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  2. Christmas decoration - Wikipedia

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    Christmas trees may be decorated with lights and ornaments. Types of decorations Glass ornaments. Figural glass Christmas ornaments originated in the small town of Lauscha, Germany in the latter half of the 19th century. The town had long produced fine glassware. The production of Christmas ornaments became a family affair for many people.

  3. Religious art - Wikipedia

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    Religious art. 9th century Byzantine mosaic of the Hagia Sophia showing the image of the Virgin and Child, one of the first post-iconoclastic mosaics. It is set against the original golden background of the 6th century. Religious art is a visual representation of religious ideologies and their relationship with humans.

  4. Islamic ornament - Wikipedia

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    Islamic ornament is the use of decorative forms and patterns in Islamic art and Islamic architecture. Its elements can be broadly divided into the arabesque , using curving plant-based elements, geometric patterns with straight lines or regular curves, and calligraphy , consisting of religious texts with stylized appearance, used both ...

  5. Roman funerary art - Wikipedia

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    Roman funerary art. Marble cinerary chest (90–110 AD), made by Marcus Domitius Primigenius "for himself, his freedmen and freedwomen, and their descendants": the deceased makes an offering to a reclining female figure who may be Mother Earth, with two attendants holding food and wine ( Metropolitan Museum of Art) [1] The funerary art of ...

  6. Christingle - Wikipedia

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    Christingle. Christingles prepared for a Christmas Eve service. A Christingle is a symbolic object used in the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany services of many Christian denominations. It symbolises the birth of Christ, the Light of the World. [1] A modern Christingle is made from a candle in an orange (representing the light and the world ...

  7. Pectoral cross - Wikipedia

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    The pectoral is the latest addition to episcopal ornaments. The custom, however, of wearing a cross on the breast either with or without holy relics, dates back to ancient time and was observed not only by bishops, but also by priests and lay people.

  8. Christian cross variants - Wikipedia

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    Christian crosses are used widely in churches, on top of church buildings, on bibles, in heraldry, in personal jewelry, on hilltops, and elsewhere as an attestation or other symbol of Christianity. Crosses are a prominent feature of Christian cemeteries , either carved on gravestones or as sculpted stelae .

  9. Religious symbol - Wikipedia

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    A religious symbol is an iconic representation intended to represent a specific religion, or a specific concept within a given religion. [1] Religious symbols have been used in the military in many countries, such as the United States military chaplain symbols .

  10. Hmong customs and culture - Wikipedia

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    The Flower Hmong are known for very brightly colored embroidered traditional costumes with beaded fringe. An important element of Hmong clothing and culture is the paj ntaub, (pronounced pun dow) a complex form of traditional textile art created using stitching, reverse-stitching, and reverse applique.

  11. Ecclesiastical decoration - Wikipedia

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    Outstanding service to the Catholic Church and society. Order of Saint Ignatius of Antioch. Syriac Catholic Church. Lay order. Recognised as legitimate ecclesiastical decorations by the International Commission on Orders of Chivalry (2006): [1] Order of Saint Michael (Bavaria) Archbishop of Cologne. Military order.