music from Mozambique. It is urban in origin, and meant for dancing. Marrabenta was born as a fusion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meme: Encyclopedia Ii - Meme - Examples
Crudely-stated versions of some common memes include: Technology: cars, paper-clips, etc. Technology clearly demonstrates mutation as we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meme: Encyclopedia Ii - Meme - Forms Taken By Memes In The Brain
In 1981 biologists Charles J. Lumsden and Edward Osborne Wilson published a theory of gene-culture coevolution in the book Genes, Mind, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meme: Encyclopedia Ii - Meme - Memetic Engineering
Memetic engineering consists of the process of developing memes, through meme-splicing and memetic synthesis, with the intent of altering...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Bolivia: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Bolivia - Music
Music is played during the festivals and the dances. Some tunes contain strong Spanish influences. The most common musical instruments ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin - Ukraine
List of folk dances sorted by origin - Crimean Tatars. Aypetri Pendceresi Haytarma Ahmescit Haytarması Bagçasaray Ahmescit Ağır Av...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Brazil - Popular Music
The field of Brazilian popular music can be traced back to the 1930s, when radio spread songs across the country. Popular music included ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Brazil - Afro Brazilian Music
Music of Brazil - Samba. Main article: Samba By the beginning of the 20th century, samba had begun to evolve out of choro in Rio de Jan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Brazil - Folk Music
The earliest music in what is now Brazil must have been that of the native peoples of the area. Little is known about their music, since ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tamil People: Encyclopedia Ii - Tamil People - Institutions
Because Tamils have been spread over several countries for much of their history, there are few formal pan-Tamil institutions. The most i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tamil People: Encyclopedia Ii - Tamil People - Geographic Distribution
Tamil people - Tamils in India. Most Indian Tamils live in the state of Tamil Nadu, which includes the major part of the former Madras ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin - Cambodia
List of folk dances sorted by origin - Khmer. Ramvong ... See also:List of folk dances sorted by origin, List of folk dances sorted...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pforzheim: Encyclopedia Ii - Pforzheim - Geography
Pforzheim is located at the northern rim of the eastern part of the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) and the rim of the hilly country of the Kr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin - United States
List of folk dances sorted by origin - Hawaii. Hula List of folk dances sorted by origin - Louisiana. Cajun Cajun Jig, also known...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin - Turkey
Varieties of Style, Scale and Rhythm and Spheres of Use Varieties of Folk Music Music accompanied by words can be classified under the fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin - Moldova
List of folk dances sorted by origin - Gagauzia. Yol avası Sofra avası Sıkı horuı Saadıca karşı Pernelä Kiraţa havası Kapuy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin - Macedonia
List of folk dances sorted by origin - Western. Tetovo, Gostivar, Debar, Mavrovo, Kicevo, Krushevo and Porece Female dances are elegant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tamil People: Encyclopedia Ii - Tamil People - History
Tamil people - The pre-classical period. The origins of the Tamil people, like those of the other Dravidian peoples, are unknown, altho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Brazil - Brazilian Music History
Music of Brazil - Colonial music. The earliest known descriptions of music in Brazil date from 1578, when Jean De Léry, a French Calvi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackfoot Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Blackfoot Music - Song Composition
Traditionally, songs are considered to be given, completed, to individual Blackfoot people in visions or dreams. Though it is now accepte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Nepal: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Nepal - Music & Dance
The legend states dances in the Indian subcontinent originated in the abode of Lord Shiva - the Himalayas, and the Himalayan Kingdome of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackfoot Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Blackfoot Music - Drumming
Singing without drums is extremely rare and considered inappropriate. (Nettl, 1989) The drum accompaniment to songs is rhythmically indep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackfoot Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Blackfoot Music - Musical Thought
Blackfoot musical thought is also more enumerative than European influenced musical thought which tends to be more hierarchical. Songs ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zuni: Encyclopedia Ii - Zuni - Culture
Zuñi speak the Zuñi language, a unique language which is unrelated to the languages of the other Pueblo peoples. The Zuñi continue to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zuni: Encyclopedia Ii - Zuni - Miscellaneous
