of different families, for sexual satisfaction and for companionship. Generally, there are many types of marriages across the globe. These include; Polygamy, Bigamy, Monogamy, Surrogate, and Polygyny, among others. However, in Africa tradition religions, we have basically, two types of marriages namely; polygamy and monogamy. Monogamy refers to a marriage between one man and one woman, while polygamy is marriage between one man and multiple
Orientation - Guatemala is a country located in Central America . The capital of Guatemala is Guatemala city . Guatemala means “ the land of many trees “ in spanish. Guatemala is also known for its mixed culture a product of both Mayan and spanish culture. Because of Guatemala's mixed culture there is a total of 23 mayan languages. Guatemala is also known as the land of volcanoes right now there is 3 active volcanoes. This land has been home to native Mayans for over 4,000 years. The Mayans built
Mid-Autumn Festival, Sabah and Sarawak Chingfeng Festival and so on. Malaysians love sports. Football is the most popular sport. There are also tennis, golf, squash and racing. Water sports such as surfing and sailing are also welcome. Malay's traditional games such as kicking the ball, playing big gyro and flying kites often aroused wide public interest. The recent morning run has also become a popular
refers to the prejudice and stereotyping in socities. These are biases that work together to built and create social inequality. The ‘others’ define not only to different nationalities, but also to any group of people percieved as different religion, traditional approach, gender, age. Social categorization, racial segregation and cultural discirimination are the reasons behind biased perception related to culturally defined stereotypes of other people. The social categorization has been a factor
Malay/Islamic-dominated organizations or values-driven workplace. However, notably emerging and fast dominating among them is convergence work i.e. examining the spiritual employee situated in a workplace with three combined characteristics - diversity, spirituality and religion, and collectivism. This growing interest in convergence work in Malaysia suggests that research is aligned with recent thought leaders advocating towards a much needed approach that is inclusive and integrative in understanding
(catholic versus protestant, Christian versus Muslim, mainline denomination versus cult) (Roberts, 1990). For the sociologist, beliefs are only small part of religion (Roberts, 1990). In modern society, religion is both a set of ideas (values, beliefs) and an institution (a set of social relationships) (Roberts, 1990). Sociology looks at religion in order to understand how they affect human behaviour, also the differences in beliefs not because they expect to prove their truth
Western and Chinese More Restricted: Traditional festival Topic Chosen: I am more interested in the culture of traditional festival and know a little about the difference about the festival of Western and Chinese, and I find it has pretty charm. On the other hand, I want to make use of this opportunity to know more about the western culture and history to expand my view. Outline I. Introduction II. Differences between Chinese and Western Traditional Festivals 2. 2 Ghost Festival VS
TITTLE Environmental issue is a mainstream topic around the globe. These event made scholars to describe our present period as a “new environmental age”, “an age of ecology” and an “age of risk”, “ in which the main threats to human societies stem from their relationship with the natural world” (Sutton 2004:15). Environmental issues affect everyone and the global population generally displays a pro-environmental behavior, however, there are various levels of responses and actions coming from individuals
fundamentalism is an ideology because it addresses social, economic and political modernisation which limits the role of religion and provides an alternative more orthodox versions (Bruce,
It refers to a group defined by its sociological and demographic characteristics. Social sciences use socio demographic factors to describe the profile of a particular group of sample or population. It is used to explain how peoples’ behavior towards a particular circumstances. In this study, among various socio-demographic