Customs Traditions category: 898 books
Las Christmas
Favorite Latino Authors Share Their Holiday Memories
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Twenty-five celebrated Latino writers delight and move us with their recollections of Christmas in this splendid holiday extravaganza.
From Julia Alvarez's tale of how Santicló delivered a beloved uncle from political oppression to Junot Díaz's story of his own uneasy assimilation on his first Christmas...
Vanishing Act
Cambodia's World of Magic
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Cambodia's mystic class of sorcerers, mediums, fortunetellers, and monks channel spirits, read fortunes in numbers and cards, and inscribe enchantments in flesh. But technology and modernity are changing these roles and rituals. Vanishing Act tracks down these singular people to document their lives,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2007
Weber's claim that Buddhism is an otherworldly religion is only partially true. Early sources indicate that the Buddha was sometimes diverted from supramundane interests to dwell on a variety of politically-related matters. The significance of Asoka Maurya as a paradigm for later traditions of Buddhist...
by Harvest McCampbell
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2002
Smudging is the burning of herbs as a spiritual practice. This book explains and illustrates this integral part of traditional Native American life and shows how to apply it for modern times. The author offers valuable advice on how to reclaim our own traditions and find your personal healing rituals....
Shamans and Kushtakas
North Coast Tales of the Supernatural
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
Shaman and Kushtaka, both struck terror in the hearts of the Tlingit and Haida, for both possessed frightening supernatural powers. Among the Natives of the Pacific Northwest Coast, the shaman was honored as a person who could heal the body and spirit as well as see into the future. In his struggles...
Seven Seasons in Siena
My Quixotic Quest for Acceptance Among Tuscany's Proudest People
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Siena seems at first glance a typical Italian city: within its venerable medieval walls the citizens sport designer clothes, wield digital phones, and prize their dazzling local cuisine. But unlike neighboring Florence, Siena is still deeply rooted in ancient traditions—chiefly the spectacular Palio,...
Teachings of the Santería Gods
The Spirit of the Odu
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2010
The first book to explore the sacred myths of Santería
• Includes more than 100 myths, stories, and histories about the odu and the orishas
• Reassembles the oral fragments from the African diaspora into coherent stories
• Demonstrates that the African peoples, specifically...
Cosmopolitan Memory in Europe's 'Backwaters'
Rethinking civility
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2011
Cosmopolitan Memory in Europe’s ‘Backwaters’ reconsiders the definitional relationships of ‘national character’ and ‘national heritage’ in the context of Western industrial modernity. Taking as a case study the Greek islands of Skiathos and Skopelos which served as cinematic locations...
by Rogelio Gómez Nieves
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 1, 2017
The present volume begins this way, which submerges us in that universe of traditions bearing an invaluable testimonial value, repositories of solid documental support (they have been extracted from books of Ifá), where the reader will be able to find wisdom, depth ideas, useful advice, interpretation...
The Name Therapist
How Growing Up with My Odd Name Taught Me Everything You Need to Know about Yours
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
What’s a “stripper” name? For that matter, what’s a high-class name? How do you tell the difference? Why does everyone call them “baby” names when they follow us through our whole lives? And can your name determine your destiny?
From a television screenwriter and contributor on the...
Of Men and Women
How to Be for Each Other
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
A provocative and fascinating exploration of male–female relationships by the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Good Earth.
Pearl S. Buck grew up in China, accustomed to its traditions, but when she moved to the United States as an adult in the 1930s she was struck by the cultural differences...
by Pedro Ribera Ortega
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
Lightly falling snow, covering everything in sight with a soft mantle of white, burning luminarias and mellow-light farolitos, the warm adobe architecture, the peace and quiet that settles over the land on Christmas Eve, all tend to strengthen the comparison between Santa Fe and the land where Christ...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2008
This book examines Japanese tourism and travel, both today and in the past, showing how over hundreds of years a distinct culture of travel developed, and exploring how this has permeated the perceptions and traditions of Japanese society. It considers the diverse dimensions of modern tourism including...
Way of the Ancient Healer
Sacred Teachings from the Philippine Ancestral Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Way of the Ancient Healer provides an overview of the rich tradition of Filipino healing practices, discussing their origins, world influences, and role in daily life. Enhanced with over 200 photographs and illustrations, the book combines years of historical research with detailed descriptions of...