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The marriage of Princess Agatha of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst to Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia should be equal since Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst was a mediatized house. Why does the article for Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1890–1972) claim it was unequal? Only Russia to my knowledge required marriage partner to be of ruling houses.--The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 02:27, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Does anyone know when Russia will hold its next census? Its last census took place in 2010, but I am unsure if Russia has set a date/year for its next census yet. Futurist110 (talk) 05:21, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
So just to clarify--Russia has not announced yet when its next census will take place, correct? Futurist110 (talk) 06:57, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
Several years ago, I heard of a supposed "selfless gift-giving" etiquette in Asia or parts of Asia, according to which it is considered impolite to directly hand over a gift from person to person. Instead, according to the story I heard, it is considered polite for a guest to simply leave the gift in the host's house.
The (supposed) logic is that handing over the gift would create an expectation and pressure (on the receiver of the gift) to react, which in turn would be akin to the gift-giver actually "taking" the reaction of the gift-receiver, with the gift functioning not as a proper gift but merely to prompt the desired reaction. Therefore, in order to make the gift a truly selfless gift, the giver of a "guest gift" simply leaves the gift for the host to discover it later.
I just recalled that story and tried to figure out whether it is based in reality, without any luck so far. There are many websites detailing cultural etiquette in Asian countries, including gift-giving etiquette, but nothing remotely similar to that story I heard. I'd really like to know whether it is based on reality or whether it is just an example of cultural projection. On the other hand, if it was a widespread stereotype (correct or not), I guess I would have found a website addressing the stereotype as such.
Has anybody ever heard of something like that, either an actual etiquette or at least a similar stereotype alluding to such an etiquette? --85.197.12.76 (talk) 11:44, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Are there any diplomatic ties between Moldova and Togo? Is there any communication between these two countries at all? Any economic activity or similar? --Dennerfreyer (talk) 22:08, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
I've found a brief mention of some air crash that happened in the US on April 11, 1994 involving an 8-year girl piloting the aircraft with instructor and her father aboard (similar to Aeroflot Flight 593), but my googling showed nothing (and looks like there's no article in Wiki either). Could someone drop a hint? Brandmeistertalk 22:28, 23 March 2014 (UTC)