Hong Kong's culture was born in a sophisticated fusion of East and West. It not only kept many Chinese traditions, but also experienced a baptism of western culture. This situation led to the diversity of Hong Kong's culture and the people there are open-minded to accept variety. To have a better understanding of this cultural phenomenon, you can give a research on the following aspects. People in Hong Kong The population of Hong Kong is formed by Cantonese, Shanghainese, British, Indians
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a western brand could be tough. Then comes the ambiguity about the success of the localization strategy. Also, the possibility of MTV Arabia to be altered by the local programming could be expected. There is a considerable number of existing Arab music channels, thus, the competition might be difficult as they have the same focus as MTV Arabia. Although those challenges, MTV Networks invaded the Arabian market and applied a business strategy that enabled it to build a solid infrastructure. This
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Islamic & Hindu Weddings The Islamic and Hindu religions have an array of similarities and differences regarding their customs and laws in relation to the ‘wedding ceremony’. Within Islam, the wedding ceremony is believed to be both a religious and social obligation to get married. As a result, there is a great weight placed on religious, social and cultural dimensions of the ceremony which tends to be simple in nature, paralleling Islamic beliefs. Hindus also place a lot of importance on
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Baraka means blessing in Hebrew, Arabic and Arabic-influenced languages. It may refer to: * Baraka, also berakhah, in Judaism, a blessing usually recited during a ceremony * Baraka, also barakah, in Arabic Islam and Arabic-influenced languages such as Swahili, Urdu, Persian, Turkish, a blessing from God in the form of spiritual wisdom or divine presence. Also a spiritual power believed to be possessed by certain persons, objects, tombs. * Baraka, a rarely used French slang term for luck
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In the world today there are many religions that any person can choose to worship, some of these are Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, and Islam as well as many more than one can choose to follow. Therefore, people are pushed toward certain religions. Most often people learn religion from what their parents believe in, for example the first religion I ever learned about is Baptist. Religious stories have been inspirational to many children all over the world of every religion; a good example of
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MTV Networks: The Arabian Challenge Introduction The MTV Network (Music Television) is a global brand which introduced the concept of a cable music channel. It was launched in America in 1981 and quickly its popularity spread to other similar channels across the world. Over the years MTV developed a reputation for providing programmes with a localized content without diluting down what MTV stood for. MTV using its open western culture and sometimes controversial content was known to air sexually
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Amy Jones EDU 230 May 8, 2012 Patti Lucas Multicultural Fieldtrip In today world there are multicultural among us, through each different cultural we are able to learn something. As I take a multicultural fieldtrip I notice the difference in every culture, from The Philippine Agta, Ngbaka, Southeast Asia, Yi of China, and etc. In every culture lies a unique heritage trail, the Philippine Agta has great skill when it comes to natural forest environment, they are great hunter. They can develop
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India, it can be said that the country is a cocktail of cultures and that is exactly the beauty of India. India has the proud parent of some of the greatest of religions namely Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism, and the country also embraces Islam and Christianity. People belonging to all these religions live together with harmony and this diversity promises 365 days of joys, colours, rituals and appealing cultural exchange. India is flavoured with the unity of rich culture whilst it takes
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injustice of life.” (Armstrong, p. 25) As determine and investigating individuals, humans decline freely into depression. Religion is a callous struggle. Its perception is not noticeable and has to be prepared in a similar form as an admiration of art, music, or poetry must be established. But, in Robert Thurman’s essay on “Wisdom”, he talks about Buddhism religion. Buddhism teaches one about “selflessness “and “voidness,” or “emptiness”. Some people replied differently to these words, often being they
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Ang Konpusyanismo (Ingles: Confucianism; Tsino: 儒家; pinyin: rú jiā) ay isang sinaunang sistemang pang-etika at pampilosipiyang Tsino na unang pinaunlad mula sa mga turo ni Confucius, isang sinauang paham at pilosopong Tsino. Itinuturo nito ang tao ay sadyang itinulak ng tadhana upang makisalamuha sa kapwa tao sa lipunan. Kaya ang mga abnormal lamang at ang hindi "natural" na tao ang namumuhay sa labas ng mga pamayanan. Ang pakikisalamuha sa kapwa tao ang pinakamahalaga upang mabuhay sapagkat sa lipunan
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