ABSTRACT This paper discusses a Japanese folktale (mukashi banashi) entitled Sanmai no Ofuda.This folktale has similarities with local folktales from several regions in Indonesia.In this paper, the writer tried to explore the condition of the society as well as the cultural backgrounds which became the setting of Sanmai no Ofuda.The writer tried to
This contribution focuses on the survival of Afrikaans within the framework of a multilingual South Africa.The first section provides a brief historical reconstruction of the power-political shifts that Afrikaans underwent between 1966 and 2004.In the second section some of the arguments that were used for and against Afrikaans between 1994 and jef
It is generally known that in the fourth, fifth and sixth centuries, monastic ideas influenced family life in the Roman Empire.This article relates especially to prayer before and after meals, and to reading during meals.We have information on this matter in the works by saint Jerome, Palladius and Theodoret of Cyr.Saint Basil wrote about prayer