Sentences with phrase «local culture as»

The guide will give you a great insight into the wildlife, rainforest and local culture as you travel along one of the most scenic drives in Australia.

You will have the opportunity to become immersed in the local culture as you visit an authentic Mayan village populated by the modern - day descendants of the widespread Mayan Empire.

Learn about local culture as you watch a coconut husking demonstration, hear live music and enjoy a short performance.

Embrace local culture as you explore a city that seems untouched by the passage of time.

As the winner of our 2011 Travel Photography Scholarship, Walid traveled to South Africa to capture the local culture as well as the wildlife of

In each location you will not only learn about Colombian coffee, but you will also dive into the local culture as you explore the neighborhoods on this walking tour.

For example, whether you go to a farmers market, hit up a flea market, enjoy a movie night in the park, or attend an art show, you and your date will be able to get to know each other better while enjoying a taste of local culture as well.

We had some time to explore the local culture as well.

Since opportunities to get away are now fewer and further apart, I now wholeheartedly embrace the «travel as vacation» mindset, but I still need a little local culture as well.

Not exact matches

The company is now partnering with local artisans and experts to curate 360 - degree experiences for travelers eager to get as close as possible to local culture.

As food plays a unique role within every culture, travelers are looking for experiences that expose them to exciting culinary offerings and connect them to local culture.

Then Minister of Culture Jek Yeun Thong defended the measures, saying in Parliament that the local press would remain free as long as «no attempt is made by them, or through their proxies, to glorify undesirable viewpoints and philosophies.»

As an active member of the local business culture, CMIT Solutions of St. Louis Southwest's owner Nick LaRosa was introduced to the ALSL at a business expo.

«We don't want to be seen as an American company that's going into these local markets spreading the gospel of American pop Internet culture,» says Qichen Zhang, an international product lead.

The Fund managers follow a growth - oriented investment process with emphasis on qualitative research, as well as knowledge of local languages and business cultures.

As a marketer, I want to understand where these areas are, because local salary gives me an indication of the local and business culture for that programmer.

In light of this, it is not enough for government bodies and policies to be more accepting of Chinese capital and immigration; a discussion needs to be had at the public level between local communities and newly - immigrated Chinese - Canadians as well in order to facilitate the acceptance and integration of new - comers into our diverse Canadian culture.

While sports are clearly on the forefront of Louisville locals» minds, the city is alive in culture, restaurants and outdoor life, as well.

However deeply the local bishop is integrated into the power structures of his country and culture, as a member of the priestly caste he's seen as, and sees himself as, a special case.

What we meant to model was the sending of one of our number to be a foreign missionary — to learn a new language, to understand a local culture, to sacrifice the amenities of affluence and to live knowing that he or she is always being watched by seekers — while the rest of us stay here as lifetime local missionaries, learning to speak the language of the unchurched, understanding secular culture, sacrificing the amenities of affluence and living as a «watched» person in a society that is skeptical of Christian spirituality until it sees the real thing on display.

Very seldom has anyone within a local church treated it as a field of study and reported out its patterns of culture because they constitute an important disclosure of the symbolic nature of the group.

The consensus achieved by the faithful comes to the individual as embodied in a broader culture that moves from the local to the global and back again.

Today, in many parts of the world, more original theologies are being developed such as liberation theology, black theology, Minjung theology, Dalit theology and various others - which are trying to respond to local realities and to take into account the cultures in which the Gospel takes root.

Their economies should be labor intensive rather than energy intensive; produce more durable goods to reduce waste; use local materials in building; consume locally grown foods; engage in organic farming; utilize organic garbage; depend on perennial polyculture, aqua - culture and permaculture; favor trains as well as human - powered machines such as bicycles; employ solar power and other on - site modes of producing energy; and in various ways operate on self - nourishing, self - healing, self - governing principles.

As they have argued, family, citizenship, church, neighborhood, community, schools, and markets need to be drawn closer together in a more integrated whole, in every aspect ranging from the built environment to the cultivation of genuine local cultures arising from the varying circumstances of diverse places.

In this regard, Calvary, Hope, and the Vineyard temper their individualism with a strong counter «emphasis on community, lifting up the local congregation as a protection from the anonymity and isolation of secular culture.

As I discovered in my early studies, the local church is a microcosm of human culture, an immediate instance of the world's symbolic imagination.

