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Safety Culture – Nine Warning Flags – Factors That Defeat Controls
The implementation of an improved safety culture requires an almost Sherlock Holmes ability to use observation and logic to identify where underlying loss potential resides in the workplace. Just as Sherlock searched a crime scene, the OHS professional must be sensitive and aware of subtle clues that may not be quite discernible in the work …
How Does Water Affect Vietnamese Culture?
Why do many tourists come to Vietnam? And What makes them book Vietnam vacations? There are many reasons. One of these reasons is the unique Vietnamese culture. So, what is Vietnamese culture? This is a very large realm and nobody could say in one article. However, today I talk about the ” Water” function in …
The Place Of Goats In The Igbo Culture
I didn’t make it to the village this past Christmas but I kept in touch with my people, whip President Obasanjo any which way you like, but thank his administration for giving Nigerians GSM (pronounced g-i-s-i-m) mobile phones. It was through the small wonder that I was able to keep in touch with my folks …
STDs in Popular Culture
With the spread of sexually transmitted diseases becoming more and more of a problem, it’s no surprise to see popular culture mediums picking up on the risk. The only surprise is that they’re not more prevalent in entertainment, as art mimics life, but there’s still a certain taboo apparent which makes each instance remarkable. Here’s …
Importance of Gold in Indian Culture
For centuries, civilisations have reserved gold as objects of luxury believed to be worthy of only gods and rulers. It is one of the posh metals, and holds immense religious magnitude especially in Indian culture. Gold is taken as a sign of supremacy, beauty, and cream of the crop. Many people think that Indians are …
Globalization – How It Impacts Cross Cultural Relationships
It used to be that ‘Cross-Culture” meant reaching across ethnicities. The bar for developing a successful relationship with individuals or groups of other cultures was low. You needed to communicate a common language, or used an interpreter, understood the basic do’s and don’t of the culture and conducted your relationship without much thought to anything …
Eastern Culture or Western Culture, Which is Better
As we see the changing of the guard of the Worlds greatest civilizations from the United States to China or India we see history repeating itself as it has so many times in the human endeavors written history. It was not much more than 200 years ago when Great Britain was the greatest nation in …
Naming: A Tool for the Preservation of the Historical and Cultural Heritage in Ghana
The importance of the cultures of people is undisputed and is proven by some empirical studies. Culture defines the makeup of societies. This includes their belief systems, norms, ideals, values and ethics. This makes it easier to preserve the good cultural gems of a people from one generation to the other. As part of the …
Culture and Tradition in the Pre-Colonial Africa in Elechi Amadi’s The Concubine
The story is a tale of a young woman, Ihuoma, who belongs to Nigeria’s Igbo ethnic group. Her plight involves her past life, when she was said to be the wife of the mythical Sea King deity. This gives her great status in the present, but portends doom for any mortal man who seeks to …
Jagannath Culture
Jagannath Culture -The principle of SarvaDharma samanwaya Orissa is the land of Jagannath culture. It represents the religious worships of orissa. It has unique and valuable religious tourism resources. The state has something for everyone. The monuments- the sun temple at Konark, the Jagannath temple at Puri, the Lingraj temple at Bhubaneswar are the sacred …
