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Taiko 
 Many other cultures have adopted this style of drumming, from Germany and the United States to Australia.
Hanamachi 
 A hanamachi (花街) is a Japanese word used to call a neighborhood where courtesans and geisha lived and worked.
Hanamachi 
 These neighborhoods used to have many okiya (geisha houses) and ochaya (tea houses, where geishas entertained guests).
Hanamachi 
 The term hanamachi is used in modern Japan to call the areas where modern-day geisha are still living and working.
Japanese traditional dance 
 There are two types of Japanese traditional dance: Odori, which was created in the Edo period; and Mai, which was created in the western part of Japan.
Japanese traditional dance 
 Noh drama, music and dance was heavily influenced by the elegance of the manners of the Japanese Imperial Court.
Japanese traditional dance 
 Kabuki drama, and hence Odori, was a more democratic form, but still (viewed with modern eyes) quite traditional.
Parkour 
 Parkour is an activity in which the goal is to move from one place to another as quickly and efficiently as possible, using the abilities of the human body.
Parkour 
 Founded by David Belle in France, practitioners only use efficient movements to develop their bodies and minds, and to be able to overcome barriers in an emergency.
Parkour 
 Acrobatics (such as flips and wall flips) are not part of parkour, because of inefficiency in a difficult situation (emergency).
Parkour 
 American Parkour - American parkour and free running community full of information about parkour and how to get started practicing the art
Shakuhachi 
 The  is a Japanese flute which is played vertically (up-down) like a recorder, instead of horizontally (from side to side) like the Western transverse flute.
Christian movements 
 Christian movements are different religious, political and philosophical ideas of Christianity that means Christians belonging to one movement have a small difference in beliefs than a person from a different movement.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 
 The borough includes several districts in the west of London; before 1965 the two boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea were separately administered.
Huo Qubing 
 In order to fairly eliminate the main force of the Xiongnu, Huo Qubing and Wei Qing led 100,000 cavalry and fought with their enemies in the desert in the spring of 119 BC.
Squash (plant) 
 Although squash is a fruit according to its botanical classification, it is generally considered a vegetable in food preparation.
Squash (plant) 
 This is a word from the Narragansett language, which was documented by Roger Williams in his 1643 publication A Key Into the Language of America.
Squash (plant) 
 There are similar words for squash in related languages of the Algonquian family such as Massachusett.
Squash (plant) 
 Squash Display at Missouri Botanical Garden - Pics of 150 varieties from The Great Pumpkin Patch, Arthur, IL
Squash (plant) 
 Big-Pumpkins.de  This is a very informative site for the new as well as experienced giant pumpkin (Riesenkürbis) and squash grower aimed towards the German speaking audience, though all growers are welcome.
Nelumbo 
 It is the "National flower" of both India and Vietnam and also the "Provincial flower" of Sindh province, Pakistan.
Nymphaeaceae 
 Modern genetic analyses by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group researchers has confirmed its basal position among flowering plants.
Nymphaeaceae 
 According to the most widely accepted flowering plant classification system, this is the second diverging group of angiosperms after Amborella.
Ugly Betty 
 The series follows the life of Betty Suarez (Ferrera), and her incongruous job at the ultra-chic New York City fashion magazine "Mode".
Ugly Betty 
 Since the show's debut, the main characters have become the latest fixures in the lexicon of pop media culture.
Ugly Betty 
 They have already had parodies, news media stories and art-imitating-life situations, as well as recognition from the United States Congress itself.
Shinto shrine 
 Many Shinto shrines have buildings, gates, and natural areas such as forests and rivers around them.
Miko 
 The translation of Miko is "Woman of God" (chosen by, or totally devoted to, the gods), but the closest meaning is "shrine maiden".
Mineko Iwasaki 
 , born Masako Tanaka on November 2, 1949 in Kyoto, was Japan's number one  geiko (geisha) until she retired at the age of 29.
Mineko Iwasaki 
 She entertained many important people when they visited Japan, like Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles.
Mineko Iwasaki 
 Author Arthur Golden did an interview to her and used her as inspiration for his book Memoirs of a Geisha, that was later made a movie.
Mineko Iwasaki 
 Iwasaki later said that the book was full of lies, and that nothing that Golden said ever happened to her.
