Khasi tribal elders are worried that their fragile hold on ancient traditions is slipping.
To them , Ayer's Rock represents the delicate balance between ancient traditions, modern society and nature.
Nor will all government pressure on sites and providers have to do with high politics or ancient traditions.
Ancient traditions endure, even as a rising power is on the move.
She is not a pagan but for the summer solstice organises a Garlic Man Parade in south east London to reconnect with ancient traditions.
Given India's starting point in ancient traditions, one can hope that it will result in a balance healthier than what has unfolded in the over-sexualized West.
The diversity of an East Asian cruise means that almost every day is a new stop, often in a new country, with a chance to learn about a new unique culture and ancient traditions.
Britain's ancient common law traditions are being drastically changed by Continental notions of how justice should be administered.
Drink a beer in Bruges and you are actually touching history, as those brewing traditions are as ancient as the city itself.
Since his election as Pope seven years ago, Benedict has consistently tried to correct what he regards as a misinterpretation of Vatican II, insisting that it did not mark a revolutionary break from the past, as liberal Catholics would have it, but rather a renewal of the best traditions of the ancient Church.
Vietnam may have been divided between North and South, but it encompassed an ancient culture with common language and traditions.
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Now he devotes time and money to the conservation of ancient sites and the documentation of cultural traditions.
Now Ludwig devotes time and money to the conservation of ancient sites and the documentation of cultural traditions.
The work of the Catholic theologians drew upon traditions stretching back to the ancient world that would have considered terrorists to be hostis humani generis, the enemy of all mankind, who merited virtually no protections under the laws of war.
Kichwa people are Ecuadorian skilled artisans and producers of textiles that have kept alive the handicraft traditions of the mindalas, an ancient indigenous elite specialized in the art of trade.
"The commission of this opera ... was to inspire and invite him (composer Him Sophy) to bring his own voice of the ancient Khmer sound into his own score that married his traditions with western pop and rock tradition, " Burt said.
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The rich repertoire of songs and scores preserves ancient folk music and poems and has influenced opera, puppet theatre and other performing art traditions.
The modern Olympics are a model example of what the historians Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger have called invented traditions ritualized official or quasi-official events, often presented as revivals of ancient practices or in other ways designed to imply continuity with the distant past.
The community has preserved many traditions from its African roots, including healing ceremonies that they say call up spirits from their ancient homeland.
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