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He was a United States Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997.
Pell is the longest serving U.S. Senator from Rhode Island.
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Lady and the Tramp is a 2019 American live-action/CGI musical romance movie directed by Charlie Bean and written by Andrew Bujalski and Kari Granlund.
It was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Taylor Made.
Lady and the Tramp was released on November 12, 2019 on Disney+.
Jim Dale,  (born James Smith; 15 August 1935) is an English actor, comedian, composer, director and singer-songwriter.
He appeared in many of the Carry On movies.
He is well known narrating all seven of the Harry Potter audiobooks in the American market.
He also starred in the Disney movie Pete's Dragon (1977).
He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for playing a young Spike Milligan in Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1973).
Aeneas Soko Chigwedere () (25 November 1939 – 22 January 2021) was a Zimbabwean politician, historian, educationist, and traditional leader.
He was the Minister of Education, Sports, & Culture from August 2001 until his death.
He became Governor of Mashonaland East Province in August 2008.
José Crisologo Sorra (9 March 1929 – 21 January 2021) was a Filipino Roman Catholic bishop.
Sorra was born in the Manila, Philippines.
He was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Virac Philippines, from 1974 to 1993 and as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Legazpi from 1993 to 2005.
Renita Andreevna Grigorieva (Russian: Рени́та Андре́евна Григо́рьева; July 13, 1931 – January 19, 2021) was a Russian director, actress, writer, and screenwriter.
She was a 1983 winner of the USSR State Prize.
She directed the 1990 movie Boys.
She also starred in There Is Such a Lad.
Prince Norodom Yuvaneath (, October 17, 1943 – January 13, 2021) was a Cambodian royal.
He was the first son of the late king of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk and Princess Sisowath Pongsanmoni.
He is the half-brother of the current king, Norodom Sihamoni.
Yuvaneath was born in Phnom Penh.
Wilbur Vernon "Sandy" Brotherton (July 6, 1922 – January 15, 2021) was an American politician.
He was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1975 to 1988.
Brotherton was born in Chicago, Illinois.
Farmington Hills is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
79,740 people lived here at the 2010 census.
It is a northern suburb of Metro Detroit and is the second most-populated city in Oakland County after the city of Troy.
Richard Wagner  ( ; born April 2, 1957) is a Canadian politician and lawyer.
He is the 18th and current Chief Justice of Canada since 2017.
He left office when Mary Simon became governor general.
Chief Justices of Canada
Beverley Marian McLachlin   (born September 7, 1943) is a Canadian jurist and author.
She was the 17th chief justice of Canada from 2000 to 2017.
She was the first woman to hold that position and the longest-serving chief justice in Canadian history.
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; , CSC) is the highest court of Canada, the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system.
Sylvirana is a genus of frogs in the family Ranidae.
They live in South and East Asia, from northeastern India in the west to China in the north, Taiwan in the east, and Thailand in the south.
Sylvirana was proposed in 1992.
At first, in scientists thought Sylvirana should be a subgenus of Rana.
Since then, it has been considered both a genus of its own and a synonym of Hylarana.
Scientists think it should be its own genus because of molecular genetic analyses published in 2015.
Frogs in Sylvirana are mostly medium sized with strong bodies.
They have markings behind their eyes like frogs in Papurana.
Their upper lips are gray, off-white, or mottled in color.
The back is shagreened with spicules, or it can be warty.
The folds of skin on the sides of their backs are medium sized and well developed.
They are either pale or the same color as the back.
The sides of their bodies have dark coloration below ridges that fade to pale and have dark spots with clear edges.
Male frogs have paired vocal sacs that may be inside their bodies or outside their bodies.
Sabail FK () is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku.
The club participates in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
Atad Hind was the name of an Indian government, which was established in Singapore, in 1943.
Its English name is usually Provisional Government of Free India.
It was very dependent on its ally, the Empire of Japan.
They fought the Burma campaign together.
After the Second World War, Azad Hind stopped existing.
Eternal return is an idea that everything will repeat forever.
It is also called eternal recurrence.
Eternal return can be found in different religions or philosophies.
Nietzsche wrote the most famous version of the eternal recurrence, but he started with other people's ideas.
In his own writings, Nietzsche says he thinks the writer Heraclitus may have been first to write about it.
Absolutism
"Prick Up Your Ears" is the 6th episode of the 5th season of Family Guy.
It was first shown on the Fox network on November 19, 2006.
The episode is about Lois Griffin being a teacher for sex education.
She gets fired because she teaches her students about safe sex.
The episode was written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong.
James Purdum is the director of the episode.
Lois sees Chris and his friends watching a pornographic movie.
Chris says that their school does not have a class for sex education.
She becomes his school's teacher for sex education.
She teaches her students about safe ways to do premarital sex (sex before marriage).
On the next day, many parents are angry at her.
Lois gets fired for teaching about safe sex.
A reverend becomes the new sex education teacher.
He talks about sexual abstinence (not doing sex).
In the class, Meg gets a boyfriend named Doug.
While this happens, One of Stewie's teeth falls out of his mouth.
Brian tells him about the tooth fairy.
Stewie fears that the tooth fairy will take his tooth.
He tries to use Herbert's teeth, but they are not real.
He takes the tooth of a girl with an eating disorder.
Brian thinks that Stewie is being very crazy, so he tells Stewie that the tooth fairy is not real.
However, a man named T. Fairy takes the tooth from the girl with the eating disorder.
Peter hears what Meg is being taught and thinks that sex is bad.
He starts wearing a chastity belt so that Lois does not have sex with him.
Lois rapes Peter so that he will like sex again.
After that, Lois sees Meg and Doug doing "ear sex" (putting a penis in an ear).
