Articles related to "Folkways"



Folkways of Old Saybrook
A three-day wedding feast in Old Saybrook, Quonehtacut.
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Magic ways in Massachusetts and Virginia
Both the Puritans and the Virginia Cavaliers had an intense obsession with magic, though for very different reasons; one with fortune, the other with God's 'remarkables'.
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Cultural Journeys--The Retreat
Pilgrimage and vision quest are two types of cultural journeys, or quests. A third type is the retreat...
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Foxfire or Haint Necessarily So
The Foxfire series of books documents the fading Southern Appalachian folk ways. If you want to know how things used to be done Foxfire tells all.
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Edmonton, AB in Canada has a Full Arts Scene
Travel to downtown Edmonton, Alberta for the top festivals in theatre, art, dance, opera and music in western Canada.
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Gigi - Best Picture of 1958
The French they are a funny race, it's been said - and when it was said musically in 1958, the result was the Oscar for Best Picture
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Musicians for Kids! Part I
There are all sorts of ways to expose your student or your child to some wonderful music experiences in hopes that it will create or stimulate a desire for continued involvement of this extraordinary artform.
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Sex ways of Massachusetts and Virginia
Although both of the societies had a lax view on sexual behavior within marriage, anything that seemed deviant or out of the ordinary was punished, often times severely.
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A Celebration for Freedom
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was born on Jan. 15, 1929. This site is a great place to go for succinct information about this great man. To give you an idea of how helpful this site could be in your MLK studies which involve freedom songs and civil rights music, here are some excerpts from one of the pages at this site
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Creepy Trails to You . . .
How are you going to spend Halloween?
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European Immigration to America
Migration patterns show that war and economic hardship led an influx of immigrants outside of England to make contributions to social causes of the American Revolution.
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Expressing a Culture in Fabrics
Fabric as an expression of culture through the ages.
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Important Women in Florida History
Information on historic women in Florida isn't as readily available as it can be for other states, but it can be found for those who wish to seek it.
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Puritan Belief Political Ideaology
Puritanism may be the most maligned religion in American History but conflict with the Anglican Church was a cause of the English Civil War and the American Revolution!
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The Church of Scotland: The Kirk
The Presbyterian Church was a republican inspiration for revolutionary American political values that caused King George to call the Revolution a Presbyterian War.
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The Southern Aristocrats Values
Before the Revolutionary War, a self-styled Aristocracy substituted slave labor for "artisan and mechanic" contributions of the middle class in the Northern Colonies.
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Woody Guthrie in New York City
From "California to the New York Island," Woody Guthrie traveled America. In New York City, he went from being a folk musician to being the leader of the Folk Scene.
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Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts
Eatonville, Florida, was home of influential author Zora Neal Hurston.
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A Granite State Saint Patrick's Day
A quick peek at St. Patrick's Day celebration in New Hampshire. The question of a boiled corned beef dinner is also settled - really!
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African-American Gardens - Design and Development: Part 1
Changes in interpretation of historic garden design, use and development. Empahsis is on development and design of African-American gardens in the rural American south.
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Gullah - an African Tree Grown in America
Afro-American Gullah and Geechie cultures of South Carolina Low Country...
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Seventeenth-century Chesapeake Settlers
Venturers to Virginia and Maryland came from western and southern England, unlike the Puritans from East Anglia towns. Their land-oriented ideals shaped the colonies.
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Ten Years in an Empty Orchestra Pit: A Relatively Sympathetic Observer's Guide to Karaoke--Pt. I
Part I of a guest article by DJL.
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The Buckinghams of Old Saybrook
Folkways of Old Saybrook. Many families have owed their prosperity full as much to the propriety of female management, as to the knowledge and activity of the father.
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Multicultural Music Education
We are linked through music and we are linked through our humaness. This article presents various countries around the world that will hopefully open our eyes to how much alike we all are. Click on the links to discover: What we do for fun! What we sing! What we learn and How we communicate.
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Reviews of Cookbooks of Russian Foods and Cuisine
Learn more about Russian culture and cuisine, as guest reviewer, Dr. Donald Houston, reviews some of his favorite cookbooks! © <a href=http://www.suite101.com/myhome.cfm/DKden>Dr. Donald Houston</a>
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The Ghost of Brick House
Campfire tale from the Low Country.
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