<span>There are several major characteristics of a grand opera. A grand opera has large scale casts, orchestras, stage effects, and lavish designs. The grand operas have four to five acts in each one. The plots of the grand opera is is usually based on historic events and they are dramatized. These operas are also known by the saying "serious opera without spoken dialogue." </span>
<span>A surprising development over the past half-century has been the revival of the ancient tradition of shamanism. Evidence for the renaissance is everywhere. But what is going on? I offer a structural view, suggesting that a global–historical conjuncture is responsible. The most important structures of civilization—governments, religions, sciences—have all suffered from popular alienation, most recently failing to adequately address global crises, prompting many in developed and developing countries, facilitated by global infrastructure, to reach back to their ancient spiritual roots. At the same time, in response to popular alienation, currents within these very structures have converged to buoy the movement. Traditional shamans, for their part, in spite of criticism at home for teaching modern peoples, say that the spirits have played a key role in rekindling shamanic practices.
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A pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a ... The color<span> effect of pastels is closer to the natural dry pigments </span>than<span> that of any ... These can be </span>used<span> with other pastels for </span>drawing outlines<span> </span>
Explanation:
It means you can't eat a cake and continue to posses that cake once you've consumed it. The use of the phrase, therefore, is to tell someone that they can't have two good things that don't normally go together at the same time, like eating a cake then continuing to possesses that same cake so you can eat later.
I believe it is polyrhythms.