The Zuñi were and are a peaceful, deeply traditional people who lived by irrigated agriculture and now by the sale of traditional crafts...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Nepal: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Nepal - Folklores & Folktales
Folklores and folktales have remained an integral part of Nepalese society, and they reveal different dimensions of social and cultural l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Nepal: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Nepal - Languages & Literatures
As per 2001 census, at least 92 different living languages are spoken in Nepal, though other studies list 123 living languages[1]. Nepal�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gesture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gesture - Social Significance
Gestures play a major role in many aspects of human life. Many animals, including humans, use gestures to initiate a mating ritual. This ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Nepal: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Nepal - Food And Drink
A typical staple food of an average Nepalese consist of Dal-Bhat [2] (lentil soup and cooked rice) with Tarkari, that is, vegetable curri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Nepal: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Nepal - Festivals & Celebrations
Main article: Festivals of Nepal Several festivals are celebrated in Nepal, lasting from one day to several days. Dashain is the longest ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Nepal: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Nepal - Religions & Philosophy
Nepal, constitutionally a Hindu kingdom with long-standing legal provisions prohibiting discrimination against other religions , is the o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakers: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakers - Shaker Trust
To preserve their legacy as well as their idyllic, lakeside property at Sabbathday Lake, Maine, the Shakers announced in October 2005 tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakers: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakers - Modern-day Shakers
Membership in the Shakers dwindled in the late 1800s for several reasons. People were attracted to cities and away from the farms. Shaker...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nepal: Encyclopedia Ii - Nepal - Military And Foreign Affairs
Nepal's military consists of the Royal Nepalese Army which includes the Royal Nepalese Army Air Service, (the air force unit under it), a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nepal: Encyclopedia Ii - Nepal - Government And Politics
Until 1990, Nepal was an absolute monarchy under the executive control of the king. In 1990, King Birendra agreed to large-scale politica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nepal: Encyclopedia Ii - Nepal - Economy
Nepal is one of the poorest and least developed nations in the world; up to half of its people live below the poverty line. Agriculture p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakers: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakers - Culture And Artifacts
Shaker beliefs have generated a unique culture and ways of life that have enriched the cultural history of the United States as well as s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakers: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakers - Shaker Music
The Shakers considered music to be an essential component of the religious experience, and created some of the most tuneful, idiosyncrati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakers: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakers - Communal Spiritual Family
The Shakers did not believe in procreation so therefore had to adopt a child if they wanted one. Another way they could expand their comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakers: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakers - Ann Lee
Under the leadership of Mother Ann Lee, beginning in 1774, the work ethic and rejection of marriage for which they have ever since been k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakers: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakers - Wardley Predecessors
Derived from a small branch of English Quakers who had adopted some of the doctrines of worship followed by the 'French Prophets,' as Lon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gesture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gesture - Hand With Body Gestures
Gesture - Biting one's thumb. Biting one's thumb was an old rude British gesture. It is comparable to "the Finger" in modern terms. In ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gesture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gesture - Body And Facial Gestures
Many gestures utilize only the face or body, without the hands. One such gesture is "eye-rolling", when a person moves their pupils to th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meme: Encyclopedia Ii - Meme - Memetic Engineering
Memetic engineering consists of the process of developing memes, through meme-splicing and memetic synthesis, with the intent of altering...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meme: Encyclopedia Ii - Meme - Memetic Evolution
Memetic evolution, like genetic evolution, cannot happen without mutation. Mutation produces the essential variations, whereupon those va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meme: Encyclopedia Ii - Meme - Memetics
Memetics, the study of memes, remains a controversial field among many scientists and skeptics. Memetics originated when Richard Dawkins ...   » Read the article