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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Indigenous beliefs"”.
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Forbidden (sacred) lakes and conservation: the role of indigenous beliefs in the management of wetland resources in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
… the importance of linkages between indigenous beliefs and the conservation of biodiversity. Comparative multidisciplinary studies of the belief systems and use of four freshwater lakes, one sacred and one non-sacred, in each of two communities, Biseni and Osiama in Bayelsa State, …
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Six native churches: a preliminary survey of religion in an urban location
… Religion (including both Christianity and the indigenous beliefs of the Bantu) is playing in the lives of the people at Langa, the Municipal Native location lying about eight miles from Cape Town. It was felt that, after some two hundred years of missionary endeavour in South Africa, the time …
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Can an Iconological Analysis of a Classic Period Vase (K1485) Further our Understanding of Ancient Maya Skyscapes?
… calendar. This ‘count’ would have direct ties to indigenous beliefs and practices in both their maize agricultural cycles and sacred ballgame. Additionally, it is argued that the painting on ‘The Vase of the Count of Days’ could serve as both a Maya cosmogram and as an instrument to visualize or …
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African religion and religion education
… religion, the state has suppressed African indigenous religion at every level of society, but especially in the schools. The thesis examines the indigenous beliefs and practices of the black people in South Africa which were suppressed by Western culture and Christianity. It reveals all the …
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Effects of a dialogical argumentation instructional model on grade 10 learners’ conceptions of lightning
… using the Science Attitude Questionnaire (SAQ), Beliefs about Lightning Questionnaire (BALQ), Conceptions of Lightning Questionnaire (COLQ) and Science Achievement Test on Lightning (SATOL) which was used to determine learners’ overall performance on the topic of electrostatics. The data was …
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The role of indigenous environmental beliefs in cultural heritage preservation of Mwela rock art site in Kasama district of Zambia.
The researcher sought to investigate the role indigenous environmental beliefs play in heritage preservation at Mwela rock art site of Kasama district of Zambia. The objectives of the study were: to unravel the role spiritual beliefs played in preserving the rock art site, to investigate the …
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Following the stone: Zimbabwean sculptors carving a place in 21st century art worlds
… patrons as a Modernist art that valorized indigenous beliefs in contrast to the Rhodesian colonial regime’s oppression. Following independence in 1980, the movement continued to be framed as a link to pre-state carving traditions – solidifying links with “tradition” – while the political …
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Cultural Beliefs and Practices Influencing the Health Seeking Behaviour of Women During Pregnancy in Ota, Southwest Nigeria
… currently provides little information about beliefs and practices in relation to other factors within the human environment. Yet these factors are considered an essential part of ANC that cannot be ignored due to their impact on pregnancy outcomes. While healthcare stakeholders in different …
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Perkawinan adat Batak di Daerah Padang Sidimpuan, Sumatera Utara: Kajian fenomenologis
… The result showed a marriage semarga in Padang Indigenous Sidimpuan still considered a taboo, although the Islamic religion it is actually not disputed, but the actors who perform marriages semarga should remodel the bride's clan with the clan of her husband's mother for who should not have said …