Mineko Iwasaki 
 "Q & A: Remaking a Memoir" (interview by Tamara Wieder, from The Boston Phoenix, October 10-17, 2002)
List of English districts by population 
 The districts at the top have the biggest population and the districts at the bottom have a smaller number of people.
Libra (astrology) 
 Libra is an astrological sign,  related to the constellation Libra, in the Southern Hemisphere near Scorpius and Virgo.
Libra (astrology) 
 In the tropical zodiac, the Sun meets Libra from September 23 to October 23, and in the sidereal zodiac, it ends on November 15.
Libra (astrology) 
 Libra, (The Scales of Balance), is the only symbol of the zodiac that is inanimate (it is not represented by an animal or person).
Libra (astrology) 
 Libra's symbol, like the scales, is the only symbol in the zodiac that is not represented by an animal or person.
Libra (astrology) 
 In mythology  a Libra is related to the Greek Goddess of Justice, Themis, the Greek mythology version of Atalanta (meaning balanced), and Astraea (daughter of Themis), who went up to heaven and became the constellation of Virgo, and carried the scales of justice, which is the constellation Libra.
Libra (astrology) 
 Libra is also related to the Greco-Roman goddess Aphrodite/Venus and sometimes also the goddesses Eris/Discordia & Harmonia/Concordia,Dike, Themis, Hera/Juno, Ishtar, Freyja, Persephone, Frigg and Forsetti the god Xolotl.
Kurma 
 Hindus believe that Vishnu, an important god of Hinduism, had several forms, or avatars, and the second important avatar is called the Kurma avatar.
Kurma 
 In this avatar, Vishnu took the form of a kurma to help tha devtas and asuras to churn the Kshira Sagara, to gain amrita.
Varaha 
 Hindus believe that Vishnu had many important Avatars, and the Varaha avatar was the third avatar of Vishnu.
Varaha 
 He entered the water and carried the earth on its body and brought the earth safely to where it should be.
Wild boar 
 The wild boar (Sus scrofa) belongs to the family of the real pig (Suidae) from the order of artiodactyls.
Wild boar 
 They live today in almost every part of the world, even many countries that are not their natural habitats.
Wild boar 
 They were hunted in Europe from long ago for many of their body parts, and were shown in the mythology of many ancient civilizations.
Wild boar 
 Greek, Phoenician, and Persian mythology showed them as fierce, sometimes evil, while others showed them as brave, powerful animals.
Wild boar 
 However, this was not the best material for oral hygiene because the hairs dried slowly and usually held bacteria.
Wild boar 
 This impression is partly because, compared to the large body mass, the legs of the wild boar are short and do not look very strong.
Narasimha 
 Hiranyakashipu also wanted to kill everyone who worshipped the gods and make everyone worship him instead.
Narasimha 
 Vishnu became Narasimha, and protected Prahlad and other people who worshipped the gods by stopping Hiranyakashipu.
Narasimha 
 Brahma had granted Hiranyakashipu a boon that kept him safe so that he could not be killed by a human, animal or deva.
Narasimha 
 When he wanted to kill his son for worshiping Vishnu, Vishnu came to earth incarnated as a half-man, half-lion creature (neither man nor human).
Narasimha 
 This way Vishnu killed Hiranyakashipu in the twilight (neither day, nor night) and on the porch of the palace (neither inside, nor outside), without disrupting the boon given to him by Brahma.
Yuga 
 Hindus believe that there are periods of time called yugas ("ages" or "eras"): Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, and Kali Yuga.
Yuga 
 Dvapara Yuga is the third age, which lasts for 864,000 years, when humans are still religious but their lives are much shorter.
Vamana 
 Vamana avatar is basically in the form of a bramhin(a caste in hinduism which is responsible for ancient spiritual, cultural, educational activitiesand the highest in the Varnas) was taken for a demon king 'Bali'.
Vamana 
 Lord Vishnu in this avatar asked Bali to offer him 'three feet land' as a form of offering a king offered to a brahmin as a goodwill during ancient times in hindu culture.
Vamana 
 The story goes when king Bali captured the Adobe of hindu demigods and caused them a fierce battle. '
Vamana 
 Aditi' - the mother figure of demigods in hinduism prayed to Lord Vishnu and pleased by her prayers, Lord Vishnu appeared and assured her  a boon.
