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...The village- a beehive, buzzing silence. *** The demolished tomb- uncapped, overrun with weeds knocking on Heaven’s door. *** Underwood scratched you. A stone tripped you up. Wild is the wood, a fairy-land....

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...Стр. Описание Page Description 5 Общ поглед към с. Равногор The village of Ravnogor 6 Бор в двора на параклиса „Св. Илия“ край с. Равногор A pine tree in the yard of St. Elijah’s chapel near Ravnogor 7 Местността „Павла“ с върховете „Св.Елена“ и „Св.Неделя“ край с. Равногор „Pavla...

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...The book is a descriptive overview of the culture of the villages. It contains material on the villagers' housing, rice farming and other means of livelihood, community life, festivals, weddings, funerals, sorcerers and healers, as well as village Buddhism. The author draws surpris...

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... A VILLAGE IN NORTHERN THAILAND ... ... Villages and houses ... ...UNITY CULTURE Part III. VILLAGE RELIGION ... ...11 * Fieldwork and the research group 15 * To the reader 18 I. A VILLAGE IN NORTHERN THAILAND Environment of my life (interviews) 20 ... ...s dying out from irrigation canals * Should we have more development Villages and houses Place for a human community 51 Culture of the river... ... Culture of the river valleys 51 * Lampang Province and City 52 Three villages 53 Ban Srii Muod Klao, central plains village 53 * Ban Mae Kon... ...s 53 Ban Srii Muod Klao, central plains village 53 * Ban Mae Kong Nya, village of northern plains 57 * Ban Dong, the last forest village 58 V... ...6 How we were married * In the fire * We meet death together * The village in mourning The arc of life Family and community 41 Women... ... 41 * Making a communal living 43 * Childhood environments 45 * From village school to university 46 School of life 47 From villager to ci...

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...on through the eyes of a different person. This book looks at world events from the perspective of a poor, handicapped teenager living in a remote village in Kenya. For Moses, the major events of the world are of little consequence except as they relate to his daily needs; but in the process of trying to get ahead he finds himself traveling the world and even playing a...

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...There is a small valley deep in the hills of South Wales, nestling there is a little mining village, which is just that little bit further away than you thought it was. The village is a the tiny hamlet of Festilliog, where once something almost exciting happend....

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...In 1944 a young man from Nahant, Massachusetts, experienced World War II as an unsung corporal assigned to an unheralded unit near an obscure English village. Few history books recall his war. But he and his unit personified a brand of service—seldom newsworthy, often tedious, always selfless—that underpinned Allied victory. This man was my father. This research paper is h...

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...basically discussed the matters in China, however considering all possible situations it should matter in foreign countries as well, i.e. the “global village”. This was impossible in Lao Tzu’s time. Secondly, if the original “Tao Te Ching” is regarded as “Positive Tao Te Ching”, its opposite is “Negative Tao Te Ching”, while the intermediate or compound state is “Neutral T...

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...e Over: Under the British Raj in India, the self-indulging Nizams of Hyderabad abdicated the administration of their vast principality to doralu, the village heads, letting them turn the areas under their domain into their personal fiefdoms. While the successive Nizams were obsessed with building palaces and acquiring jewelry, the village heads succeeded in ushering in a...

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...d disappeared. Turn to the Insight Section and you'll discover the masterful work and personal account of Dr. Stephen Huyler who visited countless villages to bring us an insider's tale of rural life, religious practice and family in his "Honoring the Spirit of Community." Ever seen the giant guardians outside of Indian villages or the popular tree shrines and wondered ...

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... accustomed to western culture over three years, he is baffled by the bureaucracy and lethargy of the Indian populace. He makes his way to his native village, much to the relief of his parents. Much to his embarrassment, he is feted by his high school and the local Bar association for having returned from a foreign land with an advanced education. He is stigmatized for ...

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...The January-February-March issue of Hinduism's flagship spiritual magazine features the fascinating story of a village of Indian painters who produce exquisite works of art on Lord Krishna. Their tradition is ancient, fully integrated with devotion and perpetuated via the guru-sishya relationship. Find out how they derive their amazin...

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...ge on Kerala Chapter 15 The miscellaneous affects Techniques of leadership Towns and Cities of India The incessant movement of population from villages to towns in India Non-Sharing of knowledge The thousand Mutinies Illustrations A humorous story Oriental dynamism The weakening of a people Chapter 16 Dignity of labour To put it briefly The immobility of...

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...that too among uneducated women – is lacking more in India and especially in villages of Tamil Nadu than in other states. We see that they are the ... ...hemselves from HIV/AIDS infected husbands W 4 - Uneducated rural women in villages do not have any voice or respect or any form of policymaking... ...realize the importance of education, they are helpless (i.e. women’s work in villages are worthy womb) W 6 - Rural women neglect their health, ... ... masculinity) and bad habits / unconcern about wife R 3 - Most men in the villages don’t give any account for the money they earn or they spend... ...R 2 - Traditional and cultural values of the nation R 3 - Poverty among villagers R 4 - No proper counseling by doctors to HIV/AIDS infecte... ...on says that it may be an uncommon sight these days, but not at Varamanaguda village in Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu. Here child marriage is rampant. ... ...t a 30-year-old tying the knot with a 10- year-old girl is termed routine. The villagers say that it is deeply engrossed in their tradition. The Gil... ...r after a year to marry again. Radhika (13) and Darini (13) of Periyar Nagar village were also married in a similar fashion. Thimmiah of Varamalagu... ...bide by the laws framed by a government that has done nothing to community or village. Thus in India tradition and culture stands above law, that to...