In this regard, one of the most preoccupying features of the new Gender Architecture is its seamless approach to normative and operational activities, which will force national and local implementation of norms forged at the global level and as the «experts» - not national cultures - interpret them.

«What we discovered was that the local church had a culture of its own and that seminary graduates needed to be prepared to cope with the congregation as a very complex social reality with deep structures and metaphors by which it lives and moves, a social reality which is affected by forces and dynamics of which we know almost nothing.»

One was the work of a sociologist, Earl Brewer, who, with the aid of a theologian and a ministries specialist, sought by an extensive content analysis of sermons and other addresses given in a rural and an urban church to differentiate the patterns of belief and value constituting those two parishes.67 The second was the inquiry of a religious educator, C. Ellis Nelson, who departed from a curricular definition of education to envision the congregation as a «primary society» whose integral culture conditions its young and old members.68 James Dittes, the third author, described more fully the nature of the culture encountered in the local church.

A.E. Medlycott points out that the value of the report of Theophilus is its evidence that by the middle of the fourth century India or its adjacent territories had indigenous, worshipping congregations ministered to by local clergy, with customs such as sitting for the Gospel, that were well adapted to the Indian culture though divergent from accepted western practice.

Parts Unknown lives up to its name as Bourdain takes viewers to places like the remote mountains of Columbia, the back alleys of Tokyo and the shores of the Mississippi Delta to sample local cuisine, and immerse himself in the real culture of some of the world's most unique cities.

«Related notions are global oikoumene, global localization, and local globalization... as a rich and creative approach to globalization and culture.

I «hang out» as an «active non-member» at a local Episcopal Church in NC because most of the people there respect personal boundaries, but, having lived for 18 months in West Africa in the early 60's, I am an enthusiastic admirer of Mother Teresa and her ministry to the poor in a non-Western culture.

The Alliance urged its members not to perpetuate the divisions of the West on the mission field, advocating that the newly planted churches be rooted in the local culture arid that they be allowed to become independent as soon as possible and to join the Alliance as independent churches.

As Christianity spread throughout the world, the local church has taken root in cultures more readily disposed to other social forms — kinship, for instance, or civil association.

In the plot of the local church the story of Christ weaves itself throughout the erotic narrative, sometimes accepting and affirming the church's story as it stands (thus linking Christ and Eros), sometimes teasing (or unfolding) the congregational narrative toward the promise of the kingdom, sometimes prophetically contradicting the erotic story by disputing (thus thickening) its development, and sometimes actually transforming congregational culture by twisting its plot.

Endemic farming is an important part of this training; reintroducing ancient traditions helps to preserve local culture while improving yields, as these methods often come from centuries of hard - earned experience.

Here, kids ages three to twelve can enjoy crafts and activities that immerse them in the Southwestern experience, such as making Indian headbands and pinch pots; hearing tales told by cowboy storytellers; learning about local culture, geography and indigenous plants and animals; or splashing around in the Water Playground.

«We like to offer menu items that reflect the local culture of Montreal, and we definitely try and source our food as much as we can locally as well.»

So perhaps a local / fresh sour cream would qualify as «cultured»?

The influence of African, Caribbean, and Mexican cultures in the melting pot cuisine of New Orleans, in addition to the unique local preparations of the Acadians / Cajuns as well as the Spanish and French Creole populations in Louisiana, must have generated a crescendo of unique and interesting foods.

Development companies working with design industry leaders such as Wilson Associates, Looney & Associates, HKS Architects, and Stonehill & Taylor are bringing local culture in hotel - branded properties and hotel boutique properties, strengthening and expanding the hotel development business.

In addition to choice and quality, a number of related issues such as journalistic and editorial integrity, access to local content, and promoting Australian culture may also be relevant to this Inquiry.

When work moved her to San Diego and Austin, she immersed herself in the local beer cultures to learn as much about the trade as possible.

We're confident that local residents will love the high quality food and culture that Burger 21 offers just as much as we do.»

As part of Burger 21's culture, the restaurant is committed to the communities in which it serves — donating 10 percent of net sales on the 21st of each month to a local charity.

Craft breweries have a positive impact on local communities, says the Brewers Association, as well as bringing value to the nation and culture.

Ideally, of course, we would all purchase whole fruits and veggies from the local farm stand, but our infrastructure and values as a culture haven't completely returned back to that point yet.

Pamela owns Organic Planet Services, a catering business that provides local organic food for large multi-day events such as yoga retreats, perma - culture design courses, and natural building colloquiums.