...Bullfighting: Remembering Tradition In today’s version of bullfighting has drastically changed, what was once thought to be brave test between man and animal has been shifted to the advantage of man that it is no longer a test but rather a senseless slaying of an already weakened and disoriented animal. Before the bull even enters the arena they are taunted and abused. The naturally nonaggressive bulls are riled up by having their eyes rubbed with Vaseline, wet newspaper stuffed in their ears, and cotton stuffed in their nose to cut off respiration. Even the bull’s genitals are repeatedly stabbed, just to weaken the bull before its execution for the show. When the gates open, the disoriented bull tries to run for freedom but instead runs right into six men whose job is to defeat, or kill, the animal. One man is horseback using a spear; four others have barbed sticks, and lastly is the matador, who wears the iconic red cape (Lau). The bull’s pain continues as it is repeatedly struck in the shoulders and run to the point of exhaustion. It doesn’t take long for the bull to collapse and accept defeat. Finally, the matador reaches for his sword and delivers the final blow, slaying the animal in front of thousands of cheering fans. The treatment of bulls shows the harsh reality of how brutally and unethically bulls are treated today. The protesters believe bullfighting has become a completely different sport, and has lost its cultural tradition. Enthusiasts claim a ban on bullfighting...
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...Universidad de la Sabana Managing Cultural Diversity in Business Elizabeth Christopher Vanessa Núñez Jiménez Code: 201111243 Fabián Mauricio Duque Code: 201120359 Andrés Tinjaca Code: 201121964 Government and all the people are in favor of art, sport or tradition? While in Colombia there is a law authorizing and regulating bullfighting, municipal authorities have the duty to compile and facilitate the implementation of such shows. Furthermore, although they may take steps to avoid unnecessary suffering, the authorities cannot "interfere with the ritual of bullfighting": that is, they cannot object to the death of the bull without a law thus empowered and at this time no exists in the country. By six votes in favor and three against Constitutional Court of Colombia has ruled in favor of bullfighting and against prohibitionists. In this regard, the Court decreed that mayors have no legal powers to ban bullfighting in those localities where there is a tradition and culture bullfighting. That ruling overturns the recent ban on bullfighting in Bogota where the mayor, Gustavo Petro, had decided that the Santa Maria bullring and bullfighting spectacles not give and devote to mere "cultural". Knew nothing beyond the high court's decision of the Corporation President Bullfighting Bogotá, Felipe Negret, said that with this ruling the mayor Petro is bound to reopen the place for which it was built in 1931, which means for bullfights and failure to do so would be in...
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...story “The Lottery” is studied with key focus on reasoning behind actions, traditions and rituals. The article identifies cultures and societies reasoning behind certain tradition, ceremonies and practices in order to help better understand the true reason behind the stoning in the short story. Griffin does an excellent job of supporting her reasons with historical facts, symbolism, social behavioral observations and detailed opinions about how time will change some things but ultimately, the desire of thrill, violence and opportunity to belong amongst some groups will render heinous acts passed down through generations a never ending tradition. Griffin begins by giving details about the summer and harvesting seasons. She tells about the beliefs that death of one thing will bring about a greater birth of a newer thing. Before the scapegoat concept came in to play, people simply planted seeds and hoped for enough sunlight and water to help it grow. However, over time people began to think if they sacrificed life, then those killed would cause a “rebirth’ (Griffin) of healthy crops. This leads into the reasoning behind the lottery in the story. The character Old Man Warner, the only person left of an older generation, is the only person who really holds the significance of the lottery, which is to bring in a plentiful harvest while the others have lost sight of the real reason and seem to participate only out of joy in violently killing someone. Griffin then goes on to write about...
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...As members of society and a popular culture, we do much without even discerning why or how these certain practices came about. Many actions in our daily lives are results of these so-called traditions. Anything from red beans on Monday to mass on Sunday can be described as a tradition rooted in the past. But at what point is it required to dispose of long-held traditions that have been followed for decades or even centuries? Just because in the past something was considered acceptable—such as slavery—does not mean that it should be accepted as right. This question is just the problem Tessie Hutchinson, the protagonist of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” reveals when she is chosen to be stoned to death. The lottery, a long tradition in the town...
