The Functional Role of Traditional Music and Dance in Xhosa Traditional Healers’ Ceremonial Rites

Dental care: the role of traditional healers.

Some reorientation is required, and the first step should be for health professionals to delineate the boundaries of "health". Professionals should work to convince the public that the right approach is that of positive health. The use of the word "health" in a negative sense should be avoided in both professional and official circles, so that the public's perceptions are less influenced by fai...

the analysis of the role of the speech acts theory in translating and dubbing hollywood films

از محوری ترین اثراتی که یک فیلم سینمایی ایجاد می کند دیالوگ هایی است که هنرپیش گان فیلم میگویند. به زعم یک فیلم ساز, یک شیوه متأثر نمودن مخاطب از اثر منظوره نیروی گفتارهای گوینده, مثل نیروی عاطفی, ترس آور, غم انگیز, هیجان انگیز و غیره, است. این مطالعه به بررسی این مسأله مبادرت کرده است که آیا نیروی فراگفتاری هنرپیش گان به مثابه ی اعمال گفتاری در پنج فیلم هالیوودی در نسخه های دوبله شده باز تولید...

Traditional Medicines and Traditional Healers in South Africa

Executive Summary Traditional healers have a crucial role to play in building the health system in South Africa and strengthening and supporting the national response to HIV/AIDS. This paper sketches a background to traditional healing in South Africa and discusses international policies, guidelines and the South African legal framework on traditional health practitioners. It argues for the reg...

New Interfaces for Traditional Korean Music and Dance

This paper describes the creation of new interfaces that extend traditional Korean music and dance. Specifically, this research resulted in the design of the eHaegum (Korean bowed instrument), eJanggu (Korean drum), and ZiOm wearable interfaces. The paper describes the process of making these new interfaces as well as how they have been used to create new music and forms of digital art making t...

The future of the traditional African healers