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Guanxi and the organization of Chinese new year festivals in England [PDF]
, 2014 This article explores how Chinese diaspora communities use guanxi, a unique Chinese interpretation of personal relationships, in the organization of Chinese New Year (CNY) festivals in England.
Fu, Y, Long, P, Thomas, R
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City Festivals and Festival Cities [PDF]
, 2020 This chapter discusses the role of city festivals in shaping and re-imagining urban space. There has been increased interest in festivals among decision-makers and marketers as vehicles for cultural profiling, regeneration, and social inclusion. The chapter views space as inseparable from economic and social structures and practices which govern urban ...
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Outdoor music festivals: Cacophonous consumption or melodious moderation? [PDF]
, 2010 Large outdoor music festivals have emerged as part of a general expansion of licensed recreational activities, but in research terms they have been largely impenetrable due to commercial sensitivities.
Cooper AM +7 more
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New Year’s flasks from Tell Tebilla [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2023 The joint mission from Mansoura University and the Daqahlia inspectorate (Supreme Council of Antiquities) began its work at the Tell Tebilla site near Mendes in the Delta in November 2018. During the excavation, several mastaba tombs were discovered. One
Ayman Wahby +2 more
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Jeux collectifs et socialisation du corps dans les fêtes religieuses
Cahiers d'Études du Religieux- Recherches Interdisciplinaires, 2013 This article addresses the issue of Provençal festivals and other European collective games from an ethno-historical perspective. The comparative method shows that a great number of games are organised on the occasion of religious festivals.
Laurent Sébastien Fournier
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Western-Centrism and the Global Queer Film Festival Circuit
Journal of Festive Studies, 2023 Since they emerged in the late 1970s, queer film festivals have turned into a global cultural activity. A complex worldwide network of queer film festivals has also formed.
Heshen Xie
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Asia Anteriore Antica, 2019 Two important female deities of the Hittite Pantheon are related to the Storm God of Zippalanda: the Sun Goddess of the Earth, surely worshipped in the same city, and the Hattian Kata??a “The Queen”, whose cult flourished in the nearby town Ankuwa ...
Giulia Torri
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The festival of Dalmatian klapa in Omiš as an example of the festivalization of Croatian traditional music [PDF]
Muzikologija, 2023 The term ‘folk music’ in Croatia is closely related to the history of its performance at festivals and other related public events. Festivals (smotre) were an appropriate field of application in the place of canonization of traditional music ...
Ćaleta Joško
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Knowledge management in the voluntary sector: A focus on sharing project know-how and expertise [PDF]
, 2013 Voluntary sector organisations are operated principally by volunteers who are not obliged to share their knowledge, as might be expected in a for profit company, with a greater consequent loss of knowledge should individuals leave. This research examines
Norris, Michael +2 more
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Community Self-Organisation from a Social-Ecological Perspective: ‘Burlang Yatra’ and Revival of Millets in Odisha (India) [PDF]
, 2020 In this paper, I focus on the revival of an Indigenous community seed festival known locally as Burlang Yatra (‘Indigenous Biodiversity Festival’) in the district of Kandhamal in Odisha (India).
Saxena, Lopamudra Patnaik
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