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...ever found Mikes underpants, and he did marry someone a few months later- a village girl he met in a club in Kota. To this day Rina swears that some... ...ted. Indonesian movies barely survived on filmgoers in poorer towns and villages across the archipelago, who could not afford to watch a Hollywoo...

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...ry/PopcornHistory.htm http://okok.essortment.com/whatisthehist_rsdt.htm Potemkin Village Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin (1739-1791) attained ... ... miles along the river Dnepr. Throngs of peasants welcomed the queen. Yet, all the villages - and villagers - were fake. The houses consisted only ... ...enery to another ahead of the visiting monarch. Hence the expression "Potemkin village" - a false political facade aimed to disguise unsavory f... ...Egypt to Torre del Lago. Elvira suspected Doria Manfredi, a young servant from the village and veteran employee of the Puccinis, of having an affai...

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...arely do the street and the town appear) and then wanders the lanes of his village. There it…is where he acquires the subjects like; the sun, the fiel... ...rs seethe" in the "blue blood / from the sky,"meanwhile, somewhere in the village "a burning street lamp / strikes with the light / the fence." N...

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...e to all. it was in ancient babylon, a city that functioned like a small village, where every individual could influence the lives of everyone else... ...on they pur- sued the drives that the ego naturally aroused in them. Small Village, Global Ego 9 5 abraham’s group grew and developed to the size of ... ...at separated in babylon are merging. again, the world is becoming a small village, and again, we are egoists. but now there is nowhere to run. We ha... ...on of the World ................................................ 92 small Village, Global ego ..................................................94 t...

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...FROM A GERMAN AUTHOR. In my younger days, there was a dinner given in the village of Floremburgh, Westphalia, where I was born, on the occasio... ...nced on funeral more, he should be deprived of his place, and expelled from the village. This availed – the gravedigger was silent from that time fo... ...edges. Some weeks after a strong body of Austrian troops passed through the village on their way to the Netherlands. While resting there a day, ... ...the snow fell nearly three feet deep. At the same time, a woman died in another village of the same parish. The military took away all the horses ou... ...gyman, and the schoolmaster with his scholars, proceeded to the entrance of the village to meet the corpse; and, as the funeral came along the mead... ...om home; she visited no family but that of a clergyman, who resided in the same village, with whom she frequently passed a few hours, the rest of he... ...rade, but being unsuccessful he turned to the ministry and was settled at Salem village. At the time now in view, his parish was in a high quarrel o...

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... was so proud of himself, that he never looked at anybody. And in the same village a young woman lived. She was not beautiful, she was not ugly, she w... ...bliss” of imaginary I really dies. INVOCATION Once upon a time there was a village. At the side of the village there was a placid lake; across it fish... ...acid lake; across it fishermen sailed at sunrise. At the other side of the village green grass meadows lay; along them herdsmen drove their herds. At ... ...adows lay; along them herdsmen drove their herds. At the third side of the village a mighty mountain stood; in its woods hunters chased their prey; in... ...n a great desert; across it tradesmen led their caravans. This was how the village lived. And this was how time passed by. But one day, while everybod... ...ut one day, while everybody was busy living their everyday lives, over the village a sweet music rose and floated across the clear skies. And everybod... ... seek the source of this music. And when they arrived at the centre of the village they realized the music was coming out of the humble temple there. ... ...mble temple there. The temple was small and somewhat untended, but now the villagers could see it shine from within. And all the villagers went into t...

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...irect proportion to what we have given. There is a place called St. Elmo Village, which THE POWER IN YOU 112 embodies this spirit of giving and w... ...ity that permeated the area, I just had to become a part of it. St. Elmo Village is like that; it's spirit just draws you. My first visit there wa... ...o. But stuck in the middle of this urban desert was the oasis of St. Elmo Village. The driveway, a "U" through the back of the property, had been t... ...erty, had been transformed into a beautiful, brightly painted mural. The village was a collection of small houses surrounded by painted sidewalks a... ...at philosophy by saving the cluster of ten houses that comprised St. Elmo Village from becom, ing the site of another one of those impersonal, ster... ...Instead of receiving gifts, he and I suggested dona, tions be made to the village. Not only was I receiv, ing gratification from being associated wi... ... learning from a front row seat what real giving was all about. St. Elmo Village gives back everything it re, ceives. All of the materials used wen... ...d increased self, worth through investments of time and effort. St. Elmo Village is still there, a community always giving back what it has receive... ... sions, benefitted from those ideals as much as any' body else. St. Elmo Village, a channel through THE POWER IN GIVING which Rozzell and Roderic...