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  • to the development of theories of culture within American anthropology ... a lifelong love of their language and culture. He wrote two popular books ...
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  • Turkish tea (çay) is a type of tea originating in Turkey and popular ... Turkish tea has become as popular as, if not more so than, Turkish ...
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  • ==In Modern Popular Culture== Like other British spirits, pixies commonly appear in popular culture ...
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  • *Musica simplex (popular music; music of the layperson) ... images: reflections on music and culture in medieval France.’’ ...
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  • ==Dynamite in popular culture== The familiar thin reddish cylinder, equipped with a fuse or blasting cap, is a stock movie prop. In comedies and ...
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  • world and achieved an iconic status in popular culture. ... gnomes, which is frequently lampooned in popular culture. ...
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  • while they may occasionally be used in popular culture today, they are most ... Harpies also became popular in heraldry. In the Middle Ages, the Harpy ...
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  • ==Examples of popular riffs and great riff artists== The popular website DigitalDreamDoor has compiled a list [http://www ...
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  • Cannibals and Kings in 1978. Harris used a popular writing style, and so his ... survival. Thus, for example, in the Hindu culture, one of the central points ...
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  • free development of a Hindu-based culture. Jain, Buddhist, Greco-Roman ... A strong film culture prevails in the city, serving as home to animation ...
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  • Filial piety is considered the first virtue in Chinese culture, and ... Although early Indian culture had elements of filial piety, early ...
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  • ==Banshees in literature and popular culture== When the oral narratives were first translated into English, a distinction between the "banshee ...
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  • of Latin music and dance that was very popular in the United States in ... by the turn of the decade, boogaloo was popular enough that almost every ...
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  • ==In popular culture== *In Abbott and Costello Go to Mars two scenes take place in which their spaceship flies into the tunnel. *In Stephen King ...
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  • ==Novella in Popular Culture== a niche particularly in respect to popular culture. While most novels are ...
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  • ==Popular culture references== In English-language popular culture, the term "weasel" commonly ...
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  • contribution to the formation of Japanese culture by becoming its spiritual ... samurai caste, whereas Sōtō had a more popular following, as described ...
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  • from different parts of Nepal, Newar culture still exist vibrantly. The ... religious teaching have given the area its culture. Other ethnic groups have ...
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  • Adopted into Native American culture, the bannock has become popular ... closely associated with native and Métis culture than with its Scottish roots ...
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  • ==Incubi in popular culture and media== Incubi have been part of modern popular culture in other ways. They ...
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  • ==Dodos in Popular Culture== its widespread use in literature and popular culture. The public's fascination ...
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  • bokkeumbap). Japanese enjoy Kimchi as a popular side dish. ... ==Kimchi in popular culture== *Most Koreans store kimchi in a separate ...
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  • ==Ichthys in popular culture== The "Jesus Fish" has become ... Distortions of the Ichthus symbol in popular culture rely on its use ...
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  • ==Precognition in literature and popular culture== Minority Report, precognition has been popular with writers. ...
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  • The term bard (бард) refers to popular poets who put their verses ... which touched upon common life and were popular throughout all layers of ...
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  • A Study in Contemporary American Culture (1929) and its follow-up ... A Study in Contemporary American Culture was published in 1929 and ...
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  • ===Popular culture=== Wayne's legacy has extended to American popular culture in the ...
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  • Contrary to modern practices, castration was once quite popular in ... ==Popular Culture== * A sect of castrates living in the Siberian countryside ...
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  • due to the damage done to Native American culture by European colonizers, ... due to their acceptance in popular culture.Native Languages, [http://www ...
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  • became a vigorous defender of "high culture" and classic literary ... influence on his time; he was very popular, and widely read; and his ...
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  • ==In popular culture== * Lord Byron's poem The Destruction of Sennacherib ("The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold..." ...
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  • ==In popular culture== large, carnivorous dinosaur in popular culture. Allosaurus has been ...
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  • adoption of a slang term by mainstream culture will cause the subculture ... ==Slang in popular culture== Many subcultures have numerous slang phrases ...
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  • from other recipes. Teriyaki dishes became popular in the United States during ... of Japanese Food: Ingredients & Culture. Tuttle Publishing, New ...
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  • the constellation that in Mesopotamian culture depicted an epic battle ... from the first reaction of a non-riding culture to nomads who were mounted ...
