Chinese shadow puppetry also passes on information such as cultural history, social beliefs, oral traditions and local customs.
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You control the human characters who undertake amusing tasks in glamorous tourist hotspots, including learning about local customs and cultures.
But they tried not to interfere with local customs, including voodoo.
The party's platform featured support for the family, slashing welfare, a greater role for private health care and vague calls that immigrants conform to local customs.
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Llosa reinforces a lesson for everyone, whether they be students, seniors, intellectuals or policy makers: Humility in advocacy and respect for local customs is of paramount importance.
Not all the owners are inclined to make a fuss, which may in the past have led local customs officers to think they are on to a good thing.
Experience the local customs and culture with a genuine and truly special adventure and have Feynan arrange the aforementioned excursion to visit a local Bedouin family for tea and dinner.
Business outsiders can impress with their knowledge of local customs, acknowledging hierarchy, offering gifts, addressing people by their designation -- especially when dealing with state representatives -- and appreciating the food.
Mareshia and her friends bucked 40 years of local customs this month by organizing their own integrated prom, a formal dance open to Wilcox County's white, black, Latino and Asian high school students.
Respect local culture and adapt to local customs.
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Pauline Crowe, chief executive of UK charity Prisoners Abroad, said the case served as a timely reminder to people to be aware of local customs and laws because ignorance would not be accepted as a defence in court.
But experience shows that retail mergers are tough to pull off and frequently end up destroying value partly because local customs and tastes still vary greatly, and partly because global synergies in purchasing and the sharing of best business practice have been slow to materialise.
Village men mostly former local Taliban, or members of the Hezb-i-Islami group of warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar say they rose up against harsh new edicts by Taliban commanders who moved here this year from Pakistani madrassas, banning government education and imposing a more austere brand of Islam that defied local customs.
"There are lots of forbidden acts at the Western Wall: Do not spit on the wall, do not pee on the wall, no slaughtering of animals at the wall, and among those one cannot perform a religious act contrary to local customs at the wall, which pretty much only applies to women because there are no local customs men are forbidden from taking part in, " Hoffman said.
Research your destination and be prepared for any food-related challenges you may face with regard to local eating customs.
Martha McSally, who argued the policy is discriminatory because servicemen are not also required to observe local Muslim dress customs.
Multinational corporations like Intel, Sony and Starbucks have known for decades that employees skilled in the local language and customs are essential to operate successfully in those markets.
Also today, the Assembly designated 30 July as the International Day of Friendship and invited all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, and other international and regional organizations, as well as civil society, to observe it in an appropriate manner, in accordance with the culture and other appropriate circumstances or customs of their local, national and regional communities.
As pigeon racing was not classified as a sport the club was not due a sporting exemption, but after an appeal to the Queen, the local MP and HM Revenue and Customs, it was granted 100% relief.
As a result of the exercise customs officers from the regional strike force and local anti-smuggling staff, netted 157, 000 cigarettes including 117, 000 from the Alicante flight.
My brother (who had inherited the farm according to our customs) had taken a loan with a local bank which he had been unable to service, so the bank opted to auction the farm which my brother had tendered as collateral.
Agencies participating in the drill also included the FBI, Customs and Border Patrol, the Port of Houston Authority and local police.
Yet Customs officials still need the assistance of the National Guard and local law enforcement officers to keep the traffic moving.
Local officials were often Suharto-approved loyalists from Java who had little understanding of indigenous customs.
We'll want the information that they pull in, but we'll want this new department to pull in information from the INS, from Customs, from the Coast Guard, from the drug enforcement authorities, from the state and local police.
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