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2. Hood ornament - Wikipedia

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   A hood ornament (or bonnet ornament or bonnet mascot in Commonwealth English), also called a motor mascot or car mascot, is a specially crafted model that symbolizes a car company, like a badge, located on the front center portion of the hood.

3. Kanzashi - Wikipedia

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   A modern tsumami kanzashi set of the type worn by maiko (apprentice geisha) for the month of January. Kanzashi are hair ornaments used in traditional Japanese hairstyles.The term kanzashi refers to a wide variety of accessories, including long, rigid hairpins, barrettes, fabric flowers and fabric hair ties.

4. Chrysanthemum - Wikipedia

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   In 1913, Sadakasu Enomoto (of San Mateo County) astounded the flower world by successfully shipping a carload of Turner chrysanthemums to New Orleans for the All Saints Day Celebration. [41] The chrysanthemum was recognized as the official flower of the city of Chicago by Mayor Richard J. Daley in 1966. [42]

5. Bengal famine of 1943 - Wikipedia

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   The Bengal famine of 1943 was a famine in the Bengal province of British India (present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal and eastern India) during World War II.An estimated 800,000–3.8 million people died, [A] in the Bengal region (present-day Bangladesh and West Bengal), from starvation, malaria and other diseases aggravated by malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions, poor ...

6. Personalised stamp - Wikipedia

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   A German personalised stamp. A personalised (or personalized) stamp is a postage stamp on which, for a fee, an image and/or text of the purchaser's choosing may be placed. The stamps vary from country to country, and while some are normal stamps with a personalised label on the left attached by perforations, elsewhere the stamps are more properly regarded as one-piece personalised meter stamps ...

7. Black Forest - Wikipedia

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   Tradition and custom are celebrated in many places in the form of annual festivities. The main dialect spoken in the Black Forest area is Alemannic . The forest is best known for its typical farmhouses with their sweeping half-hipped roofs , its Black Forest gâteaus , Black Forest ham , Black Forest gnomes , [ 25 ] [ 26 ] Kirschwasser and the ...