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Customs, Festivals, & Folklore
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2003
Many Mexican and Latin American individuals celebrate El Dia de los Muertos on November 1 and 2 to feast and remember their loved ones who have passed away. Spirits return to feast with their families and make sure they have not been forgotten. This website uncovers the culture, traditions, and history of this important celebration in Mexican culture.
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2002
We decided to do our website on Hmong New Year because we wanted to keep our culture alive. We have incorporated many pictures and information on how our culture brings in the New Year. Our hope is that the information we share with you will ignite enough interest to come and celebrate with us the Hmong New Year, held every year in November and December.
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Winner
1998
This Entry provides information on Egyptian pyramids, hieroglyphics, mummies, and more.Through our ThinkQuest Junior Entry we hoped to provide a site that would be a contribution to the educational community geared toward other 6th graders. We wanted to develop a vehicle to enable children to learn about an cient Egypt in an active format.
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Winner
1998
The three categories dealt with are the causes of death, coping with death, and the afterlife. This web site is very interesting because each category is broken down into the social sciences, philosophy, science, and art and literature. Interviews with those who deal with death on a daily basis offer an unusual look at this subject. Even though the topic of death can be a "downer," this is an excellent and uplifting web site.
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Winner
1996
Join in the celebration! Pow wows are famous for their pageantry of colors and dance which help to make them very exciting events. Learn all about the dance styles and costume regalia, the music, and crafts. The long list of Native American organizations, the list of quality traders who provide pow wow supplies, and the list of related Native American links make this site complete.
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2009
Puppetry plays an important role in spreading knowledge
in most parts of the world.
Puppetry imbibes elements of all art forms of arts with the
application of folklore, painting, sculpture, music, dance and
elements of theatre. Puppetry has emerged as a living form
of communication particularly in the rural areas where technology
hasn’t yet taken over the traditional art forms.
Puppetry enables the students to develop their creativity.
This traditional form of story telling has been extensively
used in India as a popular and an inexpensive medium to
transmit knowledge particularly about Indian myths and legends.
Folklore has been a very important part of this medium.
Our website will showcase the traditional puppetry.
Team will collaborate in designing and production of puppets.
Design classroom projects based on folklore and traditional legends.
Collaboration from other countries in the project to highlight
their traditional puppetry will enhance the collaborative project.
LAUNCHING OF THE WEBSITE:
21 March 2009: THE WORLD PUPPETRY DAY.
We chose this day to submit the website as part of the
celebrations across the world to promote and acknowledge
the importance of puppetry.
Several programs like Screening of films and short
puppet performances have been organised world wide.
We dedicate our website ‘Life on the Strings’ on this historical day
to the wonderful people who has kept the Art of Puppetry
alive for generations to ponder over this amazing craft over the ages...
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2009
This year is the 60th anniversary of the establishment the people's Republic of China. For celebrating it, also for showing the big achievement of the Reformation, As pupils who study in the east distinct should know something about the big changed life of Hui people.According to the follwing distinguishing feature of the Think.com:International Role and exchagable role.We want to train students' abilities how to search and arrange the matieria that they get from internet, encourage them to express their oppinions on Think.com, show solicitude for social problems,meanwhile let them step into Hui people's life of the east distict and know how big change happened in their life after Reformation by interview,collecting folk songs,writting reports etc. Then let them understand how great life they are having right now thus to have confidence and pride for being a Chinese. Then help students to combine their personal ideal with the future of city,set up an aim that study harder for the rich,strong and prosperous of their hometown.
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2009
The purpose of our research was to identify the youth’s knowledge concerning both traditional and imported customs celebrated in Romania. Also, we wished to find out the teenagers’ opinion on the importance and significance of the customs and in what measures are they celebrated by the locals.
We tried to analyze the conceptions that were revealed through the final results of our questionnaires . Our project was thought to be a tocsin for preventing the traditional Romanian customs from being forgotten.
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2009
The subject of krump is often looked over as just people having spasms, or acting silly. Most people, however, don’t actually know why people do this type of dancing. Krumping originated in California butwas passed down from Africa’s praise dances. Krumping is the art of giving praise and thanks to anything good. You can give praise to anything, but in most cases krumping is usually connected with giving praise to the lord. It also celebrates the survival of California Street Life; how young people survive without drugs, violence, etc. We think making this website it will give people a better view of why people krump and what it exactly represent in terms of providing positive influence for the community.
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2009
What is life like for people in our local community - the ones called "caiçaras" [kay'saras]?
