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Oral history of Vallikkada Panickers, Kerala, India
They followed many Hindu customs and dressed like high caste Hindus. In fact, Christians of Malabar coast followed many Hindu customs until the arrival of Portuguese in the ... Tamil Nadu). The Panickers faced problems with the Church when the Church started shedding Hindu customs under influence of the Portuguese missionaries and Rome. The Panickers refused to follow suit. ...
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Hsien-tsang: Buddhist Records of the Western Countries
Such are the leading characteristics in respect of manners and customs relating to these regions. But in regard to the rules ... organization which will be described separately, and the manners and customs of India will be told in the subsequent Records. Book ... the country. This is the only Buddhist establishment north of the Hindu-Kush in which there was a constant succession of Masters ...
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Sven Hedin: Plague in Seistan
Government despatched a doctor with Hindu assistants to Seistan, partly to observe the disease on the spot, partly also, and ... and south-south-west. Two Belgian gentlemen, in the Persian service, were thensuperintending the Persian customs on the frontier Baluchistan. They were also officially instructed to assist in checking the plague ...
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Travel Books and Travelogues - National Geographic Traveler Highlights the Best Travel Writing
Journey Down the Brahmaputra, by Mark Shand (2002). Named for the Hindu god of creation, the Brahmaputra begins as a tiny glacial ... missionaries, grew up in China. The book depicts Chinese culture and customs (it begins with Wang Lung's wedding day) and the ... Mahal. What sets this novel apart is its description of Muslim-Hindu politics, which continue to plague the subcontinent today. *City of Djinns ...
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Hindu paradise. East Timor The Crossing: A Story of East Timor, by Luis Cardoso (1997). In ... Pacific, Troost introduces a comic cast of characters and learns of their unique culture and customs (like the importance of kava) on the sandy beaches of Kiribati. New Zealand The Bone ...
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Open Spaces Magazine - Education and Afghanistan: an interview with Dr. Zaher Wahab
Some have proposed dividing the country along the Hindu Kush mountains, north and south, Pashtun and non-Pashtun, but no one wants to discuss ... of the foreigners--men and women. Foreigners should dress appropriately and not offend Afghan religion, customs, honor, dignity and pride. Even the more urban, urbane and cosmopolitan Afghans feel this way ...
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Changing the in-vironment
Attitudes quickly changed when he asked a local Hindu holy man to bless the saplings: by 1989 the organization was planting 700,000 trees ... , won a hard-fought battle for a ban against logging in 1988. Not all religious customs benefit the environment. But activists who respect local beliefs may have a better chance of ...
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Uncovering the tortoise trade route
Uncovering the tortoise trade route HOME Uncovering the tortoise trade route Janaki Lenin http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/02/stories/2007060202801300.htm A well-organised network of smugglers is trafficking ... can currently enforce CITES regulations for the Indian Star Tortoise is the Royal Customs and Excise Department." If Customs fails to nab an illegal shipment as it enters the country, then the ...
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