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...Tradition Humans are creatures of habit. We settle in to various different forms of routines and ideas that shape how our lives operate. These habitual actions and ways of thought are passed from generation to generation as traditions. Parents bestow their knowledge on their children who eventually do the same to theirs. On their journey from generation to generation, these beliefs, values, and practices develop and change. Each generation adapts the traditions they inherit. Some choose to discontinue or modify traditions they were brought up with while others stay steadfast to what they know. The traditions present in my family have shaped me and my sister to be the people we are. Our family dynamic revolves around the places we go, the things we believe in, and the people we interact with. My family has a number of traditions that we have inherited as well as many that have been started internally. Most of the traditions that have played a role in my life focus on repetition of an event. When I first thought about tradition, the classics came to mind: Christmas, Thanksgiving, meals with extended family, and so on. These mainstream traditions definitely played a role in my life like they do many people. These holidays and special occasions offered a time to connect with cousins and relatives, celebrate an event or time of the year, and grow tighter as a family. I fondly recall Christmas Eves, Thanksgiving meals, and birthdays. These societally designated traditions based...
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...Allie Baber 10/23/12 Beat Literature practice college paper Through out the beat literature you can find recurring themes like religion that make the different stories/poems very similar. The beat generation rejects the American culture that covers up the disasters that are happening. They turned to Buddhism for peace. A big group of people called “the beats” went off the mainstream path and started doing things that were not typical to do during that time period. Some things that were not mainstream was the beats started to practice Buddhism and the way they write their stories and poem for example the style and run on sentences. The members of the Beat Generation rejected mainstream Western traditions because they felt those traditions were covering up what was wrong in 1950s America. Through out the different beat literatures there are many references where the beats reject Western traditions and went off the mainstream path. In the Note on Religious Tendencies by Gary Snyder that the Beat Generation do “experimentation with narcotics […] and intelligent use of drugs.” (Religious Tendencies) This demonstrates the Beats would rather not follow the mainstream path and would rather do different things like try different kinds of drugs and experiment with them. The Beats wanted to push themselves away from being with the mainstream people. They want to do different things even if they were not acceptable. Trying the different drugs showed that the Beats were doing something...
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...Following traditions are not always good and can become dangerous and blindly. Many do not know any better because traditions go on for many years. In the gothic short story “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson creates a town like no other. The literary devices utilized in “The Lottery” helped to manifest and develop the story are setting, characterization, symbolism and irony. “The Lottery” opens up with a calm setting of a sunny summer June 27th. From the outside, the town seems normal and quiet. Then the town starts to have a creepy, secret feeling, as if everyone has something to hide. The setting of “The Lottery” helps the reader understand the mood of the town and helps you understand the truth behind the tradition. Each character is different, but they all have one thing in common, they all follow tradition. The lottery is run by Mr. Summers. Mr.Summers is the leader of the town who is friendly to everyone and everyone respects him....
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...culture, Traditions, and way of life. The Cherokee Native American Tribe have a long, rough history starting all the way back to when they contacted with the Europeans back in the 16th century. Although they have a rough history, the Cherokee Native Americans have been...
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...predominately living in the hills of India. This story tells a tail about the spiritual leader of the agrahara having to decide the rites of a fellow villager. Women play a huge role in this book but that is not customary in reality. Hinduism make up about 82% of the India population which is about 800 million people. It is one of the oldest religions in the world and the authors of the sacred text is still unknown. They follow the words of followers that have filtered the texts down the past 4000 years. One of the most famous followers of modern times would be Mahatma Gandhi. There is a documentary that has been written about Gandhi that is highly criticized by some in India saying that he was not as great of a man that most people make him out to be. One of the caste that is an area of study for this book is about the Brahmin caste. The best way to describe the caste system is that it is very much like the class system here in the United States. The Brahmins are the high class caste in India. In the Hinduism, there are different stages that need to be addressed in life. The first stage would be to become a student, the next stage is to start a family with a wife and children and then once your life’s work is done then detach from everything and live in solitude. This short novel will show that reality still gets in the way of the dedicate ways of brahminhood. Pranesh is the dedicated spiritual leader of the agrahara that is described in this story. Pranesh went off to Kashi for...
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...the idea that the purpose of human kind is to breakout from the chains of the stereotypical. Humans try to debunk and destroy what exists, from beliefs to lifestyles and even to the right color of pants to match your socks. This urge to be free is the reason why Jose was shot in a park, why Romeo and Juliet died, and why all the revolutions and wars occurred. Grace Ogot or Grace Emily Akinyi, the Kenyan writer who happens to be the author of the story 'The Rain Came' and many other stories, presented the "Breaking-out" moment through the characters' struggle against the binding chains of traditions and culture. Many of her stories are set against the scenic background of Lake Victoria and the traditions of the Luo people. Luo people are interesting, in fact too interesting, specifically their traditions. They don't practice the common ritual of circumcision for males; instead they pull out 6 frontal teeth as a sign of initiation towards manhood. And these traditions are the common theme of Ogot's stories, including...
