Music in Jordan The music scene reflects the country’s Arab culture, with strong ties to Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Egypt, see Arabs (music). The forms and styles of art music are based on the common, pan-Islamic music theory and performance practice. Folk music exhibits more regional character, with instruments such as zamr mujwiz (double clarinet ) and rabāb (single string fiddle). Western influence, i.a. harmonization and rhythmic / melodic simplification…
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Everything from the 6th century AD one finds Sanskrit inscriptions on verses and inscriptions on ancient Khmer written in prose. There are praise hymns to the king, his campaigns and renditions of his edifices and all that belong, all duly dated. The last Sanskrit inscription is dated 1330. The transition from Sanskrit to Pali as the learned language naturally coincides with the transition from Mahayana Buddhism to Theravada Buddhism. Indian…
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In the United States and Canada, English is dominant, while Spanish is the main language in Mexico and parts of the Caribbean. Just over 18% of the population in the United States have a mother tongue other than English, especially Spanish (2000). In Canada, where about 25% are French-speaking, approximately 1/3 of the residents languages other than English as their mother tongue. Large parts of Mexico’s population speak Native American…
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The European Parliament is one of the EU’s legislative institutions. Parliament is located in both Strasbourg and Brussels. Since 1979, direct elections to Parliament have been held. The European Parliament is thus an important part of the EU’s democratic legitimacy, and has three overarching competences. The legislative. However, how much Parliament can actually decide as a legislator depends on the decision – making process, but Parliament’s competence has grown significantly…
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The Philippines encompasses the northern part of the large archipelago of Southeast Asia, and lies north of Indonesia, northeast of Borneo and south of Taiwan. To the west lies the South China Sea and to the east the Philippines (Pacific). The country officially consists of 7,107 islands of which 2787 are named. Of these, 500 are larger than 1 km2, and the 11 largest comprise 93 per cent of the…
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