Vamana 
 Lord Vamana (lord Vishnu) when asked Bali for three feet land then Bali laughed and said "Brahamandeva (O Brahmin) you might have asked many luxurious things from me as dakshina but you asked such a menial thing of land of a three feet quantity?"
Vamana 
 After which Lord Vamana grew so large in size as his one feet could cover whole Earth and other whole heaven!
Vamana 
 Pleased by this act of Bali lord promised him the rule of 'Patal' (the underEarth) and promised to protect Bali and his kingdom and slay whosoever disobeys Bali in patal.
Parashurama 
 He came to Earth to stop bad people he was the son of sage jamdagni a sage who was known for his temper.
Parashurama 
 it is believed that parashurma was cheiranjiv it means that he was immortal he was the great devotee of Lord Shiva.parshuram s,mother Renuka Devi was daughter of kshatriya after receiving parashurma from Lord Shiva as a boon it was impossible to defeat parashurma in earth.
Parashurama 
 Dronacharya Bhishma and karna.it is believed that he will teach war skills to the tenth avatar of Vishnu (kalki) once he cutt of the right tusk of Lord Ganesha.
Parashurama 
 Because Ganesha  was not letting him in to meet Lord Shiva when Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva grew up with  anger after hearing this but after they  forgive parashurma.
Ba Ðình Square 
 It is where Vietnamese President Hồ Chí Minh declared the independence of the Democratic Republic of Việt Nam from French imperialist rule on 2 September 1945, the same day that World War II ended.
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum 
 The Hồ Chí Minh Mausoleum (Vietnamese: Lăng Hồ Chí Minh) is a large memorial to Vietnamese independence leader Hồ Chí Minh.
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum 
 In his will, he said he wanted to be cremated and to have his ashes buried in the hills of the north, center, and south of Việt Nam.
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum 
 He said that he liked cremation because it was healthier than burial or a mausoleum and saved farmland.
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum 
 The government also pretended he died a day after he really did, because he really died on Independence Day and they did not tell anyone.
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum 
 In his last days he was surrounded by those who formed what is now Vietnam's political system, while those loyal to him and his wishes were systematically kept or chased away.
Meng Tian 
 After the unification of China, Emperor Qin Shi Huang ordered Meng Tian leading 300,000 armies to attack the Xiongnu and build the Great Wall of China.
Meng Tian 
 Meng Tian was forced by the eunuch, Zhao Gao, to kill himself by drinking poisonous wine after the death of Emperor Qin Shi Haung.
Kippah 
 Traditionally it was worn only by men, but in modern times the push for equality between the sexes in the practice of Judaism has led some women to wear yarmulkes.
Kippah 
 Some Jews only wear yarmulkes while praying; others wear yarmulkes the entire day, making sure not to walk more than four cubits without head covering (especially outside).
Kippah 
 Often, the color and fabric of the yarmulke can be a sign of adherence to a specific religious movement.
Kippah 
 The Israeli National Religious community is often referred to by the name kipot srugot כיפות סרוגות, literally "woven yarmulkes".
Kippah 
 Similarly, some Haredi sects are referred to by the name kipot shkhorot כיפות שחורות, literally "black yarmulkes".
Kippah 
 Linguists (e.g. Max Vasmer) maintain that the Yiddish word is derived (via Russian or Polish) from the Turkic , meaning 'raincoat'.
Kippah 
 Traditionally, yarmulke is considered to have originated from the Aramaic phrase "" (in awe of the Lord), in keeping with the principle that the yarmulke is supposed to reflect someone's fear of heaven.
Judeo-Arabic languages 
 Judeo-Arabic languages are a collection of Arabic language dialects spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Arabic-speaking countries.
Judeo-Arabic languages 
 Just as with the rest of the Arab world, Arabic-speaking Jews had different dialects for the different regions where they lived.
Judeo-Arabic languages 
 Most Judæo-Arabic dialects were written in modified forms of the Hebrew alphabet, often including consonant dots from the Arabic alphabet to accommodate phonemes that did not exist in the Hebrew alphabet.
Judeo-Arabic languages 
 In retaliation for 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Jews in Arab countries became subject to increasingly insufferable discrimination and violence, causing virtually all of them to flee en masse to Israel.