Meg thinks that ear sex is still abstinence.
Lois goes back to the school and tells everyone that it is okay to do sex before marriage, but it should be done in a safe way.
She tells everyone to use condoms.
After this, Doug sees Meg naked and they breakup.
Many parts of the episode were not shown on television: some parts of the pornographic movie that Chris and his friends were watching, Peter trying to do ear sex with Lois, and Peter saying the word "abstinent" wrong.
At the end of the episode, Brian was going to be thrown out of a window.
When the episode was done being made, Cleveland Brown talks to the Griffin family in the window.
About 9.3 million people saw the episode when it was first shown on television.
Dan Iverson from IGN said that the episode is "great satire" of sex education and abstinence.
He liked the many jokes that were made in the episode.
Francis Rizzo III from DVD Talk thought that the episode was good at showing how Christians teach sex education.
He thought that "the effect it has on Meg, as well as Peter, is great".
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Acadia is the name of a territory in northeastern North America.
Today, the area is mostly part of Canada.
At the time, England and France fought over the territory.
France said it had a legitimate claim, because Giovanni da Verrazzano and Jacques Cartier had done expeditions in the area.
The British claim was founded on an expedition of Giovanni Caboto.
The borders of the territory had never been defined clearly.
Fights about where these borders were, were common.
Historically, Acadia covered the territories of  Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and the southern part of the Gaspé Peninsula, in Quebec.
The northeastern part of Maine was also part of Acadia.
Terraces are small plots on water used for farming, closely relating to the New World.
People dig into a hillside or other sloping surface and build it up so it is level in places, like steps.
Terraces can be in rectangles or they can follow the natural shape of the land.
Terracing prevents the rain from washing the soil away.
From 1971 to 1997 the Democratic Republic of the Congo was called Zaire
From 1967 to 1993 that country had a currency called Zaire
The Congo River is called Zaire inside the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
From 1971 to 1997, the province Kongo Central of he Democratic Republic of the Congo was called Zaire
Zaire Province, a province of Angola
The Zaire basin, through which the river flows.
A Portuguese warship was called Zaire (1884)
Zaïre is a play by Voltaire
Zaire Use, a special form of the Roman Rite Mass of the Catholic Church
New Police Story () is a 2004 Hong Kong action movie produced and directed by Benny Chan, starting Jackie Chan (who also produced it).
The movie was released in the Hong Kong on 24 September 2004.
The movie is a reboot of the Police Story movie series and is the fifth movie.
It stars Nicholas Tse, Charlie Yeung, Charlene Choi, Daniel Wu, and Ken Lo.
At box office, this film did business of HK$21 million.
The Yearling is a 1946 American drama movie directed by Clarence Brown and was based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
It stars Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman Jr., Chill Wills, Forrest Tucker, Henry Travers, Clem Beavans, Margaret Wycherly and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
It was nominated for 7 Oscars and won 2 Academy Awards.
The Vagabond King is a 1956 American musical movie directed by Michael Curtiz and was based on the 1925 musical of the same name by Rudolf Friml.
It stars Kathryn Grayson, Oreste Kirkop, Rita Moreno, Leslie Nielsen, Jack Lord, Vincent Prince and was distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Disappointment is an emotion that a person feels when something has gone wrong.
It is usually related to failure.
Failures tend to cause disappointment.
Fortress chess (also called Russian Four-Handed chess) is a chess variant (a kind of chess with different rules) for four players.
The board has 192 squares on it.
There are four "fortresses" (the extra parts of the board) in each corner.
The fortresses have 16 squares each.
A rook, a knight, and a bishop are inside each fortress.
There is no evidence that this chess variant was ever generally played, or even that it was playable.
Compare, for example, with the manuscript sources for the old Indo/Arabic version of chess.
http://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/fortress.html
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California's 23rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California.
It made up of Kern County and parts of Los Angeles and Tulare counties.
The cities in the district are Porterville, Ridgecrest, most of Bakersfield, and part of Lancaster.
House Minority Leader, Kevin McCarthy is the current representative for the district.
Kevin McCarthy has been the representative since 2013.
The 13th district was first created in 1943.
The district is the most Republican district in California.
Lou Correa (born January 24, 1958) is a United States representative for California's 46th congressional district.
He is a member of the Democratic Party and was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2016.
Lou Correa was a state senator and in the California State Assembly before this.
Akongjamba  () was a nobleman of a King in Ancient Moirang.
He is a lover of Goddess Phouoibi.
So, Akongjamba and Phouoibi reincarnated in the legends.
Once Goddess Phouoibi (Fouoibi) set out for a journey along with Ngaleima and Thumleima.
In Moirang, when she was trying to cross a river, Akongjamba came to the place for hunting.
He fell in love with Phouoibi at first sight.
They became great lovers.
Many days later, Phouoibi went to Akongjamba's house, disguising herself as a tribal woman (haonupi or haonubi).
Akongjamba was not at home.
Akongjamba's mother (Akongjamba's wife in another version) didn't give her good shelter.
She was about to hit Phouoibi (disguised as a tribal woman) with a broom.
A divine being could lose his or her powers at the touch of profane objects like broom.
So, Phouoibi fled to the coop of the house.
She transformed into a chicken.
Akongjamba's mother chased her.
She counted the number of chickens.
She didn't find any new chicken.
So, she was gone.
Phouoibi spent the night inside the dirty henhouse.
On the next day, she once again assumed her true divine maiden form in a glowing dress.
She gave her the payment for spending a night at her place.
She shook an enormous heap of golden grain off her body.
The grains fell in the middle of the courtyard of the house.
Then, she was gone to the south east direction.
