Last night I was able to participate in a Taiji Sword class through my ICR. Through the IACA we were able to take a class at Master Ling’s Taiji School in Noblesville. I had not factored in rush hour before leaving so I was a little late, but I really enjoyed the class. Dr. Ling …
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Education and Beyond in the Middle East
As this semester is rapidly coming to an end, and exam week just around the corner, I began to wonder what it would be like to go to school in a different country, and if they have exam weeks like we do here in America. I wanted to connect this thought to class so I …
Cultural Diversity Drum, Song and Dance Interactive Village
On Sunday, November 17, I was able to attend the Diversity Drum, Song, and Dance Interactive Village performance. This program was sponsored by Butler University Center or Citizenship and Community. I really enjoyed attending this event because I enjoyed hearing the different drums and rhythms that were being played and learning about some of the …
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Sufism
Before doing the reading for class Thursday, I had only heard about Sufism once before. In one of my high school religion classes, we briefly talked about Sufism but we did not go into much detail about it. Looking back, I think my teacher mentioned it was a thing and then continued on, but it …
Islam in cold countries?
Having class canceled yesterday really made my day! I was able to get some homework and studying done in the morning but going outside for the first time yesterday morning, the cold really hit me. I was definitely not expecting it to get so cold so fast. All this got me thinking, sometimes Christian church …
The International Festival (11/9)
Saturday morning was definitely the busiest day at the International Festival, or at least the busiest time I was there. That morning four of us who were volunteering at 9 decided to carpool. We did not realize that the marathon was going on, so our normally 10 minute drive took us about thirty minutes with …
The International Festival (11/8)
My second day volunteering at the International Festival was in the evening. I definitely noticed more people were there than when I was there on Thursday, and there were more performances going on at the time. I was able to walk around the Festival and look at the different booths and even though I had …
The International Festival (11/7)
As part of the ICR portion of this class, I am volunteering with the Indiana Association for Chinese Americans (IACA). This weekend, I have been a volunteer for the IACA at the International Festival. Kwan, one of the people from the IACA we have been working with has met with us a few times before …
The Hajj
This past week in class, we discussed the Muslim pilgrimage, the Hajj. The Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam, when once in their lives, each Muslim should try and be apart of the annual trip to Mecca. The documentary we watched for Thursday’s class followed an ABC reporter through his journey as …
Class Discussion 10/31
Today, at the end of class, we talked about the differences within a religion and how everyone in that religion do not all have the same beliefs or the same traditions. One example that was used was the differences between Catholics and Episcopalian as denominations of Christianity. We also then touched on the topic of …