Книга «Сказы о жизни и быте русского народа» предназначена для широкого круга читателей, интересующихся русскими национальными традициями.
В сказовой форме автор проводит читателя сквозь толщу времени и исторических событий (из стародавних времен X века вплоть до начала XX века), тем самым открывая уникальную возможность войти в целостный мир русской культуры, понять сакральный смысл праздников, обрядов, бытовых предметов.
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This rich ethnography explores beliefs and practices surrounding aging in a rural Bengali village. Sarah Lamb focuses on how villagers' visions of aging are tied to the making and unmaking of gendered selves and social relations over a lifetime. Lamb uses a focus on age as a means not only to open up new ways of thinking about South Asian social life, but also to contribute to contemporary theories of gender, the body, and culture, which ha ...
A picture book of South America for children can lead a child to wonderful adventures. It can show any child another culture,teach history, show them history, and even teach them about a rainforest. Any child would love to have a picture book of South America. There is so much enjoyment in stories about South America. The pictures would offer added visual aspects. A child can learn of the importance of rain. They may see pictures of the rain for ...
A picture book about frogs can work wonders for a child's imagination. The child will leave the book with a deeper understanding about frogs and can then go and imagine what life is like for frogs. If children are prompted to, then they can draw or write about what life might be like for frogs. They may even make up stories with frogs in them. Children have rich imaginations and a picture book about frogs will only feed that imagination. ...