Akongjamba's mother was surprised at this.
When Akongjamba returned home, he found the pile of golden grain as high as a hill in front of the courtyard.
His mother narrated him the entire story.
He realised that the strange lady was Phouoibi, his ladylove.
He immediately followed her path.
He pleaded her to return home together.
But she told him that they are not destined to unite to accomplish their work at that birth.
Saying that, she left him.
It is based on the lovestory of Phouoibi and Akongjamba.
Phouoibi Shayon is a 2017 Manipuri mythology movie based on the lovestory of Phouoibi and Akongjamba.
Khuman Khamba () or Moirang Khamba () is a man of Khuman clan of Ancient Moirang.
He is the son of nobleman Puremba of Ancient Moirang kingdom.
He was orphaned at a very young age.
So, he was brought up by his elder sister Khamnu.
He grew up as a poor man.
Later, he was married to princess Thoibi of Ancient Moirang kingdom.
Khamba and his sister Khamnu became orphans when they were very young.
They were once taken care of by Purenba’s closest friends, Nongthonba and Thonglen.
The two children were not happy at their care.
So, they returned to their parental house.
They were happy at their parental house.
However, no one came to help them.
Khamba was brought up by his sister Khamnu.
His sister went from place to place to get helps as well as works.
She husked paddy for some people.
In repay of her work, the women breastfed to infant Khamba.
Like this, she did service as well as got help wherever she went.
Time went on.
The two siblings got full grown up.
To earn living, Khamnu sold woods in a market of Moirang.
One day, Princess Thoibi met Khamnu.
Thoibi asked Khamnu many things.
She even gifted Khamnu foods and jewelry.
Khamnu and Thoibi met once more.
Once Thoibi asked Khamnu to accompany her in fishing in the Loktak lake.
The King heard that the princess and her companions were to sport on the lake.
So, he ordered that no man should go to the lake.
So, Khamnu told Khamba of the royal order.
On the next day, she left him at home.
Khamba was sleeping and had a dream.
In his dream, Goddess Ayangleima (either Panthoibi or Koiren Leima)(in the form of Khamnu) came asked him to get the vegetables.
Khamba woke up and wondered about the dream.
God Thangjing made him think that he had truly seen his sister.
So, he rowed down on a boat in the lake.
He went to a wrong direction.
God Thangjing spread a veil of clouds over the hills.
A storm suddenly occurred.
It blew the boat towards where Thoibi was fishing.
Thoibi saw Khamba standing close to her.
She asked Khamnu if she knew the strange man disobeying the royal order.
Khamnu said no.
Khamba did not know what to do.
Hearing his sister’s voice, he went closer.
Thoibi saw that he was handsome, manly, muscular and well fashioned.
Khamba was also amazed at Thoibi's  beauty and glamour.
It was God's will that they should be lovers.
Khamnu worried that her brother might get punished for disobedience.
Thoibi noticed a piece of Khamnu's cloth matching Khamba’s headdress.
She also discovered Khamba wearing the bracelet she had given to Khamnu.
Later, Khamnu revealed the truth.
Then, Thoibi became kind to Khamba.
She offered him delicate foods.
She pleasantly told him to go home before the King's notice.
Once Princess Thoibi visited Khamnu's house.
Khamnu's old house was full of holes.
So, Khamba hid himself within a mat.
Thoibi asked Khamnu about the very mat.
Khamnu said that it was the worshipping place of God Khuman Pokpa.
So, Thoibi asked if she could pray to the God.
She wanted to be blessed by the God.
Thoibi knew the fact very well.
But she pretended if she knew nothing.
She prayed aloud to the God to allow her to worship him daily in the house.
Khamba heard her voices.
He laughed aloud.
Thoibi said the God was speaking.
She came out in the veranda.
Meanwhile, Khamba sent his sister to the market to bring some fruits.
At Khamnu's absence, Thoibi presented him gifts.
The two bound themselves by an oath before God Khuman Pokpa.
Both drank the water in which the golden bracelet was dipped.
They vowed to be lovers forever.
Khuman Khamba is best known for being the paragon of masculinity and far ranging adventures.
Some of his feats are:
Lifting up the stone slab in the Kabui village (Nung Thaang-gatpa)
Herding the prince's ox (San Senba)
Wrestling with Nongban (Mukna Saanaba)
Finding the orchid flowers (Lei Langba)
Overcoming the unfair race (Pana Lamchel)
Capturing the wild feral bull (Kao Phaba)
Hunting at the Torbung region (Torbung Sadaanba)
Killing the Khoirentak tiger (Kei Phaba)
Wrestling with Nongban: Khamba's identity and fame
Khamba went out among the menfolk.
He joined the wrestling club.
An elderly man saw Khamba's strength.
So, he asked him to wrestle.
Nongban was the champion of the kingdom.
He invited Khamba to wrestle with him.
To everyone's surprise, Nongban got defeated by Khamba.
Minister Nongthonba asked Khamba his name.
At first, Khamba denied to expose his true identity.
It was because he was already warned by his sister not to tell anyone about his true identity.
Later, he revealed his name.
But he did not tell his father's name.
Minister Nongthonba became angry at Khamba's denial to tell his father's name.
Khamba explained that his father died when he was an infant.
He added that his sister brought him up.
Minister Nongthonba recalled the face of the young man.
Khamba's looks resembled the looks of Purenba.
Purenba was Nongthonba's close friend.
Nongthonba fell sorry for speaking sharply to Khamba.
<blockquote>"True is indeed that the elephant knows not his own brother, and kings forget their sons.
Your father died ere his prime, even as a tree dies when men strip it of its bark."
Nongthonba dearly loved Khamba.
