Jamaica is well know for it's ganja also know in the United States as marijuana and dread locks but there's more to this little island than you could ever dream. You can go snorkeling in crystal clear blue water in the day or at night listen to the steel drum band play while you sip on coconut rum...

When the word Sweden is said most people automatically think of blonde-haired, blue-eyed girls and don't really know much more about Sweden than that. Sweden is a beautiful country that is loved by many people. From the midnight sun in June and July to the beaches and the friendly people, Sweden is...

Liberia is a fascinating country located in western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean. The terrain is mostly flat land with a few low mountains in the northeast. The climate is very remarkable being tropical with dry winters and rainy summers. Liberia appealed as an interesting country to m...

The scene: A crowded dance floor. It's dark, the fans are dressed wildly, the music is blaring, and the dancers are going crazy. It's the year 2002. Normally, in this situation, you'd expect the music to be some kind of rock, alternative, or even country. However, the music is ...

Everything around her is so strikingly new and enthralling. It is Leila's first ball, and her first exposition to society. The main character in this story is eighteen year old Leila who is attending her first ball along with her cousins. Leila is extremely excited at the prospect of the da...

Dancing on a Volcano: The Latin America drug trade Drugs are a worldwide concern and can be found in probably every society on the planet. There is so much done to prevent drug trade but yet it still flourishes all over the globe. The drug trade is a $100 billion industry annually that will a...

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has a rich and diverse musical culture. It is located in the northwestern corner of the Indian Subcontinent, and therefore its music has not only been influenced by Hindusutha of North India, but from Iran and Afghanistan as well. Pakistan can be broken up into fo...

"Magnificence, extravagance, artificiality, a tiny society in which everyone knew every detail of everyone's life." The preceding sentence best describes the court of Louis XIV, the Sun King, and it was into that world that professional ballet was born. Louis was an accomplished dancer and appea...

The consumption of alcohol and the way people behave while intoxicated has been a hot topic in our society for over a century. Alcohol is the last legal, non-prescriptive substance that impairs the judgment of the American public. The consequences caused by intoxicated drinkers are often very negati...

It all started with a prayer. A man dressed in white singing in a foreign language. Different languages, different people, different colors and different races. It was all part of the show that was named African Dance! What is African Dance? It is not mere dancing and music, and vendors and food....

" 1,2,3...6,7" Ms A counts the dance's pounding beat as her dancer's practiced for hours. Ms A, an experienced dance instructor who has a passion about the art of dance owned a ranch called " The One and Only Dance Community." The Dance Community was 50 acres of dance rooms, work out ...

Scotland is a foreign region in the United Kingdom with much culture and heritage. The history of Scotland goes back many years and can be looked at as an evolved system where culture is the foundation of all of society. Because culture is the learned set of practices, beliefs, values, and rules fo...

Geisha have been symbols of Japan to foreigners for many years. Who are geisha? We often perceive them not to be prostitutes, but highly trained entertainers. We cannot simply reproduce a picture of such an emblem, but to touch the surface. These female entertainers have survived purely over t...

PLUR is a raver's motto. It stands for peace, love, unity, and respect. First of all, a rave is a social event, "a phenomenon of modern youth culture" (Brown & Behlandorf 4). In most cases, a rave is a dance party in which the ravers experience a sense of community and elevated ...

One night around Christmas time, Gabriel Conroy, a youngish writer with gilt-framed round glasses, goes with his wife Gretta to the Christmas dance held at the home of the Misses Morkan: his aunts, Kate and Julia, and their niece, Mary Jane. A cheerful chaos reigns at the old women's house, with Lil...

What I mean when I say censorship is ridiculous is exactly that. In Censorship Opposing Viewpoints, it states that the American Heritage Dictionary was banned from Anchorage, Alaska because of words dubbed obscene, like bed, tail, ball, and nut. At first we laugh at it, but we stop when we hear it...

The Struggle for Chief Illiniwek Imagine going to a University of Illinois sporting event and not seeing Chief Illiniwek perform at half time. This may soon be the case. Many Native Americans feel that the symbol of Chief Illiniwek portrays a racist stereotype, but because Chief Illiniwek repre...

The Struggle for Chief Illiniwek Imagine going to a University of Illinois sporting event and not seeing Chief Illiniwek perform at half time. This may soon be the case. Many Native Americans feel that the symbol of Chief Illiniwek portrays a racist stereotype, but because Chief Illiniwek re...

In The mid 70's a new culture emerged in The South Bronx section of New York City, little did anyone know that it would spread like a wild fire throughout the nation effecting not only the music industry, but Media, Fashion, marketing and advertising, and almost every aspect of modern society....

Judith Wright Poetry Long Essay "Remittance Man" and "Bora Ring" are poems by Judith Wright that both represent different feelings to Australia. "Remittance Man" is about a young man who is exiled to Australia by his family in England. Although this was meant to be a...

Music Defines Dress Often I have found myself people watching for the amusement of everyday life. Not by luck or sheer investigation, I have noticed something that everyone shares in common guys and girls alike, their personal style of clothing in reflection of their choose in music. I a...

Different cultures, different customs very different traditions. That's the way of weddings. Every religion, region and country has different wedding traditions. There are close similarities, yet they are still very different. I am most familiar with the traditional Catholic wedding but ...

Can you imagine our world coexisting with Indians? It could have happened. If the Indians could have been pulled together and won the Battle of Wounded Knee. Your neighborhood could have been called Indian Estates and your next door neighbor could have been a Sioux. But they lost. American Indian ex...

When we think of witchcraft the general picture comes to mind, the one of an ugly witch dancing around around a cauldron in die middle of the forest naked. But this is not the picture we must imagine today, the view we all shared on the concept of witches has changed dramatically in the last cen...

When I visited Mexico for the first time, I remember thinking that it was not the third-world country that everyone had described to me. After a couple of days there and a little more venturing into Mexico, I realized that it was really everything that had been described. While we were in the vacati...