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L - Culture

L.01 - Culture (narrower sense)
L.02 - Religion
L.03 - Script and language
L.04 - Literature
L.05 - Arts
L.06 - Leisure time, Sports, Tourism

L - Culture

L.01 - Culture (narrower sense) top

L.01.01 - Culture, general

L.01.02 - Cultural tradition

Ancestor cults
Cults
Cultural heritage
Dance
Holidays
Initiation
Magic
Manners and customs
Medicine-men
Monuments
Myths
Sense of tradition
Taboos
Tradition
Traditional medicine
Traditional technologies
Worship of the dead

L.01.03 - Cultural contact/Cultural change

Access to culture
Acculturation
Cultural contact
Cultural diversity
Cultural identity
Cultural influences
Cultural lag
Indigenization
Intercultural communication
Intercultural conflicts
Intercultural relations
International cultural dominance/dependence
Renewal movements
Secularization
Socio-cultural change
Socio-cultural level of development
Westernization

L.01.04 - Cultural policy/International cultural relations

Cultural activity abroad
Cultural agreements (domestic)
Cultural contact
Cultural exchange
Cultural mediation
Cultural policy
Cultural presence
Cultural property protection
Exchange of scientists/researchers
Foreign cultural associations
Foreign cultural institutes
Foreign cultural organization (foreign cultural policy)
Foreign cultural policy
Image abroad
International cultural agreements
International cultural cooperation
International cultural relations
Political responsibility for cultural affairs
Staying/visits abroad
Student/pupil exchanges
Youth exchanges
Youth meetings

L.02 - Religion top

L.02.01 - Religion (creed)

Animism
Atheism
Cults
History of religion
Magic
Mysticism
Mythology
Natural religions
Orthodoxy
Religion
Religious fundamentalism
Religious studies
Religious systems and groups
Sects (religious)
Sociology of religion
Superstition
Syncretism

L.02.02 - Members of faith groups/Religious communities

Buddhists
Catholics
Christians
Diaspora
Druze
Hindus
Interfaith relations
Jews
Muslims
Oriental Christians
Oriental Jews
Protestants
Religious population groups
Shiite Muslims
Sikhs
Sunni Muslims

L.02.03 - Religious practice

Clergymen
Convents and monasteries
Nuns/monks
Pastoral care
Pastoral care of the armed forces
Pilgrimages
Pilgrims
Religious conflicts
Religious cultures
Religious doctrine
Religious education
Religious factors
Religious holidays
Religious ideologies
Religious missions
Religious practice
Sanctuaries/shrines
Secularization
Small religious communities
Temples

L.02.04 - Religious institutions

Concordats
Councils of religious communities
Interfaith relations
Laicism
Religious community - state relations
Religious dignitaries
Religious institutions
Religious leaders
Religious orders
Religious policy
Religious systems and groups
State religion

L.02.05 - Christianity

Bible
Bishops conferences
Catholic Church
Catholicism
Catholics
Christian Church
Christian countries
Christian missionaries
Christian theology
Christianity
Christians
Church administration
Church conventions
Churches (buildings)
Dioceses
Ecclesiastical history
Ecclesiastical publications
Ecumenical movements
International ecumenical movements
Liberation theology
Oriental Christians
Orthodox Christianity
Orthodox Church
Parishes
Pastoral care
Protestant Church
Protestantism
Protestants
Religious missions

L.02.06 - Islam

Islam
Islamic countries/Islamic world
Islamic economic system
Islamic studies
Islamization
Koran
Militant Islam
Mosques
Muslim brotherhood
Muslims
Political Islam
Shia
Shiite Muslims
Sufism
Sunna
Sunni Muslims
Ulema

L.02.07 - Jewish religion

Jewish organizations
Jewish studies
Jews
Judaism
Oriental Jews
Synagogues
Talmud
Zionism

L.02.08 - Asian religions

Buddhism
Buddhist countries
Buddhist studies
Buddhists
Caste system
Confucianism
Hinduism
Hindus
Lamaism
Shintoism
Taoism

L.03 - Script and language top

L.03.01 - Script

Characters
Nonroman alphabets
Roman alphabet
Script reform
Scripts
Transcription/transliteration

L.03.02 - Languages

Dialects
Dictionaries
Evolution of language
Families of languages
Foreign languages
Foreign words
Grammars/language tuition materials
Language
Language education
Language of instruction
Language policy
Language use
Lingua franca
Linguistic areas
Linguistics
Mother tongue
Multilingualism
Official languages
Philology
Regional/minority languages
Specialized terminology
Translation
Translators/interpreters

L.03.03 - Families of languages

African languages
American Indian languages
Germanic languages
Hamitic languages
Himalayan languages
Indian languages
Indo-European languages
Romance languages
Semitic languages
Slavonic languages
Turkic languages

L.03.04 - Selected languages

L.04 - Literature top

Authors/writers
Book/article reviews
Books
Comics
Document delivery
History of literature
Literature
Novels
Poetry
Popular literature
Reading habits
Specialist literature
Study of literature
Translation

L.05 - Arts top

Aesthetics
Architecture
Art education
Art history
Art studies
Art trade
Artists
Arts
Arts and crafts
Dance
Fashion
Films
Folk art
Jewelry
Museums
Music
Musical instruments
Musicology
Painting
Performing arts
Photography
Sculpture
Songs
Theatre
Theatre studies
Visual arts
Works of art

L.06 - Leisure time, Sports, Tourism top

Clubs
Competitive sports
Entertainment
Games
Hotels
Hunting
Leisure
Leisure activities
Leisure industry
Recreation
Sporting events
Sports
Sports associations
Tourism
Tourist industry
Tourists
Toys
Travel formalities
Travel guidebooks
Travel reports
Youth centres