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This digital document is an article from Countries and Their Cultures, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1462 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Covers the broad range of popular religious culture of the United States at the close of the twentieth century. Beliefs, practices, symbols, traditions, movements, organizations, and leaders from the many traditions in the pluralistic American community are represented. Also includes cults and phenomena that drew followers, such as Heaven's Gale and UFOs. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dilukai (or dilukái or dilugai), are wooden figures of young women carved over the doorways of chiefs' houses (bai) in the Palauan archipelago. They are typically shown with legs splayed, revealing a large, black, triangular pubic area with the hands resting on the thighs. These female figures protect the villagers' health and crops and ward off evil spirits. They were traditionally carved by ritual specialists according to strict rules, which, if broken, would result in the deaths of the carver and the chief. Another explanation of Dilukai is that a woman named Dilukái was the sister of a troublesome man named Atmatuyuk. He eventually departed and these images of his sister were erected to prevent his return, as it was forbidden for a brother to see his sisters genitalia. Christian missionaries were not fond of Dilukai, and changed the context, claiming that their purpose was to shame an immoral woman. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=13509782 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Aranais, Castellers de Vilafranca, Palau de La Música Catalana, Festival International Du Film de Catalogne, Liceu, Rumba, Réseau Culturel Terre Catalane, Géant-Bœuf Du Carnaval de Paris, Festival International de Cinéma Érotique de Barcelone, Correfoc, Xque, Pont Aeri, Fira Mediterrània de Manresa, La Mercè, Sangtraït, Chasis, Patufet, Virolai de Montserrat, Catalunya Ràdio, Castellers Del Riberal, Angelets Del Vallespir, Falcons, Che Sudaka, Géants de Catalogne, Flaviol, Sardane, Institut Ramon Llull, Catalans, Joan Claret, Fête de La Châtaigne En Catalogne, École Supérieure de Musique de Catalogne, El Periódico de Catalunya, Tv3, La Santa Espina, Festival Des Musiques Du Monde à Vilanova I La Geltrú, Patum de Berga, Jaleo Real, Contrapàs, Festa Major, Falcons Del Riberal, Dusminguet, Presse En Catalogne. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Les Castellers de Vilafranca sont une institution culturelle et sportive catalane qui a comme principal objectif construire des castells (constructions humaines). C'est une organisation sans but lucratif et ils ont la considération d'association d'intérêt public. L'organisation a été fondé en 1948, par goût, tradition et l'enracinement de la tradition des castells à Vilafranca del Penedès, qui remonte à l'époque du Ball de Valencians (XVIIIème siècle), précurseurs des castells actuels. Dans l'actualité l'organisation est formée par plus de quatre-cent castellers (personne qui réalise des castells), de tous les âges, de façon libre et volontaire sans aucune distinction de type social, politique, culturel o religieux. Ils se réunissent autour de la même ambition de bâtir ensemble des castells. Ils sont animés de la même volonté de promouvoir les valeurs démocra...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Palau Trans Pacific (Palau Trans Pacific Airlines) was an airline based in Koror, Palau. It was a regional airline linking Palau with key cities in East Asia, including Taipei, using wet-leased aircraft from Far Eastern Air Transport. It is not clear if the airline is still operational.The airline was established in 2002 and started operations in October 2002 using a Boeing 737-800 on a two year wet lease contract from Mandarin Airlines. Palau Trans Pacific passenger services between Palau and Taiwan were suspended in May 2003 due to concerns about SARS ... Read more