Sentence examples for Cultural ancestry from inspiring English sources
Shankar's life and career are the outcome of the radical movements and departures that characterise Indian modernity from the late 19th century onward, especially in the province, Bengal, to which his parents belonged and where he had his cultural ancestry.
First, given his difficult relationship with his country of origin, Trinidad, and his ambivalence toward his country of cultural ancestry, India, Naipaul has been pursued by, and subtly pursued, erasure, even while giving to us accounts of those places that are lifelike and often revelatory.
Cultural traits may be transmitted, via common (cultural) ancestry, copying or borrowing, in "packages".
Our study, in which we subdivided Africa into regions using a classification based on some common factors such as historical and cultural ancestry, 6 showed how aggregation can mask heterogeneity within African ethnicity.
They share similar languages, cultural practices and ancestry.
It is estimated that close to 10% of the Australian population have Asian cultural origins or ancestry.
Each of the populations — the Tharu, the Raute, the Raji and the Chepang —are longtime residents of the Himalayan foothills, with similar languages, cultural practices and ancestry.
Among the events he cited: the Inside Out Soul Festival, which is a Christian rock music festival; a Chevrolet Corvette rally; a trained bear show; and the New Hampshire Highland Games, which bring some 60,000 people of Scottish ancestry for cultural and athletic events, including the tossing of the caber, a large log.
23andMe, co-founded by CEO Anne Wojcicki, has deployed its latest update, featuring interactive ancestry details, cultural insights about food, art and language, and the option to order a physical ancestry book.
23andMe, co-founded by CEO Anne Wojcicki, has deployed its latest update, featuring interactive ancestry details, cultural insights about food, art and language, and the option to order a physical ancestry book.
Although my family has no Jewish ancestry or cultural affiliation with the Holy Land, often it was intertwined with evangelical Christian beliefs, as members of my church pinched pennies to visit the places where Jesus once roamed.
