...took over. As they went from house to house they would knock at each house and cry ‘trick or treat’ ” (Why is Halloween Celebrated). But how did all this come about? Halloween dates back to 2,000 years ago. “In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1st as a time to honor all saints and martyrs; the holiday All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain” (History of Halloween). During the Celtic festival of Samhain people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward of what they believed were roaming ghosts. “By 43 A.D., the Roman Empire had conquered the majority of Celtic territory” (History of Halloween).While the Romans were ruling the lands there were two festivals, Feralia, a day Romans traditionally commemorate the passing of the dead and the second was to honor Pomona , the Roman goddess of fruit and tree. An apple symbolizes Pomona which explains why the tradition of bobbing for apples is practiced on Halloween. “By the end of the 19th century, annual autumn festivities were common, but Halloween was not yet celebrated everywhere in the country” (History of Halloween). Halloween was most common in what is now known as Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France. “Trick or treating spread from the western United States eastward, stalled by sugar rationing that began in April 1942...
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...the life you’ve lived and possibly even the lives of your parents and grandparents. Whether it’s fine gold or diamond jewelry, the latest fashion jewelry, your grandmother’s pearls, a ring with birthstones for each of your children, the necklace received from your husband on a wedding anniversary or a combination of these things, the contents of your jewelry box communicates visual messages about you to others. As an avid collector and seller of vintage jewelry, researching the items I collect is part of the process and often provides education regarding various periods in history. When researching a specific item of jewelry; the style, when it was made, and of what material, it also gives me impressions about the life of the person who wore the item being researched. Over several years, I’ve learned that jewelry has played an important economic, societal and emotional role in human lives throughout history. Jewelry is a wearable art form that can communicate emotion and information to others, even after the wearer is gone. A news article written by Kate Ravilious for National Geographic News online entitled Oldest Jewelry Found in Morocco Cave, described a cache of 82,000 year-old shells found by a team of archaeologists. The shells or “beads” were decorated with a dye from red clay and Quick 2 pierced so they could be strung. To date, these beads are the oldest form of jewelry ever discovered. The article also mentioned “signs of wear” on the beads indicating they had...
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...kukekrstvo comes from the long gone pagan times, this tradition is inseparable part of the Bulgarian cultural history. The first edition of "Surva" had rules that limited the number of participants. Initially, only local, single men could participate dressed as kukeri. This rules, that are now abandoned, attracted around 800 people in the first...
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...any political movement or ideology which attempts to abolish them. One of the most imperative of these is the freedom of expression. The freedom to express one’s self, whether it be by religion, speech, or association, is in serious harm today in American politics. In recent years Halloween costumes have become more and...
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...Name Tutor Course Date Fashion History Q.1 In the late fourteenth century and the beginning of the fifteenth century, Italy led the rebirth that was known as the renaissance of culture commerce and learning. It was in this period that the Italy states started establishing banking and trading which helped in the stabilization of the economy throughout Europe. Q.2 One of the most thriving sectors of business during this period was the textile industry. New materials as well as innovative techniques in sewing and cutting transformed tailoring of clothes. The merchants who used to trade clothes influence the textile industry by expanding the markets of clothes that were manufactured in Italy. Moreover, they introduced new designs from different parts of the World such as the Middle East, Rome, and Turkey: the new designs had a significant impact on the textile industry in Italy. The trade activities by the Venetian merchants led to intercultural interactions between Italy and Middle East. Q.3 Some of the major sources of information about the Italian costumes of the in the Renaissance period were primary sources such as paintings, actual garments, and paintings by painters such as Memling Durer, Cranach and Davinci. Secondary sources included the art of the Renaissance in the North Europe and Renaissance humanism. Some of the disadvantages of these sources were that they easily available to every Hence most of the tailors found themselves manufacturing clothes of similar...
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...1. PURPOSE OF THE REPORT My purpose for this report is to find the best way of strategic marketing plan using E-marketing strategy to help Michelle’s Fancy Dress Costumes to help her achieve her goals for the shop. What is e-marketing? It is a marketing principles or tools via electronic media (Pc, software, database, and network) more accurate using the internet. E-marketing is the process of marketing a brand, enterprise, product or service using the internet. It includes direct response, indirect marketing and interactive marketing element and uses a broad range of technologies to help connect business to their customers (Sergeant and West, 2007).It should be a sub-set or marketing strategy as it is important with any strategy to identify goals and in addition target group, formulate massage/story, choose media tools and services. The main reason for this is to help and increase the speed of marketing for Michelle’s shop and to create a loop of dialogue and not mass “one too many” communication. Today’s marketing is about to communicate with what Chris Anderson calls “Generations Why” or what Friedman describes Generation Zeppies (Friedman 2006). Today customers will ask a lot of question regarding the service or product and with this e-marketing the Michelle’s Shop should be able to become a better listener to fulfill consumers’ needs and demand. 2. LIMITATION Even though I manage to finish the report on time this doesn’t mean I didn’t face any...
