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2. Marriage proposal - Wikipedia

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   A marriage proposal is a custom or ritual, common in Western cultures, in which one member of a couple asks the other for their hand in marriage.If accepted, it marks the initiation of engagement, a mutual promise of later marriage.

3. Lamba (garment) - Wikipedia

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   Sakalava lamba arindrano and malabary. A lamba is the traditional garment worn by men and women that live in Madagascar.The textile, highly emblematic of Malagasy culture, consists of a rectangular length of cloth wrapped around the body.

4. Charivari - Wikipedia

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   William Hogarth's engraving "Hudibras Encounters the Skimmington" (illustration to Samuel Butler's Hudibras) [1]. Charivari (/ ˌ ʃ ɪ v ə ˈ r iː, ˈ ʃ ɪ v ə r iː /, UK also / ˌ ʃ ɑːr ɪ ˈ v ɑːr i /, US also / ʃ ə ˌ r ɪ v ə ˈ r iː /, [2] [3] alternatively spelled shivaree or chivaree and also called a skimmington) was a European and North American folk custom designed to ...

5. Funeral practices and burial customs in the Philippines

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   Another unique characteristic of this pre-colonial burial custom contains the tradition of inserting jars in the coffin. This was similar to the Manunggul jar discovered in Tabon cave, Palawan, making the custom pre-existing even before the pre-colonial era. For B'laan people, trees served as a zone of final rest, which is a unique pattern for ...

6. The Widows of Culloden - Wikipedia

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   Several of the evening gowns were suitable for ordering as custom bridal gowns. [23] Writing for Vogue, Sarah Mower called it a "timely reconfirmation of McQueen's unique powers as a showman-designer". [59] For The Daily Telegraph, Hilary Alexander said that it "restored the true spirit of the romantic renegade to the catwalk". [70]

7. Courtship in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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   A Tagalog couple as depicted in the Boxer Codex of the 16th century. A depiction of a mestizo couple from the Tagalog region during the 19th century.. Apart from the general background explained above, there are other similar and unique courting practices adhered to by Filipinos in other different regions of the Philippine archipelago.