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Culture #49

ILR 3 · Culture & religion · radio essay · broadcast recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 6What is the essay mainly about?
Question 2 of 6Why have some countries moved their weekend?
Question 3 of 6What does the father buying bread "as he has for thirty years" convey?
Question 4 of 6What does "disputes are settled, or new ones begin" suggest about the family lunch?
Question 5 of 6What does the video call with "each in front of a different dish" symbolize?
Question 6 of 6What does "the whole city breathed to a single melody" express?
Vocabulary
إِيقَاعrhythm
عَلَى غَيْرِ عَادَتِهَاunusually
الْمُصَلِّينworshippers
الصُّفُوفrows
الْخَطِيبpreacher
مُكَبِّرَات الصَّوْتloudspeakers
طَقْسritual
تَتَمَاشَى مَعَalign with
حُرْمَةsanctity
تَفَرَّقَتscattered
فَرْدِيَّةindividual
نَغَمmelody