In happiness, he told his wives of the lad he had met.
He told them to prepare for fine clothes and an delicious foods for Khamba and Khamnu.
Nongthonba took Khamba to the market place.
Chingkhu Akhuba, the King’s brother, was in the marketplace.
Nongthonba introduced Khamba to Chingkhu Akhuba.
Then, they introduced Khamba to the King.
The King was pleased to see Khamba.
The King's brother was also kind to Khamba.
He told his people about Khamba and his late father Purenba's high official position, status and glories.
Finding the orchid flowers
King Chingkhu Telheiba made Khamba the "Khuntak Leiroi Hanjaba" (Floriculture Minister) to gather flowers from the hills.
Thoibi prepared delicious foods for Khamba.
She tied it in a bundle of leaves.
She fastened it with silks of seven kinds.
On the next day, Khamba and Angom Nongban Kongyamba went on to a place where the flowers grew.
Nongban Kongyamba claimed the place as his father's place.
He threatened Khamba with the King's wrath.
Khamba did not know that it was a trick.
Khamba asked about his father's place to gather flowers.
Kongyamba randomly pointed to the southern hills.
Khamba went there but found no flowers.
So, he prayed to God Thangjing.
God fell pity on Khamba’s trouble.
He sent a whirlwind bearing flowery fragrances towards Khamba.
Khamba found a tree with many flowers.
He thanked God Thangjing for the blessing.
He gathered the flowers and threw them down the ground.
By the grace of the God, not a petal of a single flower was broken.
On his way back, he sang songs in honor of the princess.
Kongyamba heard it.
Kongyamba asked Khamba to carry his flowers too but Khamba rejected.
So, the two fought.
Later, the fight ended due to hunger.
The sweet smell of the delicious food of Khamba was very rich.
So, Kongyamba was wondering about it.
Meanwhile, the crows came down and ate Kongyamba's foods.
Back at Khamba's home, Thoibi washed his feet and offered him fruits.
Kongyamba sent his men to know about Khamba's dainty foods.
In the Palace, they asked the "Ningon Lakpa" (women affairs minister) if there had been a feast.
But there was no feast.
Then, Kongyamba thought of evil plots against Khamba.
So, he gathered many people in front of Khamba’s house.
He announced that everyone should wear dresses of luxury and jewels of gold and silver in the festival of the Gods.
He lied that it was the King's order.
Khamnu asked him about what he was saying.
Kongyamba scolded her if she has no ears for not listening to the King’s order.
She wept of shame.
Khamba fell sad because he had such clothes.
In that night's dream of the two siblings, their parents told them about the presence of their clothes of honor in Thonglen’s house.
Immediately, they woke up.
Even in the night, they went to Thonglen’s house.
The guards seized them thinking as thieves.
They presented Khamba and Khamnu before Thonglen in the morning.
But Thonglen knew the children of his old friend Purenba.
He gave them the clothes.
He even taught them the dance.
Besides, he sent men and women to serve Khamba and Khamnu.
He also built them a new house.
Thoibi and Senu came to Khamba's house with gifts.
But they did not know the house.
It was because the house was so well built.
Thoibi was shocked to see Khamnu and Khamba wearing rich clothes.
It was because she thought that Khamba might had married a daughter of some rich man.
Later, she knew the truth.
Kongyamba offered the flowers to the royalties and the nobles.
First, he offered some to the King.
Secondly, he offered some to the Queen.
Later, he offered the rest to the High Officers of the kingdom.
It was then Khamba's turn.
He feared about the code of conducts.
So, he humbly asked the counsel of priestess.
For Khamba, they first offer the flowers to God Thangjing.
After that, Khamba presented the flowers to the the King, to the Queen and then to the High Officers of the kingdom.
Everyone was pleased with the flowers of Khamba.
So, they gave him rare gifts.
Gifts received by Khamba were many times more valuable than the customary presents received by Kongyamba.
During the dancing ceremony, Kongyamba and his noble wives danced first.
Later, Khamba and Thoibi danced before God Thangjing's holy shrine.
The latter's pairing was great.
The audiences shouted with joy during the dance.
Finally, Khamba and Thoibi knelt before God Thangjing.
Overcoming the unfair race: Annual Sports Championship
Khamba's increasing fame cause Nongban Kongyamba to feel jealous of him.
There was an annual sports championship in Ancient Moirang.
Contestants began to prepare for the racing and wrestling championships.
The officers of the respective "Pana"s (State Provinces) chose their respective champions.
For Khamba's pana, he was chosen.
He ran far very fastly with his chest lowering.
For Kongyamba's pana, he was selected.
But Kongyamba ran with his head high.
He ran fast but not for very far.
The championship organizers made that year's race longer than previous years' length.
In both wrestling and running, both Khamba and Kongyamba were champions of their respective parties.
At that day's night, Kongyamba planned with his men how to defeat Khamba.
<poem>"Many are the races I have won, and heavy will be my disgrace if this year I am second to Khamba.
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On the other hand, Khamnu worried if Khamba's contenders might harm Khamba in jealousy.
On the next day, Kongyamba announced to the people,
<poem>"It is evil for land if a poor man win the race.
It might bring scarcity more than the people can bear.
Let's say this among the people before the race begin.
This words spread among the public.
Khamba was stopped and told that his name was not in the list of the contestants.
Khamba believed them.
So, he sadly returned home.
He told everything to Khamnu.
The two siblings told Nongtholba about it.
Nongtholba went to the king.
The king told Khamba to participate if it was not still late to join.
Khamba and Feiroijamba went to the starting place of the race.
They saw the race was about to be started.
They shouted that they bore the King’s order.
