As a result, Jews were for the most part limited to cultivating and preserving their own liturgical music, music for the synagogue and home prayer based on ancient chants and motifs — and enriched over the centuries of the diaspora by borrowing from the folk music of local cultures.
Sometimes such borrowings from the past become a widely accepted fashion, as in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when Neoclassicism was at its height and women's gowns were supposed to be based on ancient Greek and Roman styles.
What is the point of teaching ICT and the topics surrounding it if it is based on ancient ideas and concepts?
For some buyers of Indian ancestry, Vedic astrology, which is based on ancient texts and the lunar calendar, helps dictate real estate decisions.
Ali Muschsin, 23, a field worker, said that while he does not fully understand the plots, which are based on ancient myths and legends, he still enjoys a good puppet show.
The Nestorian scholars and artisans who served the princes of the Jazira (Mesopotamia, now Iraq, Syria, and Turkey) in the 12th and 13th centuries designed a magnificent series of coins with motifs based on ancient Greek and Roman issues.
The waterfall section, "Flowing Meditation," is a small part of a much, much larger tapestry of interwoven vignettes -- some based on ancient narratives and others on personal experience -- called Rebirth of Gaea.
Shen used ancient texts and existing models of armillary spheres to create one based on ancient standards; Shen described ancient weaponry such as the use of a scaled sighting device on crossbows; while experimenting with ancient musical measures, Shen suggested hanging an ancient bell by using a hollow handle.
Christian claims for Jesus are based on ancient Jewish expectations and hopes.
A specially commissioned work by a Mexican composer, Gabriela Ortiz, based on ancient Mayan culture, and Kronos arrangements of songs by Patsy Cline and Stephen Foster round out the program.