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  • cultural achievements in general. Popular culture has further expanded ... "Dark Ages" is still used in popular culture. Petrarch's ideological ...
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  • professed a deep love of his country and culture and he expressed this in ... ==Grieg's music in popular culture== Morning Mood was a favorite ...
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  • has not as easily been dropped from popular interest as has the American ... ==In popular culture== Perhaps due to the romance of travel and exploration ...
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  • at the frontier between empires and culture, especially between East ... ==Popular culture== * Stephen appears in the game Stronghold Legends ...
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  • yet little known, feature of many popular word processing programs ... ==References in Popular Culture== Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's ...
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  • ===In popular culture=== Hopper's influence on popular culture is undeniable. Homages ...
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  • Bill Ellis, Lucifer Ascending: The Occult in Folklore and Popular ... Ascending: The Occult in Folklore and Popular Culture. University of Kentucky ...
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  • the fertile crescent. Agriculture and the culture it led to spread to the ... ==The Paleolithic or Stone Age in popular culture== As a slang term ...
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  • of many to preserve the Catholic faith and culture in an environment of Protestantism ... to maintain the Catholic faith and culture, combating the perceived ...
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  • courtesans, bulky sumo wrestlers and popular actors were portrayed, engaged ... " refers to the lively and colorful culture that bloomed in the urban ...
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  • and increasingly restrictive permission culture. In the words of Lawrence ... Lessig maintains that modern culture is dominated by traditional content ...
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  • for Romanian Literature and the Culture of the Romanian People" ... and 1904, and had an important role in the culture and politics of the Romanians ...
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  • prolific writer, and his publications were popular both in the academic sector ... of Wisconsin. In 1907, he wrote his popular Sin and Society, which was ...
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  • , High Gods in North America (1933), The Culture Historical Method of Ethnology ... # Primitive stage (essentially the culture of hunter-gatherers); ...
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  • Bill Ellis. Lucifer Ascending: The Occult in Folklore and Popular ... ascending: the occult in folklore and popular culture. Lexington: University ...
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  • ==In popular culture== Earl Grey tea appears frequently in popular culture. It is the favorite ...
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  • tenure in the Department of English. A popular professor, he taught Columbia’s ... of Literature and Criticism. He was a popular professor, and for 30 years ...
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  • because its method of preparation made it popular among Jews as a convenient ... the world, and have become one of the most popular breakfast foods. ...
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  • cultures, including the Native American culture. There are many different ... Made popular by the New Age movement, smudge sticks find continued ...
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  • on part of their ancestral lands and their culture survived. ... In popular culture, Cochise is eclipsed by Geronimo, who is revered ...
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  • genres emerging from or influenced by the culture of African Americans, who ... music and all aspects of African American culture are celebrated during Black ...
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  • ==Poker in popular culture== ===Terminology=== terminology have been referenced in popular culture to mean a variety of ...
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  • . Donald B. Kraybill, The Riddle of Amish Culture (Johns Hopkins University ... == In popular culture == Levi Miller's 1989 novel Ben's Wayne ...
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  • the mode will change more quickly than the culture as a whole. More specifically ... or accessories that become staples in popular culture. This in itself becomes ...
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  • "Pursuing the Golem of Prague: Jewish Culture and the Invention of a Tradition ... ==The Golem in popular culture== Golem-like creatures appear in the ...
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  • mid-nineteenth century and today remain popular folk heroes. The term also ... character of Argentina's popular culture. His full name was Antonio ...
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  • groom at the time of marriage. The same culture may simultaneously practice ... ==The tradition in popular culture== A famous Telugu play Kanyasulkam ...
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  • The Yayoi is identified as the first culture in Japan to cultivate rice ... period, making a precise definition of the culture difficult. ...
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  • They are also valued for angling and as popular ornamental aquarium and ... The oldest known document on fish culture was written by a Chinese ...
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  • or fish-deity of the the Sea Peoples. Most popular images of him portray Dagon ... Dagon has become a popular figure in recent literature, movies, and ...
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  • == In Popular Culture == * In the movie Armageddon, a chunk of a huge asteroid hits the Chrysler Building, severing its upper quarter and causing ...
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  • ones of three and five. His life remains a popular subject of Cantonese operas. ... of Chinese tzʻu poetry in Tʻang popular culture. Studies in Oriental ...