Khamba ran swiftly as fast as he could.
Then, Kongyamba's men interrupted Khamba on his way.
But Khamba stroke all of them aside.
At last, he reached up Kongyamba.
Kongyamba was running slowly as he got tired.
Suddenly, fifteen horsemen of Kongyamba stopped Khamba.
But Khamba kicked out all of them from his way.
Khamnu shouted "Run on Khamba, for your father's honor."
Finally, Khamba reached the final destination.
He was the champion and Kongyamba was the second.
Both saluted the King.
The King was more pleased with Khamba.
He gifted Khamba a gold embroidered coat.
The Queen gifted Khamba luxurious clothes.
The ministers also piled heaps of gifts upon Khamba.
Khamba and his sister Khamnu generously offered many of the gifted clothes to the old men and women.
Capturing the wild feral bull
Nongban Kongyamba was thinking about an evil plot against Khamba.
Meanwhile, he got the news of the Kao (bull) roaming in the Khuman kingdom.
He went to the king.
He acted as a person possessed by a divine spirit.
Kongyamba told the King,
<poem>"God Thangjing had spoken in my ears and I have his behest upon me.
Verily said the God, I am sated with offerings of flesh and fish, but this year, my heart longs for the sweet savour of the flesh of the mighty bull that lurks in the reeds that border the water of the lake.
My servant Khamba vows that he will bring it for my honor and for the welfare of the State.
The king called and asked Khamba about his promise.
Khamba denied it.
There resulted a great conflict between Khamba and Kongyamba.
Later, Khamba told the king he would catch the bull if it was the God’s will.
The king was pleased with Khamba.
So, he promised him to give Princess Thoibi hand in marriage if he succeeded in the adventure.
Minister Thonglen put seven marks on the lintel post of the capital city.
It was the record of the King’s promise.
The king of Moirang sent an embassy to the king of Khuman.
The embassy proposed the great sport to be organized.
The Khuman king agreed.
A grand Colosseum was built.
The Colosseum could hold a capacity of the audiences from both the two kingdoms.
On the other hand, Khamnu revealed a secrecy to Khamba.
She said,
<poem>"This great bull was once the Lord of your father's herd.
Go to him, speak your father's name in his ear, and show him this Rope of silk.
On the day of the adventure, Khamba stand face to face with the bull.
The bull charged towards him.
Khamba bent a little aside.
The audiences asked him if he got afraid.
Khamba replied that he was waiting for a good position.
Then, he stood on firm ground and caught the bull.
The mighty bull carried him away into the thick woods.
Khamba did everything as his sister instructed him.
Immediately, the wild bull got tamed.
Khamba brought the bull back.
On the way back, Kongyamba came to him before anyone saw them.
Kongyamba pretended to help Khamba to hold the bull.
Kongyamba hold the rope.
When everyone saw, Kongyamba claimed that he had captured the bull.
He added that he even rescued Khamba who fell into the ditch.
Once again, there was a great conflict between Khamba and Kongyamba over the claim.
The two Kings could not find out who was right.
So, Kongyamba was asked to fight the bull within an enclosure.
But Kongyamba got frightened of the bull.
So, he climbed up on the heights to save himself.
Khamba faced the bull bravely.
He once again captured the bull.
Both the Kings honoured Khamba.
They presented him many gifts.
Since Khamba belonged to Khuman blood, the Khuman king asked the Moirang king to let Khamba live in the Khuman kingdom.
The Moirang King did not agree.
Killing the Khoirentak tiger
Princess Thoibi was exiled by her father to Kabaw chiefdom.
After some time, her father changed his mind.
So, Thoibi was asked to come back from the exile.
Meanwhile, Thoibi's father secretly told Nongban Kongyamba to forcibly elope his daughter from her return journey.
Thoibi met Nongban.
She pretended to be friendly with him.
She asked him to let her ride on his horse.
So, Thoibi rode Kongyamba's horse.
Surprisingly, Thoibi galloped off on the horse towards Khamba's house.
Khamba received her from the long time exile at his house.
They wept for their reunion.
Minister Thonglen and Minister Nongtholba sent men to guard Khamba and Thoibi.
Kongyamba was angry for being tricked by a girl.
He set the matter before the King in the Royal Court.
The king wanted to solve the issue by the trial of the spear.
During the discussion, an old man came to the meet the king.
The old man informed him that a ferocious tiger was a great threat to the villagers of Khoirentak region.
The King changed his mind.
He announced that the tiger will be the determining point of the matter.
He added that the killer of the tiger will marry Princess Thoibi.
The trackers and scouts fenced around the very forest.
On the said day, the King and his ministers gathered there in the stadium.
Audiences gathering in the stadium resembled a white cloth spread on the ground.
Khamba and Kongyamba showed respect to the King.
The two went on and found the traces of the tiger.
A body of a recently killed girl was found on the way.
Then, the tiger was found.
They threw spears to it.
But the tiger turned the spears away.
It sprang upon and bit Kongyamba.
At this, Kongyamba was killed.
Khamba attacked at the tiger.
He drove it away.
Khamba carried Kongyamba back to the stadium.
Thonglen told Khamba,
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Your father killed five tigers and you fear only one.
Go or I will come and kill the beast.
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Khamba re-entered into the woods.
The tiger was crouching half hidden by the bushes.
But it could be clearly seen from the stadium of the king.
The tiger jumped upon Khamba.
Khamba pierced the tiger's predating jaws with his spear.
Finally, the beast was killed.
The place where Khamba killed the tiger was near a Kom village.
The King offered rich gifts to Khamba.
He offered him great lands.
Khamba was also given the rights of fishery, clothes of honor and titles of high fame.
