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How Do We Think about Death?--A Cultural Glance of Superstitious Ideas from Chinese and Western Ghost Festivals
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Zhang, Wenli – International Education Studies, 2009
Superstitious ideas are always in people's life in spite of scientific and technological advancement. Hungry Ghost Festival in China, Halloween in some western countries and Day of the Dead in Mexico are three religious festivals which are observed every year. They reveal people's idea about ghosts and spirits after death. They also include…
Descriptors: Death, Cultural Influences, Asian Culture, Religious Factors
The Totonaca People and the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.
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Robles, Maria Christlieb – NAMTA Journal, 1999
Illustrates how the spread of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd in work with the Totonaca people of the Mexican states of Veracruz and Puebla indicates the universality of Montessori pedagogical principles and the power of the parable method of teaching within a culture with a strong oral tradition. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adults, Christianity, Foreign Countries, Montessori Method
From Africa to the Americas: Ethnicity in the Early Black Communities of the Americas.
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Palmer, Colin A. – Journal of World History, 1995
Asserts that scholarship on the formative period of the African presence in the Americas is still in its infancy. Explores the role of ethnicity in the construction of the lives of African-born slaves in Mexico City during the early 1600s. Discusses implications of the findings, including the impact of ethnicity on marriage choices. (CFR)
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Black Achievement, Black Culture