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Music & Rituals

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     Recently, I have been very interested in Japanese culture and food. I haven't ever thought about their music but I do think it would be good to learn about their different wedding, funerals, and holidays and what kind of music they play during that time. Japan has a very set culture and knows what is right and what is wrong. Like I know not everyone likes a set culture I know some people like a loose culture so you can decide if you want to be like your ancestors or not.     In Japanese weddings, they do the same things that Americans do like, vows and ring exchanges but also get cups of sacred sake and exchange them between the bride, groom, and their families. They call the exchange of sake between the bride and groom ' San San Kudo'.  San means 3 and kudo means nine which means the groom and bride drink it 3 times from 3 different sized sake cups. At Japanese funerals, they will normally wear black clothing and a white cloth covering their face...

Music & Me

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 Hi, My name is Ariana, I am a Freshman here at Converse University, I plan on majoring in Computer Science and I play Women's Volleyball. I have a twin sister named Ariel and we have always been inseparable. I only started playing volleyball when our mom made us start playing a sport in the 6th grade. Ariel was the one who chose it first but when I started playing it with her I fell in love and I am so glad I get to continue my volleyball career here. So to start off, A song that I currently like is Favorite Song by Toosii. I really just like the song because of the beat. At the beginning of the song it kind of sounds like a lullaby. I normally don't go for his songs but, when I heard this playing on the radio, I just loved everything about the song so I just had to add it to my playlist. A song that is close to my heart is, If He Did It Before He Will Do It Again by Tye Tribbett. Since I grew up in a Christian household this song just reminds me of me and my family driving to...