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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"shrine"”.
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Remediated pilgrimage to the Shrine of Imam Reza
… the lens of STS. The site of my research is the shrine of Imam Reza in Mashad, Iran. This thesis looks at remediations of pilgrimage at the shrine of Iman Reza over the last 10 years. It begins with an analysis of the use of landline telephones for remediated pilgrimage practices and traces …
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Sankofa: A virtual Exploration of the Besease Shrine
… of these buildings in their prime. The Besease Shrine, located in Ejisu Besease, which has been serving as a spiritual ground since the 19th century, is being used as a case study and reimagined in a virtual space to learn about the architectural forms and motifs of these buildings. Virtual …
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SHRINE A world englishes approach to english language teaching
This thesis introduces the SHRINE model, a pedagogical framework designed to facilitate the integration of World Englishes into English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching. Although linguistic research has long recognized the global diversification of English through processes such as language …
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The Anatomy of Shi'i Shrine Cities: Pivots in World Politics
… thesis is about the enduring importance of Shi'i shrine cities in world politics. Shrines are important sites of religious identity that are often analysed from a single perspective of conflict, clerical authority, or collective identity in the literature. This thesis overcomes this gap in various …
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The Anatomy of Shi'i Shrine Cities: Pivots in World Politics
… thesis is about the enduring importance of Shi'i shrine cities in world politics. Shrines are important sites of religious identity that are often analysed from a single perspective of conflict, clerical authority, or collective identity in the literature. This thesis overcomes this gap in various …
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The Zawiya and Shrine Ensemble of Shaykh Safi al-Din Ardabili: A Sufi Analysis
… and the ancestor of the Safavid dynasty. His shrine ensemble is of significance; it is a masterful artistic physical manifestation of the Shaykh’s Sufi order and teachings. The shrine ensemble is one of the most significant architectural and decorative Sufi monuments. It had a crucial role in …
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A catalogue of the European cornets and trumpets at the Shrine to Music Museum
The Shrine to Music Museum has one of the largest musical instrument collections in the world. Included in the museum's holdings are over five hundred cornets and trumpets of American or European make. The information documented in this study will contribute to the preservation, location and …
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The new year's festivals and the shrine of Ali Ibn Abi Talib Sy Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan
… and origins of three spring festivals at the shrine of 'Ali b. Abi Talib, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan; namely Nauroz, Janda Bala and Gul-i Surkh. Since these festivals are not part of the Islamic religious calendar, we seek to locate their origins in the pre-Islamic religions of Iran and …
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Transformations in early Safavid architecture : the Shrine of Shaykh Safi al-din Ishaq Ardabili in Iran (1501-1629)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2000.
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Korean Christianity and the Shinto Shrine issue in the war period, 1931-1945 : a study of religion and politics
… in response among the churches to the Shinto Shrine Issue in Korea under Japanese colonialism. The central focus is an inquiry into the possible reasons why some religious groups, including the Catholic and Methodist Churches, should choose the way of compromise, while others, such as the …
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Early Buddhist architecture of Bengal: morphological study on the vihāra of c. 3rd to 8th centuries
… forms of Bengal, specifically its vihāra and shrine structures. In general, this research explores Gupta and post-Gupta (c. third to eighth centuries AD) vihāra architecture of Bengal, where the primary focus is on the Buddhist shrine architecture constructed during this period. There is a …
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Night, Space and Urban design: case study of Mashhad, Iran
… of the holiest cities in Shiite Islam with the shrine of Imam Reza located at its centre, is visited annually by over 25 million pilgrims. The large number of visitors and the shrine are characteristics of the city and its 24-hour activity. Boundaries between day and night in Mashhad are less …
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The core assemblage of the Iron Age cult in Palestine
… found in Iron Age temples, chapels, votive shrines, and offertory shrines. The paradigms are then applied to Megiddo 2081, concluding that it was a chapel and not a mere corner shrine. After an introductory chapter, chapter 2 surveys the history of research on the investigation of cult …
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The reshaped Buddhist cosmos: a study of the iconography of the main chamber of Cave 45, Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang
… and structural evidence found in the main shrine during my field research of the grotto, however, indicates that the initial ornament of this cave temple might have been left unfinished. Approximately a half-century later, work at Cave 45 resumed, as the oasis town of Dunhuang was taken …
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American Shinto Community of Practice: Community formation outside original context
… always of Japanese heritage. The Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America is one of the only fully functional Shinto shrines in the United States and is run by the first non-Japanese Shinto priest. This thesis looks at the community of practice that surrounds this American shrine and examines how …
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Ceremonial music of Japan
… birthday, or for other special celebrations at a shrine.</p><p>In Japanese, the character for ceremonial music is written 雅楽 (pronounced Gagaku). The character 雅 (ga) means graceful, noble, or excellent. The character 楽 (gaku) means good or beautiful musical sounds. Appearing together, 雅楽 the two …
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Crystal Spring Park: a garden for South Roanoke
… cases, an old tree will stand right beside the shrine like guarding the surrounding area. It is visited very often by the neighborhood residents not only for saluting the god but also for enjoying the sheltering of the tree.
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American (Ise): On the Lifecycle of Stadiums in the United States
… Similar to the Shikinen Sengu ritual at the Ise Shrine, a new stadium is often constructed adjacent to its predecessor. However, unlike Ise, where materials from the old shrine are reused and disseminated throughout Japan’s network of shrines, old stadiums are almost always demolished and …
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Following Sayyida Zaynab: Twelver Shi‘ism in Contemporary Syria
… often refer to Twelver Shi‘is in the Syrian shrine-town as ‘traditional,’ and even ‘backward.’ They are not the only ones. Both Saddam Hussein and Ayatollah ‘Ali Khamenei have called the bloody flagellation practices, which have only increased in popularity in Sayyida Zaynab over the past few …
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