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2008
We were very enthusiastic to show that Mallorca has got its culture and language. We presented our favourite festival and games to show that there are some stereotypes about our little but great island. Thanks to traditions and old people we can learn a lot from our past and what surprises the most is that we enjoy exactly the same as our great gra
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2008
Our website was created in light of discrepancies concerning the Kamehameha Schools Song Contest. We hope to enlighten our audience to the true meaning behind this 88-year old tradition. We will show you the history, purpose, competition, awards, themes, and Ho’ike of the Kamehameha Schools annual Song Contest. So sit back, relax, and enjoy!
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2008
Our website is meant to be an accurate account of Hawaiian myths and legends, created and published by Hawaiians themselves. Pele was chosen as the site’s focus primarily because her prominence and importance in Hawaiian history and culture. We hope that viewers will find our information helpful to expand their knowledge on Hawaiian legends.
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2008
Our site is a political site to enlighten people to what is happening to what we know as Hawaii nei.
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2008
Come and join us on a wonderful adventure through the world and learn about the majestic dragons. Dive into medieval times and through China. You will learn about many types of dragons and thier origins.You will have the ride of your life. Buckle your seat belt!
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2008
We wanted the world to know about our lovely little island and its outdoor festivals and games and we wanted people to lose their preconceptions about our island. We love our island and we hope that this love will be seen on the website.
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2008
We thought it would be really interesting explaining to the world what makes of Mallorca the most exciting place in the world. We described the Verge's Day which is the day in Mallorca for people who are in love and then we presented some of the most popular games.
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2008
Describes the origins of different festivals in Hong Kong
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2008
We wanted to show that Mallorca has a very rich culture. We chose the most outstanding elements of it and icluded them on this website. Our objective was going to the past to understand our present. Then, we lived the traditions very intensively because after some research we could understand everything much better.
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2008
Our website has been made to let readers know about the ingredients we use in the Mediterranean diet, which is well-known to be one of the healthiest in the world, as it is based in olive oil and vegetables as well as in the tasty fruits that grow very easily under the Mediterranean sun ( oranges, grapes).
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2008
This site explains the important details behind throwing the perfect party, such as what food to eat, music to play, decorations to include, and activities to perform. In particular, the site highlights seven holidays/party dates: New Year's, the Super Bowl, Chinese New Year, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and slumber parties.
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2008
The “Olympics: From Olympia To Beijing” is a comprehensive website, in which you will find everything from the first Olympics to the Special Olympics.
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2007
We researched the history of ghost stories as related to individual buildings such as dorms, the student center, classrooms at the campus of Berea College in Kentucky. We found that there were many stories attached to buildings and that many buildings had their own resident ghost. We talked to many people about the stories and reviewed microfiche.
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2007
Mardi Gras Madness is a web site designed to give its visitors an over all look at Mardi Gras. Everythin from the history of the carnival season to how it has change into what it is today is included in our site. We have also included fun learning activities so that you can test your knowledge of Mardi Gras.
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2007
Marriage is one of the most important and beautiful events in every person's life. Marriage has special ceremonies and it differs from one country to another.
This ceremony has always been interesting for young people. We would like to teach these holy matrimony ceremonies to them in a best way possible.
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2007
This website gives information about the music of Africa
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2006
Learn all about China's exciting and unique history! Often, Chinese culture is overlooked in American public schools in favor of other Western cultures. This website is designed to serve as a basic introduction to the history of China for students ages 10 and older.
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2006
Curious about the countless superstitions revolving the Chinese culture? Well, this site will provide you with all that you need! Moreover, we're carrying out investigations to find out if the existence of the Chinese beliefs and superstitions is fast fading away too, so do check it out!
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2006
Our site provides users with information about home remedies used in families and communities, plants used for home remedies, and the history of home remedies.
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2006
This site is about Norooz (Iranian New Year National Celebration) and we want to teach other people to know what Norooz is.
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2006
The site will explain mainly about Witchcraft. It will also focus in on the Salem WitchCraft trials and explain some of the happenings in that early time of colonization of the new world and some of the happenings in europe, the middle east and african beliefs of witchcraft.
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2006
During a school project, we realized our local historical society needed help. We decided to collect oral histories and make a history website for our community. We hope to be a role model for students around the world. The elderly in their neighborhoods have valuable memories that help us understand world history.
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2006
Our project documents oral histories our team obtained from senior citizens in our community. We discovered their memories have a connection to nationl and world history. We show how facts and folklore are related. We hope to role model the importance of learning from the elderly and how authentic research makes learning personal and fun.
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2006
The site is all about the Olympic games. It includes information about the history of the Olympics, types of injuries, cheating, racism in the Olympics, current statistics of the games.