Judeo-Arabic languages 
 Their dialects of Arabic did not thrive in Israel, and most became extinct, replaced by the Modern Hebrew language.
Judeo-Arabic languages 
 In the Middle Ages, Jews in the Islamic diaspora spoke a dialect of Arabic, which they wrote in a mildly adapted Hebrew script  (rather than using Arabic script).
Judeo-Arabic languages 
 This phenomenon is called Judaeo-Arabic and may be compared to both Ladino (Judaeo-Spanish) and Yiddish (Judaeo-German).
Judeo-Arabic languages 
 Some of the most important books of medieval Jewish though were originally written in Judaeo-Arabic, as well as certain halakhic works and biblical commentary.
Judeo-Arabic languages 
 Only later were they translated into medieval scientific Hebrew so that they could be read by the Ashkenazic Jews of Europe.
Judeo-Arabic languages 
 Saadia Gaon's Emunot ve-Deot, his Tafsir (biblical commentary and translation), and his siddur (the explanatory parts, not the prayers themselves)
Judeo-Arabic languages 
 Maimonides' Commentary on the Mishnah, Sefer ha-Mitzvot, Guide to the Perplexed, and many of his letters and shorter essays.
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham 
 The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is a London borough in West London but is part of an area called Inner London.
1 E9 m² 
 2,690 km² — Canadian Forces Base Suffield, Canada (military training area - see also: British Army Training Unit Suffield)
1 E9 m² 
 4,545 km² — Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area, Australia (Australian Defence Force training area: 2,700 land/ 1,800 sea)
1 E9 m² 
 8,700 km² — Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT Australia (ADF training area - formerly Bradshaw Station)
1 E7 m² 
 It is used for places that are between 10 km² (1,000 hectares) and 100 km² (10,000 hectares) in area.
Athletics at the Summer Olympics 
 Athletics, known as Track and Field in the United States, has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics.
Athletics at the Summer Olympics 
 No new events have been added to the men's athletics programme since 1952 when the short racewalk was added.
Athletics at the Summer Olympics 
 The roster of events has not changed since then, with the exception of the omission of the long racewalk in 1976.
Athletics at the Summer Olympics 
 Many of the discontinued events were similar to modern ones but at different lengths, especially in the steeplechasing, hurdling, and racewalking disciplines.
Athletics at the Summer Olympics 
 The athletic multi-discipline triathlon (3 events) and pentathlon (5 events) have been replaced by the 10 event decathlon, and the medley relay replaced by relay races where each section is the same length as the others.
Athletics at the Summer Olympics 
 Standing jump competitions are no longer held, nor are the various modified throwing events which were experimented with in 1908 and 1912.
1968 Summer Olympics 
 The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were held in Mexico City in 1968.
1968 Summer Olympics 
 The Games were preceded by the Tlatelolco massacre, in which hundreds of students were killed by security forces ten days before the opening day.
1968 Summer Olympics 
 It is the only Games ever held in Latin America, and it was the second ever outside of Western Europe, Australia, or the USA.
Sima Qian 
 In 104 BC, Sima Qian finished editing Taichu Calendar with the imperial officials, Tang Du and Luo Xiahong.
Sima Qian 
 Sima Qian would be sentenced to death if he could not pay a fine or accept the terrible punishment - castration.
Sima Qian 
 With the fact that Sima Qian did not have enough money to pay the fine and he hoped to finish writing the Records of the Grand Historian, he accepted the castration.
Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics 
 The scoring in the team competition event and in event finals was the same, as for gymnastics events at the previous Olympics.
Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics 
 But in the all-around the scoring system became similar to that of event finals: for the all-around a gymnast showed one's skills once more on each of the apparatuses; to get the "Total" value for the all-around performance, marks in the team competition were added together, the result was divided by two ("Prelim" value) and added to the sum of marks for all-around routines ("Final" value).
Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics 
 "Prelim" value is the sum of two marks for compulsory and optional routine in the team competition on the respective apparatus, divided by two.
Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics 
 "Prelim" value is the sum of two marks for compulsory and optional routine on the respective apparatus in the team competition, divided by two.
Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics 
 Note:country names are given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1972.
Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics 
 It took place in the Man-made Basin, located at the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre (Krylatskoye district, Moscow).
Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics 
 In that situation East Germany dominated the competition: they won 14 medals, including 11 golds, from 14 events.
Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics 
 Note:country names are given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1980.
Coxless pair 
 In rowing, a coxless pair consists of a pair of rowers, each having one oar, one on the stroke side (rower's right hand side) and one on the bow side (rower's lefthand side).
Coxless pair 
 As the name suggests, there is no cox on such a boat, and the two rowers must co-ordinate steering and the proper timing of oar strokes between themselves.
1976 Summer Olympics 
 The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1976 Summer Olympics 
 Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games in May 1970, over the bid of Moscow and Los Angeles, who later hosted the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympic Games respectively.
1960 Winter Olympics 
 The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, United States (in the Lake Tahoe basin).
1960 Winter Olympics 
 After being awarded the Games, there was a rush to construct roads, hotels, restaurants, and bridges, as well as the ice arena, the speed skating track, ski lifts, and the ski jumping hill.
1984 Winter Olympics 
 The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, were held in Sarajevo. (
1984 Winter Olympics 
 It was the first Winter Games and the second Olympics held in Eastern Europe (the first was the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow).
1988 Winter Olympics 
 The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and opened by Governor General Jeanne Sauvé.
1988 Winter Olympics 
 The games left a lasting impression on the host city and gave it a new identity from a cowtown to a large commercial sector of the country.
1988 Winter Olympics 
 1988 was also the last year that the Paralympic Games and the Winter Olympics were held in separate cities; all subsequent games have been hosted by the same city or a city nearby.
1988 Winter Olympics 
 As at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, the Canadian team failed to win a gold medal, matching only Yugoslavia in the dubious distinction of not having won a winter gold medal on home soil.
Records of the Grand Historian 
 It is a book recording Chinese history from the time of 3 Sovereigns and 5 Emperors until the reign of Emperor Wu of Han.
Football at the Summer Olympics 
 Football (soccer) has been included in every Summer Olympic Games except 1896 and 1932 as a men's competition sport.
Football at the Summer Olympics 
 Football was not in the original modern Olympic Games program as international football was not that popular in 1896.
Football at the Summer Olympics 
 Complete records have been lost and may not even be true but it seems that only two games may have been played.
Football at the Summer Olympics 
 Demonstration tournaments were played at the 1900 and 1904 games and the "Intercalated Games" of 1906, but these were contested by various clubs and scratch teams, and are not considered to be official Olympic events.
Football at the Summer Olympics 
 The first proper tournament is said to be in the 1908 Olympics, organized by the Football Association.
Football at the Summer Olympics 
 However, the tournament was very unbalanced, with some high scoring games such as 10-0 and 12-0, and all of the players were amateurs.
Football at the Summer Olympics 
 The tournaments of 1924 and 1928 are the two only editions officially recognised by FIFA as championships of the world.
1976 Winter Olympics 
 The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria.
1976 Winter Olympics 
 The games were originally awarded to Denver, Colorado, United States in May 1970, but a 300 percent rise in costs and worries about environmental impact led to voters' rejection of a $5 million bond issue to finance the games in 1972, so the IOC offered the games to Whistler, British Columbia (Canada), who had bid on the games, but they too declined due to a change of government there. (
1976 Winter Olympics 
 Whistler would go on to be associated with neighbouring Vancouver's successful bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics.)
1976 Winter Olympics 
 The IOC finally called on Innsbruck, which had hosted the 1964 Winter Games just twelve years earlier, to also host the 1976 games.
1976 Winter Olympics 
 Salt Lake City, Utah, which would eventually host in 2002, offered itself as a potential host after the withdrawal of Denver.
Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics 
 Gymnastics has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics.
Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics 
 The competition was held in artistic gymnastics discipline until 1984, when rhythmic gymnastics discipline was added to the program of the Olympics.
Biathlon 
 Biathlon (not to be confused with duathlon) is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines.
Biathlon 
 However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.
Biathlon 
 Event & Competition Rules Authorized by the IBU Congress, June 1998  – The official IBU rule book, with annexes
Biathlon 
 Com – A cooperation between IBU and EBU; with race results/statistics, TV schedules, live competition results, etc.