The New Childrens Encyclopedia
160 Religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism have their roots in South and East Asia. During the 20th century, however, ...
WORLD RELIGIONS 161 BUDDHISM Buddhism was founded in India in about 500 BCE. Buddhists do not worship a god, but, instead, follo ...
Celebrations Celebrations are an incredibly important part of religious, public, and family life. They bring people together, gi ...
OWhere Mexico OWhen November 1 and 2 OWhat happens People build altars in their homes, covered with photos and possessions ...
Cave galleries A series of famous Paleolithic paintings in the Altamira cave near Santillana del Mar, northern Spain, were devel ...
WORLD ART 165 Sculpture Sculpture has been around since prehistoric people carved shapes into rock. While early peoples sculpted ...
166 THE TECHNIQUE Short brushstrokes of pure color gave a sketchy, patchy, spontaneous painting that suggests a fleeting moment ...
MODERN ART 1910–1950 Abstract art distorts the shape and color of subjects. Jackson Pollock made pictures by splashing paint ove ...
168 Writing and printing Imagine a life without books, newspapers, comics, magazines, menus, letters, and emails—it would be a v ...
WRITING AND PRINTING 169 PRINTING The Chinese first invented printing by blocks in the 7th century. A word or whole page was car ...
Education It’s an essential part of culture to pass on knowledge to the next generation. In most countries, this knowledge is ta ...
Home schooling Lots of children around the world are taught at home by their parents or tutors. Around 1 million children in the ...
172 Music Everyone enjoys music in some form, whether they choose to play an instrument, or sing, or simply listen. Music brings ...
MUSIC 173 A type of music can often be unique to the culture of a nation or people. ■ The didgeridoo, an Aboriginal instrument f ...
The orchestra O Woodwind instruments make sound when air blown into them vibrates. Players can alter the sound by covering holes ...
THE ORCHESTRA Each member of an orchestra has their music written down in front of them as sheet music. The modern five-line wri ...
Let’s perform Everyone enjoys the spectacle of a show, be it a play, an opera, a movie, or a dance. What these performing arts h ...
177 THEATER People have been taking to the stage for thousands of years, performing everything from comic and tragic plays to pa ...
178 Sports Sports are good for health, but, perhaps more importantly, many sports are team events and bring people together for ...
SPORTS 179 EXTREME SPORTS RACES OLYMPIC GAMES The Olympic Games is the most important sporting event in the world. Every country ...
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