He was made the master of a salt-well.
Lose of favour from the Prince
Golden embroidered coat
Annually, a Royal archery contest was held in honour of God Thangjing in Ancient Moirang.
The contest was for the royalties of the Moirang kingdom.
Kongyamba was selected to pick up the arrows shot by the King.
Khamba was selected to pick up the arrows shot by the Crown Prince (King’s younger brother).
Prince Chingkhu Akhuba asked his daughter Thoibi about his Coat Of Golden Embroidery.
But Thoibi had already given the coat to Khamba.
So, she told him another lie.
During the competition, the Crown Prince shot his arrows so swiftly.
Khamba ran swiftly to pick them up.
At this, Khamba's outer cloth get loosened.
The Crown Prince saw the inner cloth of Khamba.
It was his golden embroidered coat.
When Khamba gave him the arrow, he did not take it.
He turned away from Khamba.
Kongyamba took the arrow from Khamba.
He gave it to the Prince.
The Prince was pleased with Kongyamba.
He told Kongyamba that princess Thoibi would be given to him within five days.
Within five days, he planned to give away his daughter Thoibi hand in marriage to Kongyamba.
Khamba and Khamnu were even told to bring him gifts on the said day.
The prince ordered that no one in the kingdom should sell fruits to the two siblings.
Only Kongyamba was allowed to buy the fruits.
Khamba went to a hill village of a tribesmen group.
He sought help from Kabui Salang Maiba, the tribal chief.
The tribal chief offered him two basketful of fruits.
The chief also added some gifts for the princess Thoibi, his sister Khamnu and for Khamba himself.
Khamba thanked him and came back with the fruits and the gifts.
Thoibi set the fruits ready in eleven special dishes.
She was promised by the Chief Queen, 10 other Queens and 10 maids that they will receive gifts from Khamba.
On the day of gift reception, Kongyamba brought his gifts.
At his
arrival, Thoibi pretended to fell with fever.
So, Thoibi's father told Kongyamba the princess' health condition.
Then, Kongyamba left.
Few moments later, the Crown Prince had gone to met the King.
Thoibi instantly arose.
Gifts from Khamba were recieved by the Queens and their maids warmly.
At that moment, the Prince returned home.
He was very thirsty.
He longed for some juices of sour fruits.
Thoibi prepared the juice from the fresh fruits brought by Khamba.
She poured it into a silver cup for her father.
The Prince has a sip of it.
He asked for the whereabouts of the fruits.
Thoibi told him that the fruits were brought by his son-in-law Khamba for his marriage.
At this, the Prince got furious.
He threw the silver cup at his daughter.
Then, Thoibi pretended to faint.
The Prince was terrified.
At the same time, the Queens cried for her.
He asked his daughter to get up and go to Khamba’s house.
Then, Thoibi arose.
But her father resumed to his anger again.
Elephant plot
Prince Chingkhu Akhuba and Nongban Kongyamba together planned an evil plot to kill Khamba.
They sent messenger to Khamba.
The messengers told Khamba that he was called by the Prince.
On his way, Khamba was interrupted by Kongyamba and his men.
Kongyamba asked Khamba to give up Thoibi.
Khamba replied that he will not give up.
As a result, they fought.
Khamba threw Kongyamba's men upon the ground.
Khamba knelt upon Kongyamba's belly.
He pressed Kongyamba's throat.
He was about to kill Kongyamba.
But Kongyamba's men dragged Khamba off.
They beat Khamba.
His clothes were torn.
They bound him so that he could not move.
The Prince also came up on his elephant.
He told the men to beat him.
They fastened him to the elephant's leg with ropes.
However, the elephant driver knew that Khamba was innocent.
So, he bound him leaving him some spaces to breathe.
Then they stimulated the elephant to harm Khamba.
But God Thangjing let it not to move.
Finally, Kongyamba hit the elephant with a spear to move in pain.
But it did not harm Khamba.
In that night, Goddess Panthoibi told Thoibi in her dream that her beloved man was bound by her father’s orders to the elephant and was nearly killed.
Thoibi arose and took a sword.
She immediately came to the spot for Khamba.
The criminals feld from the spot.
She cut the ropes that bound Khamba to the elephant.
She rubbed his limbs so that blood could flow through them.
Khamnu, Feiroijamba, Nongtholba and
Thonglen were informed about the crime.
Thonglen went to the Court with all his army.
Feiroijamba said to the Court three times about the harsh cruelty to Khamba.
However, the Prince did not pay attention to the complaint.
Nongtholba angrily proclaimed that none could kill his son-in-law when he was alive.
A conflict between Nongthonba and the prince occurred and continued further.
Finally, Nongtholba and Prince Chingkhu Akhuba went to the King.
Before their arrival, Princess Thoibi had already informed the king all the crimes committed by her own father.
King Chingkhu Telheiba proclaimed that all the criminals would be punished.
So, he set Prince Chingkhu Akhuba and Nongban Kongyamba in the prison.
The king told his brother prince to stay there untill Khamba was well again.
The King sent his own men to take care of injured Khamba.
He sent him gifts every day.
Thoibi personally took care of Khamba.
So, the criminals were set free.
After this, Thoibi was exiled to Kabaw chiefdom.
Khamba and Thoibi got married in high state by the King of Moirang.
One day, Khamba got suspicious of Thoibi if she was not faithful to him.
He wanted to test her chastity.
One night, he pretended to get away from home.
Then, he secretly returned home.
In disguise as a stranger, he pierced a stick through the wall of Thoibi’s room.
He was teasing Thoibi.
Thoibi was not aware of all this.
So, she thought it was done by a stranger.
