Essays on Celebrations & Rituals

In the world of enchanting holiday decorations, Easter eggs are not typically the first things that come to mind. But Maya Elston’s book, Eggstravagant Easter Eggs, beautifully demonstrates the charm and underappreciated art of egg decorating. From dyeing to adorning to intricately hand painting, this...

Social relativism alludes to the possibility that the qualities, information, and conduct of individuals must be comprehended inside their own social setting. This is one of the most essential ideas in human science, as it perceives and certifies the associations between the more prominent social...

The Key Cultural event of 2017 that I have chosen to write about is the Galway International Arts Festival. I have Chosen this Cultural event because it is something that I have heard about in passing yet don’t really know what it involves, so I...

This past weekend on October 26, 2019, I attended the 36th annual “Viva La Vida Parade and Festival” in Austin, Texas. This event was to celebrate Dia de Los Muertos or Day of the Dead, during this event they had authentic and traditional Mexican food...

Area of festival research is characterized by its interdisciplinary nature, diversity of topics, and more or less divergent theoretical and methodological approaches. There are probably two main branches or bases of recent festival research. The older one has roots in anthropology and is represented by...

Durga Puja, the soul of west Bengal. The Ashwina Navratri brings the celebrations for us in Bengal. The weather itself becomes ideal to rejoice and involve in festivities. The 6th day of navratri is assigned to start the merriment. The celebration, our ‘Durgotsav’, continues for...

Festivals are important for cities across the globe, both economically and culturally (Smith, 2010). A festival is defined as “the celebration of culture and community” (Johnson, 2001, p. 44) and are an important part of the tourism industry. Some famous examples include Mardi Gras in...

I am not exactly the festival-type. I have friends who will be unreachable on weekends simply because they are at a festival in a remote location. They come back on Monday morning, suit up and go straight to work and start counting down until the...

Introduction FestivalsCollins English Dictionary described festival as a period or a day of celebration which often has religious and cultural relation. Also, it is a day where people commemorate an event, such as weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, and other significant events (festival, n.d.). Moreover, festivals are...

Introduction Death or mortuary rites is a ceremony or group of ceremonies held in connection with the burial or cremation of a dead person. Throughout the history and in every human society, the disposal of the dead has been given special significance. Death rites comprise...

We conducted a fitness self-assessment in order to evaluate our overall health and fitness status. The areas that were tested included cardiovascular, muscle strength, muscle endurance, flexibility, body composition, agility, balance, and coordination. Once these assessments were completed, I picked an area I was lacking...

Your body is like a machine with many parts working together to make that machine run smoothly. Your brain is the central part of your machine. It’s only 2% of your body weight, but it uses over 20% of your body’s energy. While it may...

Sometimes, when you travel, you need a little something to really make your trip pop!Going back and forth to Korea for the past 3 years, if there’s one thing I’m sure of, it’s that South Korea does not fall short of festivals or parties. If...

What is a banquet hall? A banquet hall is defined as the area or a building used to serve the purpose of hosting a party, reception, wedding, or any other social or functional parties or events. It can be said as the large department to...

Body modification comes in many forms including piercing, tattoos, scarification, and even altering the look of the body with special clothing or procedures. One of the most common forms of body modification is the art of tattooing. Tattoos have become more popular over the last...

A college is a place where most students go with big dreams in their eyes and a lot of expectations. We have all been college students once, isn’t that true? College is supposed to be this happening place where you meet new people and make...

All throughout our lives, especially today in modern culture we rely ourselves on our identity, because it makes us who we are and will either consciously or subconsciously make decisions for us; who we hang out with, what we eat, what books we read, what...

Tattooing is forbidden in Islam. It changes the colour of the skin by injecting ink below the surface of the skin. it is another method of flaunting one’s body. People who does that usually want to show it off. They want to make themselves better,...

Talking about an ergonomic chair is talking about health, because sitting correctly has become a vital issue today. Who has not spent hours in front of the computer and suffered those terrible backaches? What are these cervical problems that we have suffered more than once?...