This study is conducted in order to obtain information on the causes and methods of killings grounded by honor, and through which processes and by whom these killings are realized. The rationale behind honor killings is based on a primitive understanding of justice. The relatives of the killed person assume the honor of their family, clan etc. is cleaned, and justice achieved. What may be the reasons of the persistence of such an understanding of justice in present day? In trying to answer this question, the meaning and perception of the concept of honor, the social and historical roots of the honor killings, how these killings come about, the role and impacts of these killings in society are examined.

<p>Vår undersökning är en kvalitativ studie som grundar sig på intervjuer med elever och lärare i den kommunala grundskolan i Sverige. Syftet var att undersöka hur kommunala skolor uppmärksammar traditioner och högtider samt hur skolavslutningar hanteras i förhållande till rådande lagar och styrdokument. Resultatet visade att det finns en skillnad i hur eleverna uppfattar högtider och traditioner samt hur viktiga de är. Resultatet visar även att den kommunala skolan ibland bryter mot grundlagen genom att göra skolavslutningar i kyrkan till ett obligatorium.</p>

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This thesis examines and reveals pre-colonial and colonial organisation of oral traditions, attitudes and positions in relation to significant Tainui ancestresses. Mana wahine, womanist, Kaupapa Māori and Indigenous autoethnography are key theories and methodologies that I have used to reclaim, rediscover and retell their herstories. This approach allows for the contexualisation of Tainui women based on Māori cultural values and practices. The women examined are Whakaotirangi, Marama, Ruapūtahanga and Rehe Hekina Kenehuru. The information that informs this thesis is from textual sources including those from the chiefly narrated accounts, publications, newspapers and manuscripts. This thesis is a challenge to patriarchal understandings and interpretations of female inferiority in ancient practices, including karakia and whakapapa rites. I argue that the study of ancient karakia, whakataukī and tradition reveals that Māori women held a place of the highest regard and at times exerted power of a stronger force than their male counterparts: only the women’s voice could whakatika certain events. Tainui women were crucial representatives between the earthly and the spiritual domains. Significantly, I have ‘restoryed’ the ancestresses, the effect being to reclaim a powerful place for women in Māori societies in contemporary times.

Labai svarbią dalį katalikiškose liaudies pamaldumo praktikose užima šermenų giesmės, maldos ir apeigos. Anot „Liturginio maldyno“, „Šermenys, arba budynės, – tai budėjimas prie numirėlio iki laidotuvių“ . Laidojimo laikotarpiu etnografiniuose Lietuvos regionuose yra apstu įvairių giesmių, maldų ir apeigų. Tai ir Kryžiaus kelias, Žemaičių Kalvarijos kalnai, Švč. Jėzaus Vardo rožinis, Gedulinės valandos už mirusiuosius. Dzūkijoje šalia raudų giedami „Graudūs verksmai“ ir gedulinės valandos; Suvalkijoje – Švč. Jėzaus Vardo rožinis; Aukštaitijoje – 14–os stočių Kryžiaus kelias, o Žemaitijoje – Žemaičių Kalvarijos kalnai. Taip pat regionuose, kurie ribojasi su protestantų ar stačiatikių kraštais, dažnai giedamos Gedulinės valandos. Visus Lietuvos etnografinius regionus vienija šermenų apeigiškumas ir šermeninių giesmių giedojimas. / Funeral chantings, prayers and ceremonies play very important role in all catholic folk piety practices. During funeral there are lots of various chantings, prayers and ceremonies in all ethnographical regions of Lithuania. For example in Dzūkija (the southern part of Lithuania) aside from lamentations people use to chant Officium defunctorum (psalms for the dead) and pathetical mournings, remembering the Passion of Christ; in Suvalkija (south western part of Lithuania) is chanted the Rosary of The Name of Jesus; in Aukštaitija (the eastern part of Lithuania) is chanted the Way of the Cross (with 14 stations) and in Žemaitija (the western part of Lithuania) are chanted 20 stations of Calvary, called Samogitian Calvary way. In areas that border with protestant or orthodox traditions, there are performed Officium defunctorum quite often. And all the regions of Lithuania are unified by the ceremonies of funeral and funeral chantings.

Within the context of ongoing social and demographic transformation, including the trend towards globalization, changing patterns of longevity and increasing ethnic diversity, this thesis examines the lives older Asian-Indian immigrants in the United States. To date, much of what little research exists on this group of elders focuses on acculturation and related stress, but there is limited research on the daily life experiences of these older adults, particularly as they pertain to family life, the practice of filial piety, and informal support exchange within their households, as well as their social lives more generally. Informed by two theoretical approaches, Life Course and Symbolic Interactionism, this research examines older immigrants’ social and family lives. The study employs a qualitative approach and involves in-depth semi-structured interviews with 10 older Asian-Indians living in the Atlanta area. To varying degrees, their lives are family-centered. Traditional Indian practices such as filial piety are individualized according to the intersection of American and Indian cultures and family (e.g., structure and history) and personal (e.g., personal resources) influences. Similar influences operate to shape their family and social lives more generally. These findings enhance existing understandings of older immigrants’ lives and illustrate similarities and differences. In doing so, the research provides valuable information that can promote cultural competence for those working with and designing policies and programs for adults in a rapidly aging and increasingly diverse society.

Magistro darbe yra pateikiama etninės kultūros samprata, jos puoselėjimo tradicijų kaita laiko perspektyvoje, išanalizuota etninės kultūros išsaugojimo būdai, tęstinumo ir sklaidos priemonės tautoje, etninės kultūros integravimo į ugdymo procesą galimybės, būdai ir svarba modernioje visuomenėje. Darbe analizuojamas etninės kultūros puoselėjimo atsakomybės pasidalijimas tarp šeimos ir mokyklos, bei šių etnokultūros puoselėtojų vaidmens pokyčiai globalizacijos kontekste. Darbe pateikiamos etninės kultūros integravimo į ugdymo procesą galimybės ir problemos, susijusios su mokyklos, kaip organizacijos vidine kultūra, vadybos kompetencija, pačių mokytojų rengimu ir kt. Atliktas etninės kultūros tradicijų taikymo bendrojo lavinimo mokyklose tyrimas, siekiant atskleisti mokytojų ir mokinių požiūrį į etnokultūrą bei nustatyti etninių tradicijų ir mokyklos kultūros kokybės santykį. Tyrimo išvados patvirtino autoriaus suformuluotą hipotezę, kad etninės kultūros puoselėjimas, etninės kultūros tradicijų taikymas bendrojo lavinimo mokyklose yra reikšmingas mokyklos kultūros kokybę formuojantis veiksnys. / In the master’s paper the conception of ethnic culture is given, its traditions nurturance in the perspective of time shift, the preservation means of ethnic culture, its continuation and spread means throughout the nation, the integration possibilities and means of ethnic culture into the education process, its importance for the modern society are analysed. Throughout the work the division of nurturance responsibility of ethnic culture among the family and the school is analysed as well as the variation of the ones who are responsible for the nurturance of ethnic culture in the context of globalization. The possibilities of integration of ethnic culture into the education process and problems concerning school management competency as the inner culture of the organization, the problems of teachers’ education are presented in the work. In order to determine the attitude of children and teachers towards the ethnic culture and to rate the ratio of ethnic traditions and school’s culture quality the analysis of application of ethnic culture throughout the secondary education schools was carried out. The results of the research confirmed the author’s stated hypothesis that the nurturance of ethnic culture, the application of ethnic culture’s traditions throughout the secondary education schools is a very important factor that forms the quality of school culture.