She thrusted a spear through the wall to pierce the stranger.
Khamba was severely wounded.
Thoibi knew his voice.
She immediately went out and carried him in.
Khamba was dying.
She was extremely shocked.
Before he died, she killed herself upon him with the same spear.
Khamba and Thoibi are the incarnations of a god and a goddess.
They were sent by God Thangjing.
Unlike normal mortal beings, God Thangjing denied their happiness of long life and children.
The Khamba Thoibi Jagoi was first performed by Khamba and Thoibi in the premise of the Thangjing temple.
It is now a popular form of folk dance of Meitei culture (Manipuri culture) in Manipur.
Kao, the sacred bull
In 2010, the Laihui Ensemble produced an opera named "Kao, the sacred bull".
It is based on the story of capturing Kao (bull) by Khamba.
Khambana Kao Phaba
In 2019, a painting titled "Khambana Kao Phaba" (Lit.
Khamba capturing the bull) was exhibited in the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) Museum, Bhopal.
Kao Faba
In 2020, the legend of Khamba capturing Kao (bull) was produced in its theatrical form named as "Kao Faba".
It was displayed in the Iboyaima Shummang Leela Shanglen, Palace Compound, Imphal.
Moirang Thoibi () or Ewanglon Thoibi () is one of the principal characters in the ancient Moirang Kangleirol legends.
She is a princess of the Moirang kingdom, daughter of Chingkhuba and the niece of the king of Moirang.
She is a lady love of Khuman Khamba, a poor orphan prince.
The well celebrated folk dance, Khamba Thoibi Jagoi, was first performed by Khuman Khamba and his lady love Thoibi in the premise of the Ebudhou Thangjing Temple.
It's now a popular form of folk dance in Manipur.
"Moirang Thoibi", a literary work, composed by A. Dorendrajit, was one of the author's first three books.
Moirang Thoibi is a protagonist in the celebrated epic poem Khamba Thoibi.
Khamnu (/kʰəm.nu/) is the daughter of prime minister Khuman Puremba of Ancient Moirang.
Biologically, she is a daughter of King Chingkhu Telheiba of Ancient Moirang.
She is the elder sister of Khuman Khamba.
She is best known for bringing up her younger brother.
The two siblings became orphans during their infancy.
She feared of being conspired by others.
So, she fled with her younger brother from her hometown.
They took asylum in the village of the Kabui chief in the hills.
Khamnu and her younger brother Khamba were given fatherly care by General Thonglen and Nobleman Chaoba Nongthonba before and after their stay at the Kabui village in the hills.
Khamnu took all the burdens to bring up her younger brother.
So, she is often compared to Kunti of the Mahabharata.
After the death of her parents, life became miserable for Khamnu and her infant brother Khuman Khamba.
Khamnu went from place to place to get helps as well as works in Moirang.
One day, Princess Thoibi visited the marketplace.
She noticed Khamnu, a strange new face.
She asked Khamnu many things.
Thoibi asked Khamnu to accompany her in fishing in the Loktak lake.
So, Khamnu accompanied the princess in sporting on the lake.
Meanwhile, Khamnu went out to the market to bring some fruits.
At Khamnu's absence, Thoibi presented Khamba gifts.
The two bound themselves by an oath before the God Khuman Pokpa.
They drank the water in which the golden bracelet was dipped.
After this oath, Thoibi addresed Khamnu as "sister".
Exposition of hidden identity
Khamnu's younger brother, Khamba went out among the menfolk to join the wrestling club.
While wrestling, Khamba defeated Nongban.
Nongban was the champion of everyone in the kingdom.
At Nongban's defeat, Khamba's long hidden identity was known to everyone.
He is the son of great warrior Khuman Purenba.
At this, Minister Nongthonba remembered the marriage engagement between Feiroijamba, his first born son and Khamnu.
They went to Khamnu.
Khamnu hid herself in the women’s chamber.
They wept and lamented.
At this, Khamnu came out.
She received the gifts from them.
From this time onwards, Khamnu and her brother Khamba were always supported by Minister Nongthonba, Minister Thonglen and Feiroijamba in every way of life.
Secrecy of the feral bull
Khamnu's younger brother Khuman Khamba was ordered to capture the Kao (bull) from the Khuman kingdom.
At this, Khamnu revealed a secrecy of the Kao (bull) to Khamba.
On the day of the adventure, Khamba did everything as his sister instructed him.
Khamnu and Feiroijamba got married after the wedding of Khuman Khamba and Moirang Thoibi.
Her marriage engagement was set by Nongtholba and late Purenba long time back.
Khamnu Keithel (literally, "Khamnu market") was constructed at INR 9 crore (1.2 million US Dollar) under the project of Planning and Development Authority (PDA) in Moirang.
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Donna Britt (July 10, 1958 – January 21, 2021) was a longtime television news anchor at WAFB in Baton Rouge.
She co-anchored the station's top rated 6 PM and 10 PM news broadcasts.
As a student, she had been working for WYNK radio, and so in 1981 she decided to get a temporary job with WAFB, the local CBS affiliate.
She quickly moved from weekend reporter to full-time reporter to host of morning news shows to prime time, where she anchored 9 News.
Britt was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 2017, and retired the following year.
She died at her home on January 21, 2021, at age 62.
Angom Nongban Kongyamba, mononymously known as Nongban, is a nobleman in Ancient Moirang.
He is a rich man of Angom clan.
He is the main villain in the Khamba Thoibi epic legend.
He was a polygamous man.
He wanted to marry Princess Thoibi.
Prince Chingkhuba, Thoibi's father, agreed to give him the princess hand in marriage.
However, Thoibi was in love with Khuman Khamba.
