Anthropological interest in giving, including religious charity, has grown in recent years. However, studies of philanthropy have largely been confined to activities relating to humanto-human sociality. By contrast, this article explores conceptions of giving and acts of charity from the perspective of interactions between the living and the dead. Drawing on Buddhist traditions and popular ritu...

Assam is very rich in plant biodiversity as well as in ethnic diversity and has a great traditional knowledge base in plant resources. It is inhabited by the largest number of tribes and they lead an intricate life totally dependent on forest plants. The Mising is the major section and second largest tribal community of Assam and have a rich tradition of religion and culture. Their religious pr...

Religious tourism is for the purpose of visiting religious places, traveling worshiping holy places faith or participating in rituals. In order to practice tourism, a tourist must be familiar with culture and religion place he about visit. The report presents information on Christianity Islam territories Bulgaria Syria. Famous sites are indicated useful them. included call people different fait...

Despite the putative importance of ideological commitments in the evolution of large-scale cooperation among unrelated individuals, evolutionary researchers have yet to examine empirically the relationship between ideology and cooperation. We conduct an experimental game on Israeli kibbutz members to evaluate whether: (1) differences in ideological commitment can explain variation in cooperatio...

This research aims to describe the religiosity of elderly as seen from aspects beliefs, rituals, knowledge, experience, and practice. was conducted in UPTD Griya Werdha Surabaya using a qualitative approach phenomenology study type. Retrieval data used in-depth interview techniques, observation, documents five Muslims purposive technique. The result indicates that spiritual dimension has increa...

Even though explaining mental foundations of culture and cultural foundations of mental life has always been one of the ultimate objectives of collective social sciences, there seemed little hope of developing a natural science of culture until the recent interdisciplinary attempts called cognition and culture. What sets the new approach apart is its focus on understanding the relationship betw...

Persistent genital arousal disorder is not well known or adequately understood by physicians. The disorder is characterized by a persistent and highly unwanted state of genital arousal and orgasm-like feelings. Ghusl is an ablution in Islamic culture, which is an obligatory ritual wherein the body is washed thoroughly after exposure to religious contaminants such as sexual intercourse, menstrua...

Rituals are closely related to man. It is not easy separate rituals in man's life. was the man who created rituals. Even a does believe religion follows All events of from birth death woven through pave way having healthy baby going heaven with lifeless body contentment. followed time so that important human life do take place as normally other events, and they should bring memorable memories. ...