Indonesia exhibits a rich diversity of cultural practices and products.
"Also, the erosion of cultural practices by dominant religions, because communities for centuries have been protecting the forests as part of their traditions".
The attractiveness of cultural diversity does not necessarily imply that villages and cities around the world eventually should adopt an identical mix of cultural practices and architectural structures.
Inclusive of all 140 tribes from the 99 different mountains, the festival is a celebration of cultural practices that are very much at risk.
For Herbert, religion is never simply a set of dogmatic assertions, or a collection of cultural practices, as historical religion is sometimes caricatured.
Dr. Milot said statistical tests allowed the researchers to distinguish between the effects of natural selection and those of cultural practices affecting the age of marriage.
Some of this has created considerable controversy: notably, Jason Staggie's horrific off-campus novel, Risk, and Thando Mgqolozana's A Man Who Is Not a Man, a searingly powerful novel that tackles the persistence of cultural practices such as ritual circumcision.
However, exposure to carcinogens as a consequence of cultural practices, such as tobacco smoking and the cooking and consumption of meats, is difficult if not impossible to control or eradicate.
In particular circumstances and particular settings a faith may function as a guide to morality, or an aesthetic, or a social network, or a collection of cultural practices, or a political identity, or a historical tradition, or some combination of any or all of those things.
The report found a requirement for applicants to prove their laws had been passed from generation to generation was particularly stringent and should be removed – especially when viewed in light of Australia's history of dislocation, forced removal of people from their lands and prohibitions on the exercise of cultural practices.
The study found a number of cultural practices and social interactions associated with the transhumance system.
