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  2. Slide (musical ornament) - Wikipedia

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    Slide (musical ornament) The slide ( Schleifer in German, Coulé in French, Superjectio in Latin) [1] is a musical ornament often found in baroque musical works, but used during many different periods. [1] It instructs the performer to begin two or three scale steps below the marked note and "slide" upward—that is, move stepwise diatonically ...

  3. Spirit of Ecstasy - Wikipedia

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    History The Whisper, precursor to the Spirit of Ecstasy. The first Rolls-Royce motorcars did not feature radiator mascots; they simply carried the Rolls-Royce emblem. When John, 2nd Baron Montagu commissioned his friend, sculptor Charles Robinson Sykes, who worked in London under the nobleman's patronage, to sculpt a personal mascot for the bonnet of his 1909 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, Sykes ...

  4. Pijao people - Wikipedia

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    They wore, as a custom dress, beautifully decorated golden clothes which did not cover their genitals. They painted their bodies with dyed tops of bija. The Spanish conquerors initially called them Bipxaus (Bija), the same name as one of the Paez chiefdoms. Later they referred to the people as the Pijao, which came to be considered a pejorative.

  5. Mezuzah - Wikipedia

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    A mezuzah ( Hebrew: מְזוּזָה "doorpost"; plural: מְזוּזוֹת ‎ mezuzot) is a piece of parchment inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah, which Jews fix to the doorposts of their homes. [1] These verses are the Biblical passages in which the use of a mezuzah is commanded ( Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21 ); they ...

  6. Norigae - Wikipedia

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    Norigae (Korean: 노리개) is a typical, traditional Korean accessory used in Hanbok, which can be hung on goreum (coat strings) of a woman's jeogori or on her chima. The norigae functions as a decorative pendant and is both a good-luck charm hoped to bring something such as eternal youth, wealth or many sons (depending on its shape), as well as a fashion accessory.

  7. Gargush - Wikipedia

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    The gargush was made to comply with the mandate on married women covering their hair. [2] It acts as a hoodlike headpiece which extends onto the shoulders, and is closed under the chin by a button. [4] The wearer's marital status was often signified by the jewelry and ornaments attached to the gargush. The materials used varied from black ...