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...island of Kauai in 1778, Hawaiians were performing the hypnotic dance. Though its origins are steeped in legend, the hula is thought to have been brought to Hawaii by Polynesian immigrants more than 1,500 years ago. The stylized hand and foot gestures are meant to mirror natural phenomena like swaying palms and waterfalls, and are always accompanied by rhythmic chants. Grass skirts, leis and decorative ferns, nuts and shells, are intended to symbolize the integration of nature with Hawaiian life. There's no better place to learn about the hula, and watch the best dancers in the business, than...
Mullainathan incorporates discussions of crime, discrimination and other social phenomena into his course...
John Constantine, on the other hand, has a close if prickly rapport with the major angels and demons of the universe, and two symmetrical forearm tattoos that, when pressed together, create howling wind and various other supernatural phenomena. (This, too, is never fully explained in either the movie or most Sunday school curricula, but we assume it’s one of the finer points of the Catholic catechism...
...history and literature concentrator in Winthrop House, is very fond of parlor games, with especial reference to charades. Kosman will explore other cultural phenomena in “By the Yard,” which will continue to run on alternate Mondays...
...particular ways, how speech works—how we are able to form consonants by driving air through the vocal folds and out of the mouth,” he said. “If there was a theme, the theme is really trying to look at robust phenomena in our daily world...