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...will be a excellent addition to your school and costume design course. For as long as I can remember I have been drawing clothing and costumes for me, my people or characters. I have a strong conviction that when a person is wathching a film, tv show or in theater, they will connect with the character not only threw the actor but the costume as well. The actor can only portray the character to the audience when the costume gives him or her the power to become that person in the story. The costume designer is a big part of the setting of the story, to give the actor and the story line the power to move the audience and keep them there in the moment of wonder, amazement and to give...
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...This short clip depicts the opening scene from the musical The Lion King with singing and dancing to the song The Circle of Life. As the sun slowly rises many different animals celebrate the start of a new day, or the circle of life. This Lion King scene is a very visually appealing musical and makes use of not just the stage but the full arena and actors in costumes and using props are shown walking down the aisles of the theatre. While in the clip that was viewed had a very limited amount of a scenery the use of costumes, characters and puppets told this part of the story very well. In fact for some of the costumes you would need to look hard for the actor controlling the puppet as your mind you not even realize that there is an actor under the costume. Overall the costume design along with the choreography makes for a visually stunning opening scene. One gets a sense of a three ring circus where so many things are happening that there is no way you could take it all in at once as your eyes and head swivel from side to side in an attempt to capture it all. The Lion King musical is a classic coming of age story along with a good versus evil aspect. The opening scene shows the sun rising and the musical number The Circle of Life playing. The sun symbolizes the pattern of night to day and day to night, the same pattern of life to death and death to life. Simba along with his father share the protagonist role in the musical and represent good. Simba is the king’s son, the perfect...
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...religions, dances, ceremonies, etc. Here we are going to concentrate on Polish culture and there’s National Dances. Poland is a nation rich in culture, and musical tradition. In fact Poland even has five National Dances. There are few countries in the world that have even one national dance. Poland’s National Dances are: the Krakowiak, the Mazur, Polonez (Polonaise), the Kujawiak and the Oberek. These dances, which originated in the Polish countryside, were so popular that they found their way to the royal court, and were even incorporated into classical works by composers like Chopin. In this paper, I will write about only two dances Polonaise and the Oberek. The culture of Poland is closely connected with its intricate thousand-year history. Its unique character developed as a result of its geographical location at the confluence of various European regions. Since its early origins in the culture of the Early Slavs, over time Polish culture has been profoundly influenced by its interweaving ties with the Germanic, Latinate and Byzantine worlds as well as in continual dialog with the many other ethnic groups and minorities living in Poland. The people of Poland have traditionally been seen as hospitable to artists from abroad and eager to follow cultural and artistic trends that popular in other countries. In the 19th and 20th centuries the Polish focus on cultural advancement often took precedence over political and economic activity. Nowadays, Poland is a highly developed...
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..."good theatre, or good art and what didn't," he said. But his roots were calling! Minshall study the quotes of great fuluserfers such as Balanchine, in an interview (Carnival.com) he said that Balanchine’s quoted in his choreography that he wants the audience to be able to see the music and hear the dance he claps his hands and said “in mass that is exactly the purpose”. There is a thread, however loose, that links all mass activities together dance, music, theatre, etc. It is not only their involvement in and commitment to mass production but the simple fact that whatever their imagined rivalries they are all linked by the interconnectedness of their shared experience. Minshall’s took on his mentor George Bailey a Carnival legend and history pioneer, in 1963 Minshall was further inspire by one of Bailey’s creation Beauty in Perpetuity from the Bailey band Bats and Clowns several years latter Minshall recalls this watershed era in mass and raise the tensile town image to a true artistic art form by transforming his ideas and inspiration that paves the way to a new generation of mass. At one level, some of the things that influence great mass men such as Peter Minshall are generally the same with their life experiences providing the stimulations for the intellectual processes that takes shape as fantasy, representational or kinetic art,...
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...On February 10, 1897, New York City society gathered at the Waldorf Hotel, guests of Mrs. Cornelia Bradley Martin. Guests donned 16th, 17th and 18th century costumes; the hostess herself came as Mary Queen of Scots. Not content to pay homage to only one doomed monarch, Mrs. Bradley Martin added a necklace once worn by Marie Antoinette. Her husband, a New York lawyer, dressed as Louis XIV – the sun king. Workers decorated and prepared the ballroom for the event. The Bradley-Martin had ordered flowers from all over the world. Protecting the party goers which included many prominent people such as J.P. Morgan, his niece Pierpont Morgan, Theodore Roosevelt, his wife, and so much more, were the New York City police led by Inspector Cortright. Security...
