14 July: "Mushaama" Festival. On Hateruma Island, this harvest festival is celebrated during "Obon". It features a parade of the local fertility god "Miruku" and his children (the local children), "shishi" ("lion") dances, and staff dances.
The undersea Yonaguni monument is on the island of Yonaguni. The Yaeyama Islands are home to the production of traditional Yaeyaman textiles.
Saint John's Church, Stockholm
Saint John's Church () is a church building in Norrmalm in the town of Stockholm in Sweden. The church was designed Carl Möller in the Gothic Revival style. It was completed in 1890.
Saint John's Church
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Saint John's Church, Malmö
Saint John's Church () is a church building near the Triangeln railway station in the Innerstaden district in the of Malmö in Sweden. The church was designed by Axel Anderberg in the Jugend style. It was built between 1903-1907.
Finnish Church
The Finnish Church (, ) is a church building in Gamla stan in the town of Stockholm in Sweden. It belongs to the Stockholm Finnish Parish of the Church of Sweden. The church was opened in 1725. It is located in what once was Lilla Bollhuset before it was rebuilt into a church.
Frida Appelgren
Frida Erika Appelgren, earlier married "Muranius", born 5 April 1981 in Malmö, Sweden, is a Swedish music artist. She scored a mid-2007 hit with the song "Dunka mig gul och blå".
Together with Headline she participated at Melodifestivalen 2008 with the song "Upp o hoppa". The song ended up 10th in the finals.
Cen (surname)
Cen is a Chinese surname. It is a romanization of . Cen is listed 67th in the Song dynasty classic text "Hundred Family Surnames". As of 2008, it is the 235th most common surname in China. There are 340,000 people with this surname.
The surname Cen was first used during the Zhou Dynasty. Ji Qu, Ji Chang's nephew, was the first to use it. He used it because he controlled the area Cen Ting in Shanxi province. In honor of him, his children changed their name to Cen and posthumously named him Cen Zi. In 1368 Cen Tianbao surrendered to the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang. He was then made prefect of Tianzhou. His descendants were prefects of Zhen'an and sub-prefects of Guishun. Among the chieftains of the Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, some of the most important were of the Cen surname. In the 15th and 16th centuries many were strong allies of the Ming Dynasty. During the Republic of China control of Mainland China, Cen Chunxuan became president of the military government of Guangzhou.
Washington, Tyne and Wear
Washington is a new town in Sunderland, in the northeast of England. Historically it was part of County Durham. It joined a new county in 1974 with the creation of Tyne and Wear. Washington is an equal distance from the centres of Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham and Sunderland, and it has close ties to all three cities. It was named a new town in 1964. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 67,085.
Sometime before 1183, William de Hertburn acquired the manor of Washington Old Hall. De Hertburn changed his name to de Washington. George Washington, first President of the United States is a direct descendant of William de Hertburn.
Dalvik Church
The Dalvik Church () is a church building at Dalvik in the town of Jönköping in Sweden. It is a Swedish Evangelical Mission church. It belongs to the Jönköping Sofia-Järstorp Parish of the Swedish Evangelical Mission. It was inaugurated on 8 February 1969 and expanded in 1985.
Bymarken Church
The Bymarken Church () is a church building at Bymarken in the town of Jönköping in Sweden. It belongs to the Jönköping Sofia-Järstorp Parish of the Church of Sweden. The church was opened in 1935.
Barnarp
Barnarp is a village in Jönköping Municipality in Jönköping County in Sweden. In 2005, 724 people lived there.
Barnarp Church
Barnarp Church () is a church building in Barnarp it Sweden. It belongs to the Barnarp Parish of the Church of Sweden. The church is dated back to 13th century. It is supposed to have replaced an older wooden church.
Miyako Islands
The are a group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, east of the Yaeyama Islands. They are between the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan.
Miyako Island has 55,914 people. A bridge connects Miyako Island to Ikema Island. Ikema Island has 801 people. Tarama village has 1,214 people. It is between the islands of Minna and Tarama.
The native people of the Miyako Islands are the Miyako people, who are a subgroup of a larger Ryukyuan ethnicity.
The languages spoken on the islands include the native Miyako language and Japanese. Because Japan suppressed the Miyako language in the past, the younger generation mostly speaks Japanese instead.
Bottnaryd Church
Bottnaryd Church () is a wooden church building in Bottnaryd in Sweden. It belongs to the Norra Mo Parish of the Church of Sweden. The church was built in the late 17th century. It replaced a Medieval church demolished on 16 May 1666.
Ölmstad Church
Ölmstad Church () is a church building in Ölmstad in Sweden. It belogns to the Skärstad-Ölmstad Parish of the Church of Sweden. The church is supposed to be dated back to 12th century.
Tumby Bay, South Australia
Tumby Bay is a coastal town on the Spencer Gulf, on the eastern coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It is north of Port Lincoln. The town of Tumby Bay is the major population centre of the District Council of Tumby Bay. It is the centre of an agricultural district farming cereal crops and sheep. It also has fishing and tourism industries.
The bay was first explored and given the name "Tumby Bay" by Captain Matthew Flinders in 1802. It was named after a parish in Lincolnshire, England. In 1840 Governor Gawler renamed the bay "Harvey('s) Bay" after one other district's early settlers. Then on 15 November 1900 the town of "Tumby" was proclaimed by Governor Tennyson, and the name of the bay was changed to "Tumby Bay". On 14 June 1984 the town officially became known as "Tumby Bay".
The earliest European settlers to the district arrived in the 1840s. They farmed the area with wheat and sheep mostly. The town soon grew into an important grain storage and loading point. A jetty was built in 1874. It was the second jetty built on the Eyre Peninsula. This provided a much needed outlet for the copper ore which was coming from the Burrowing Mine. The original jetty was taken down in 1999 due to safety concerns. The newer jetty is still in use.
The town's first school was opened in 1881 as 'Tumby'. The district's first hospital opened in 1913.
Tumby Bay hosted the popular event Triple J's One Night Stand on 2 April 2011. It featured the bands Birds of Tokyo, Art vs. Science, The Jezabels, and local "Unearthed" musician Joshy Willo . The town's population swelled from 1000 to over 12,000 for the event.
Tumby Bay lies on the large, sheltered bay of the same name on the western side of Spencer Gulf. Most of the land around Tumby Bay is used for agriculture. The coast has white sandy beaches. The town is centered on the beaches. The town has towering cliffs to the south.
Tumby Island is the only island in the bay. but further offshore is the Sir Joseph Banks Group. It a small archipelago that can be reached by boat from Tumby Bay.
Tumby Bay has a Mediterranean climate. There are warm to hot summers and slightly wet winters.
Since it was first settled, Tumby Bay has predominantly been an agriculturally driven town, with cereal crops, sheep and beef commonly farmed. As with many towns on the Eyre Peninsula, Tumby Bay also has a well-established professional fishing industry.
Tumby Bay is popular for holidays during the summer months. People come for the fishing, including King George Whiting and Snapper. Fishing can be enjoyed from the town jetty, the beaches and rock areas, or from a boat. In 2001, a marina was built. It allows all weather boat launching for a range of boat sizes. It opens up new real estate options.