So, he and Chingkhuba always hatched many evil plots against Khuman Khamba.
But none of their attempts could harm Khamba.
Challenges to Khamba
Nongban had a rivalry with Khuman Khamba.
So, he challenges Khamba many times.
Wrestling with Khamba and the breaking of Nongban's record
Nongban was the champion of Ancient Moirang kingdom in every field.
No one could defeat him in wrestling, hockey and race.
He invited Khuman Khamba to wrestle with him.
From that time onwards, Nongban Kongyamba stated feeling jealous of Khuman Khamba.
The gathering of flowers for God
Once Nongban and Khamba went on to gather flowers.
The flowers were to be offered to God Thangjing.
They went to the hills.
They reached a place where some flowers grew.
At this, Kongyamba claimed the place as his father's place.
God sent a whirlwind bearing flowery fragrances towards Khamba.
He gathered the flowers.
On his way back, he sang songs in honor of princess Moirang Thoibi.
So, he was very angry.
Back at home, Kongyamba fell enraged with his wife.
However, Khamba managed to find such clothes for himself.
Everyone was more pleased with the flowers of Khamba.
During the dancing ceremony, Kongyamba and his wives danced first.
People were more pleased with the dance of Khamba and Thoibi in comparison to that of Nongban and his wives.
Annual Sports Championship
Kongyamba fell jealous of Khamba's increasing fame.
Sportsmen prepared for the annual racing and wrestling championships.
The race was about to be started.
The false oracle and the feral bull
Kongyamba was thinking about an evil plot against Khamba.
But the Gods did not give him any evil hints in his dreams.
So, he built a hut.
Inside the hut, he tried to connect with a spirit.
But he failed.
One day, he met fisher women from the Khuman kingdom in the region of Moirang.
Both the Khuman kingdom and the Moirang kingdom were in shores of the Loktak lake.
The women came to Moirang besides having their own fishing area.
So, Kongyamba asked them the reason for coming to Moirang.
The women told him:<poem>"There is a great bull that lurks among the reeds of the shores of the lake, and it had claimed life of many.
So, we dare not to fish there.
Suddenly, an idea came to Kongyamba's mind.
Khamba captured the bull.
He was bringing it to the two Kings' residing place.
Royal archery contest and Nongban's advantage of gaining favour
Nongban Kongyamba was selected to pick up the arrows shot by the King.
Chingkhu Akhuba, the Crown Prince asked his daughter Thoibi about his Coat Of Golden Embroidery.
So, she told him a white lie.
On the day of the competition, the target was set.
The royal priests sang charms over the arrows and the bows of the contestants.
The King shot his arrows.
Kongyamba fetched the arrows and gave back to the king.
For the Crown Prince, Khamba was to fetch the arrows.
The Crown Prince shot his arrows so swiftly.
The Crown Prince saw the inner cloth worn by Khamba.
From this time onwards, Nongban Kongyamba gained favor from Thoibi's father, the Crown Prince.
Torture by Elephant: Collective evil planing of Nongban and Thoibi's father against Khamba
The Crown Prince and Nongban Kongyamba planned an evil plot to kill Khamba.
They sent messengers to Khamba.
The messengers told Khamba that he was called by the Crown Prince.
She saved Khamba from the criminals as well as the elephant.
The news was informed to Khamnu, Feiroijamba, Nongtholba and Thonglen.
Nongtholba, Feiroijamba and Thonglen went to the Royal Court with all their armies.
Nongtholba and Prince Chingkhu Akhuba had a conflict on the matter.
The conflict could not be resolved without the King.
Finally, both went to the King for the judgement.
The King proclaimed that all the criminals would be punished.
So, Nongban Kongyamba, Prince Chingkhu Akhuba (Thoibi's father) and other men were sent in the prison.
The King told the Prince to stay there untill Khamba was well again.
So, Nongban Kongyamba and the Prince were set free.
Plot to kidnap Princess Thoibi
The Prince asked his daughter Thoibi to marry Kongyamba.
But she rejected.
So, in anger, he exiled her to Kabaw chiefdom.
He did not want to see her anymore.
During her exile, Thoibi always missed her beloved Khamba as well as her hometown.
God Thangjing softened her father's heart.
He sent men to bring her back.
However, he asked Kongyamba to forcibly elope Thoibi from her return journey.
Kongyamba and his men were waiting for Princess Thobi's return.
When they saw the princess returning, his men shouted,
"Lo, the Princess is at band."
Thoibi heard the shout.
She instructed her companions to sit near her if the man was Khamba but far away if the man was Kongyamba."
It was Kongyamba and not Khamba.
However, she went on.
She sat on the red carpet of Kongyamba's possession.
However, she placed a stick between Kongyamba and her.
She asked him for fruits to eat.
Kongyamba brought her fruits.
But she did not eat the fruits.
She pretended to get ill due to her long journey from Kabaw.
Kongyamba was worried.
She asked Kongyamba to let her ride on his horse.
Kongyamba rode in Thoibi's palanquin.
On the other hand, Kongyamba was angry for being tricked by a girl.
He tried to gain support from the King's ministers to intervene into the matter.
In the meantime, Minister Thonglen and Minister Nongtholba sent men to guard Khamba and Thoibi.
The matter was set before the King in the Royal Court.
King Chingkhu Telheiba of Moirang announced that the killer of the man-eating tiger of Khoirentak could marry princess Thoibi.
Nongban Kongyamba and Khuman Khamba were chosen for the task.
The ferocious tiger killed Nongban during the hunt.
Rebirth as a singing bird
In his dying bed, Nongban requested Khuman Khamba to allow him to sing a song about princess Thoibi (alias Thadoi).