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2006
To tell people about urban legends and to cover about 5 main points including History, Manipulated Evidence, Staged Investigation, Deception, and Apocryphal Stories.
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2006
Did you enjoy the film "Spirited Away" which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film? We will introduce the various "YOKAI" whose stories have been handed down in Japan and the world.We hope that many people experience the world of YOKAI through this site. Let's wander with Yuta and Kappa around YOKAI-World!
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2003
Dragon Scales is a site about the dragon as a recurring symbol in literature. We found instances of dragons in so many cultures, we can't name them all! The dragon can stand for something evil or it can be a good symbol. We also found some interesting theories about why so many cultures have dragon history. Our site focuses on these things!
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2003
Enter this site to learn about the many different festivals that are held in Louisiana.
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2003
Our site answers the most frequently asked questions about Mardi Gras ranging from Rex, the King of Carnival, to the Zulu coconuts. Here you can learn about the parades, the balls, fun facts, and the most prized floats and throws. We even added some really fun games. So join the celebration and experience Mardi Gras Madness.
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2003
Enter this site to learn about the culture and heritage of Mexico.
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2003
Knowledge, experience and beauty in folk culture and folk art.
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2003
This web site deals with different Christmas traditions in seven countries: Britain, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Russia, USA. Its content varies from special recipes to a unique Christmas celebration in a Hungarian school and much more... Don't miss it!
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2003
Mythology started as stories told by humans to explain their natural surroundings and why certain events occurred in nature. Humans created stories to explain echoes, rainbows, constellations, sunsets, etc. Our site shows how the Greek and Lakota cultures explained natural mysteries. We have myths from both, a dictionary, activities, and more!
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2003
This site has information about some of the major Viking gods.
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2001
Our web site was created by Native American students at Zia Elementary. We want to share our cultural history, customs and traditions.
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2001
Our project is devoted to the customs and traditions in Great Britain, USA, France, Israel and Russia. We titled it The Encyclopedia of Holidays, for you can find a lot of information about the holidays celebrated in these countries and customs and traditions connected with them. Some holidays are well known, other ones - less and about several holidays you may even haven't heard. Hope, you'll get to know many interesting facts on our pages. Hope, you'll get a pleasure listening to music on our pages and seeing beautiful pictures.
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2001
Our site purpose is to teach people about past and present ghosts, burial customs, and traditions of the dead. We are teaching about haunted places, royalty, babies graveyards, old traditions. We try to achieve our purpose by doing a lot of research on the Internet, in books, and at Bishop Museum.
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2000
The "Festivals Everywhere" web site is based from its home page. Six items branch off of the home page: Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, Epiphany, St. Lucia, and St. Nicholas. From there, each holiday's page has either a game, song, or recipe. The holiday web pages also give information on each holiday. This is to enhance the learning of the web site users. The web site also has a guest book, a comparison of the holidays St. Lucia and St. Nicholas, and a source list. The guest book has been put on our web site to receive comments from users or allow them to discuss why they have certain traditions. The comparison of St. Lucia and St. Nicholas is to show the users that both of the "Saints" are not the same holiday. Our page is original because most holiday web sites focus on a particular religion or geographic area, while ours focuses on a season.
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2000
Mardi Gras originated in the middle of the second century, in Rome. As far as we know, the French were the first to celebrate Mardi Gras in America, somewhere in the years of 1699-1700. Mardi Gras officially begins 12 days after Christmas, which is January 6th. Mardi Gras Day always falls 46 days before Easter and the day before Ash Wednesday, and it ends at the stroke of midnight.
In case you are wondering, Mardi Gras is a great place to visit and bring children.
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2000
This site examines magic in the culture of Romania.
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1999
"Land of the Dead"looks at various beliefs about death and the customs that are related by many cultures. The website took a look at the lives six people from St. Louisi, Missouri who were buried in Bellefontaine Cemetary. It allows browsers to search the cemetery, learn the differences between tombs and graves, study the life of six prominent St. Louisians, and play games related to the site.
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1997
What happens if you are invited to a festival that you know nothing about? Visit FEZTVE to gain an understanding of five major world religions and their important festivals. You'll find information on Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Surprise your host with a dish prepared from a recipe traditional to the event! If you want to share a great recipe of your own, you can add it to the site.
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1997
Ever wonder how holidays are celebrated in different parts of the world? Take a look at Christmas, Easter, New Year's, and birthdays and see how kids in six countries celebrate these holidays and special events. Learn new games, make a recipe, or hear a song--all specific to each event in each country: Malaysia, England, Sweden, Germany, Australia, and the United States. Find out how we're different and what makes us alike.
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