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  • among individuals. The discipline was very popular in the nineteenth century ... ==Popular culture== Most often, phrenology was used in literature during ...
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  • first century, the Caribbean Sea became a popular place for tourism, and this ... ==Popular culture== The area is the setting for the well-known Disneyland ...
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  • an important role in Chinese religion and culture. While they are famed for ... In the most popular account, He Xiangu is characterized as a poor ...
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  • #039;s critiques of German thought and culture made him highly controversial ... quot;the ticket of admission into European culture." For much of the rest ...
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  • the form of a personal family record, popular among the Pennsylvania Dutch. ... nineteenth century Pennsylvania and remain popular today. ...
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  • Salsa music is a diverse musical genre that is popular across Latin ... Memory: Salsa, Record Grooves, and Popular Culture in Cali, Colombia. Middletown ...
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  • helped to shape the European space. Popular culture depicts the Merovingians ... ==Merovingians in popular culture== *Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh ...
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  • had always been interested in Chinese culture, especially the works of ... ==Kenshin in popular culture== *Kenshin, as Kagetora, is the main character ...
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  • is any object made or modified by a human culture, individual or group. Often ... The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Washington, for example ...
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  • spirit and the pride in the character and culture of American life. ... but as a part of the exciting musical culture of America. Acuff created ...
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  • in the conventional sauna. In Finnish culture, sauna is often an all-evening ... == Sauna culture around the world == As the home of the sauna, Finnish ...
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  • nurturing a golden age in the Dinahala culture that survived for over 2 ... name Katubulu Nuwara. The origin of the popular name for the city, Senkadagala ...
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  • Samba is one of the most popular forms of music in Brazil and is widely ... the samba in Hollywood, but she remained a popular entertainer and her career ...
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  • polychoral style, which was soon to become popular outside of its native city ... of the Venetians into the German culture, creating the first and ...
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  • ==In popular culture== *Perhaps the most famous popular culture representation of the building ...
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  • Sancti Brendani) fits in with a then-popular form of literature, peculiar ... ==Appearances in popular culture== * The Brendan Voyage is an orchestral ...
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  • late Qing Dynasty, foot binding had become popular among people of all social ... southern Fuijan in order to spread Chinese culture and teach proper relations ...
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  • later embellished by professional writers. Popular interest in the idea continues ... ==The Bermuda Triangle in popular culture== The Bermuda Triangle has ...
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  • Marseilles, and thus the devotion became a popular one. In 1726 it was deemed ... === In popular culture === This motif has become a part of vernacular ...
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  • quot; of the élite to the "popular culture" or "pop culture ... scholars used instead the term "popular culture." ...
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  • expanded, so did racist attitudes and popular stereotypes of "inscrutable ... prominent in Japanese advertising and popular culture, and many Japanese anime ...
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  • The definition of obscenity differs from culture to culture, between ... expressions in the latest trends of popular culture as obscene. These assessments ...
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  • Vernal Style, Fremont archaeological culture, eastern Utah.]] ... rock art, however, has become less popular as the structure imposed ...
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  • ==Popular culture== ===Television and film=== O ahu has been featured in many movies and television shows, including, but not limited to: Flight ...
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  • with the more spiritual aspects of culture. His most significant and ... He returned to Germany in 1859 and wrote a popular account of his travels, ...
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  • into the horror and science fiction/fantasy sub-culture, particularly associated with vampires. It was Bram Stoker's original Victorian novel ...
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  • the lost heights of Roman and Hellenic culture. He spent much of his time ... Combined with his deep reverence for the culture of the past, Petrarch's ...
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  • nymphs are rarely mentioned in contemporary popular culture. ... or in other forms of mass media and popular culture. They appear in the ...
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  • boosted the image and prestige of Korean popular culture. ... *Chʻoe, Chin-bong. Korean Mass Media and Popular Culture. Jung-Gu ...
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  • been portrayed in works of art as well as popular media over the ages. Leonardo ... as well known as dragons or unicorns, most popular lore concerning Gorgons ...
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  • ==Popular culture== Brachiosaurus is one of the most well-known dinosaurs amongst both paleontologists and the general public. As such, the genus ...
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  • numerous animals. For humans, the fruit is popular not only for its pleasing ... Raspberries are a popular fruit that are considered by many the most ...
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  • ==Popular culture== Crickets are popular pets and are considered good luck in Asia, especially ...
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