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...Philiipine Traditional Costumes The Philippine Costumes Barong Tagalog for Men Barong Tagalog, the official national costume of Filipino men, originated from the northern part of the Philippines, and is originally made of jusi or pineapple cloth called “pina” (woven from pineapple leaves). It is worn over a Chinese collarless shirt called camisa de Chino. It exhibits the loose, long lines of its Chinese sources, the airy tropical appearance of Indo-Malay costume, the elongated effect of Hindu dressing, and the ornamental restraint of European men’s clothing. Today, barong tagalong can come from different materials and different colors. It is usually used for formal occasion and meetings Mestiza The Mestiza Dress is a formal dress made of expensive lace and fabric adorned with embroideries. It is the sophisticated version of the national costume, the baro’t saya (blouse and skirt). Made more popular by former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos, some even called it Imelda dress or terno. Mestiza dress is known for its elegance and butterfly sleeves. It is usually worn for formal occasion Maria Clara Dress Maria Clara’s dress was named after a mestiza heroine of one of the novels of the Philippine National hero Dr. Jose Rizal. Its origin was the national costume of Filipino women which is baro’t (shirt) saya (skirt). The Maria Clara gown features a floor-length paneled skirt of silk or satin and it consists of four separate pieces: the collarless...
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...The holidays Halloween and the Day of the Dead are similar in some ways but overall different. Halloween is celebrated in America and The Day of the Dead is mainly recognized in Mexico. During Halloween kids walk around collecting candy in costumes. Preparations for Dia De Los Muertos include making an ofrenda which will hold offerings for the dead. The purpose of the holidays is different as well. Throughout the three days that the Day of the Dead is celebrated, the loved ones who have passed away come back to life and enjoy time with their families. On October 31st in America, the bad spirits were known to come alive and needed to be banished before All Saints Day which is why people wore costumes. Therefore, Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos are different. The two holidays are celebrated in different parts of the world. Halloween is celebrated all throughout America, Canada, Australia and in some parts of Europe. Halloween became popular in North America when the Irish immigrants brought their practices with them. Dia De Los Muertos is only celebrated in Mexico. It was first celebrated by the Incas in South America. Therefore, the two holidays are celebrated in different parts of the world and...
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...Candice Payne English 102 Research paper on carnival Mardi gras Just the name Mardi gras conjures up images of drunken, bead-wearing revelers dancing through the streets of New Orleans. But how, and when, did this huge mid-winter party get started? Here's a look at the history of Mardi gras throughout the ages and across the nations. Herman states, Historians tell us that the ancient Romans probably kicked off the Mardi gras celebrations. (pg. 115)Their mid-February festival known as Lupercalia honored the god Lupercus, alternately known as the god of fertility and the god of agriculture and pastoral shepherds. In either case, his party definitely had Mardi Gras-like qualities, including days of feasting and drinking. And a little enjoying the "pleasures of the flesh", probably, too -- in fact, the term Carnival, often synonymous with Mardi gras, is derived from the Latin expression meaning "farewell to the flesh." Like most of the ancient Roman and Greek festivals, Lupercalia was adopted and adapted by the Church as a way of subtly converting the local pagans to Christianity. The carnival-like celebration of Lupercalia thus morphed into a last "fling" before the beginning of the Lenten period. Lent refers to the 40 days of pertinence and purification celebrated between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. During Lent, the religiously faithful refrain from a number of indulgences of the "flesh", including eating meat. (pg. 220) What began as a Roman-based...
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...Terra Runyan Walmart pulls 'Naughty Leopard' Halloween costume made for TODDLERS after complaints from outraged parents (September 26, 2013) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2432913/Walmart-pulls-Naughty-Leopard-Halloween-costume-TODDLERS-complaints-outraged-parents.html#ixzz2iht9tRma Naughty: behaving badly, guilty of disobedience or misbehavior. (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/naughty) A word that used to mean “misbehaving” has now been sexualized. How has a word that once meant to behave badly, turned sexual? What does this mean for people now? In this paper I will use symbolic interactionism to explain the article. In the “…Naughty Leopard…” article it describes how the toddler costume is stirring up controversy within the parenting community. The word “naughty” has been put on a package next to a toddler girl, wearing a black dress with leopard trim, and leopard ears. Parents believe that by using the term “naughty” Walmart is trying to “sexualize” our children. The costume has been pulled from the shelves, and a spokesman for Walmart has apologized and said “It was never our intention to offend anyone and we apologize to any customers who may have been offended by the name of our costume”. Let’s look back at the history of the term. The word “naughty” during the 16th century meant "unhealthy, unpleasant, bad (with respect to weather), vicious (of an animal), inferior, or bad in quality". In the early days in Middle England, the word “naughti”...
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