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...following him by example, and selecting certain kinds of stones, the smoothest and roundest they could find. When reading this part in the story one could and would expect that to be completely normal for young boys to do such a thing. Starting off quite and then breaking out into an energetic play. All seems innocent until the real meaning becomes clear at the end when the stones are used to commit a murder. Throughout the story the author also uses symbols to help in understanding the story’s theme. One example is the black box. The black box represents a tradition that has been around for many years and ties into irony, representing death. The color of the box black is even a symbol, which is a universal symbol for evil and death. No one really seems to know when it started or where it came from, but it still remains. The villagers are very loyal and are firm believers that even though the black box is splintered badly, showing its original wood colored, faded and needs to be replaced, the villagers will not do so. They look at it as similar artifacts have been passed down, such as the family list and the stones and that this is all part of a tradition that no one wants to stray away from. One tradition that has changed with the black box is that the villagers now use paper slips instead of wood chips. This is because the village was once tiny but now the...
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...Case Report - The Heraeus Group Company key assets analysis The most important overriding issue currently facing the Heraeus company is the question of succession and a lack of a formal corporate governance framework to address future ownership and management issues. The Heraeus company is one of Germany’s oldest and most successful family-owned companies. Dr. Jurgen Heraeus is the head of the family and has the most control and involvement in the company. He has just turned 70 and is contemplating the future of the company. Currently there are 180 family member owners, but only one family member other than Jurgen holds any significant management position, the other family members act in a capacity more like shareholders of publicly held companies. The key assets of the Heraeus Company evolve from its extensive history, the long-term horizon of the family shareholders, the unwillingness to raise capital from outside of the company and a set of common core values of the family. One key asset is the innovative nature of the company. Since the company relies only on internal capital to fund its operations it focuses more on constant innovation rather than capital intensive endeavors with 22% of revenue coming from products that are less than 3 years old. The company is highly technology driven, owning the intellectual property of the process of melting platinum and process of obtaining high-purity quartz glass. Moreover, professionalism is also a company asset since subsidiaries...
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...The lottery 1) Look up the history of lotteries. Why did they originate and why? Lotteries are a popular type of gambling most often run by governments and local states. The lottery includes multiple participants who compete and the winning person receives money as a prize most of the time. The chances of winning are very small and the winnings can be very high, about few millions. Throughout much of the recorded history, the purpose of lotteries was to raise money for funding public works. The lottery games started about 205 to 187 B.C. during the Han Dynasty, which is China today. The reason why the lottery started was to finance government projects, including one of the most famous - the Great Wall of China. Today, in the 21st century, hundreds of years latter the lottery has not changed much. It is still a gambling game, which people choose to play, hoping to win a prize, and the money is still use for government projects. 2) What good questions can you ask as you read the story that will help you understand the story on a deeper level? • Why does the writer mention the pile of stones and how are they connected to the rest of the story? • What is the reason the writer mentions that Mr. Summers had no children and that wife is scold? And why does she mention it with his job? • What was the reason of the hesitation among the villagers when Mr. Summers asked for some help? • Why do the villagers not want to replace the old lottery box with a new one...
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...One factor that ties the two sects together is the centrality of the Torah. In a Messianic Shabbat, the Torah is held in a large closet-like structure called an ark and only brought out during a specific portion of the service. Great respect is shown to the Torah when it is out of the ark and many people touch the scroll with a Bible, prayer book, or tallit while it is being walked around the synagogue. Additionally, the majority of the songs and prayers during a Messianic Shabbat are sung in Hebrew, the language in which the majority of Jewish texts were originally written. Songs and prayers such as Ozi V’zimrat Yah, Eliyahu HaNavi, Ki l’olam Chasd, and Yeshua El Yakar primarily focus on Old Testament prophets and some are taken directly from the book of Psalms. Within all of these texts the words “God” and “Lord” are written as “G-d” and “L-rd” in reverence of the holiness of God’s name. A large portion of the text utilized in a Messianic Shabbat are tied to Orthodox...
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...long-standing unchanging tradition that plays at each sporting event nationwide, school events, assemblies, Independence Day events, etc. When the U.S entered World War 1 a man named Francis Scott Key gave this poem he wrote to his brother, who noted that key’s poem fit the melody of The Anacreontic Song. It started out playing in the World Series game in 1918, where from that point in time it has played all sporting events since then. The Star Spangled banner exemplifies how traditions, including anthems, origin narratives, as well as symbols meet the need of a national group, also known as an invented tradition. Even if it’s for just a moment of time, regardless of class, race, gender,...
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