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The nature park is named after the river Ala-Archa which flows through it. In Kyrgyz, the archa, which gives the river and the park its name, is a bright or many-colored juniper which the Kyrgyz people have traditionally held in special esteem, using smoke from its burning wood to chase away evil spirits. However, the archa is not supposed to ...
144. People-Watch at a Busy Park. A wide variety of people visit parks regularly. For example, you might see walkers, parents with young children or teenagers on skateboards. All make for ...
In the late 1870s Menelik led a campaign to incorporate the lands of the Gurage people into Shewa.In 1878, the Soddo Gurage living in Northern and Eastern Gurageland peacefully submitted to Menelik and their lands were left untouched by his armies, likely due to their shared Ethiopian Orthodox faith and prior submission to Negus Sahle Selassie, grandfather of the Emperor.
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park is a national park on the northern side of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.The 14,977-hectare (37,010-acre) park is 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the Sydney central business district and generally comprises the land east of the M1 Pacific Motorway, south of the Hawkesbury River, west of Pittwater and north of Mona Vale Road.
Wikimedians at Wikipedia Photowalk in Chittagong A group of photo-walkers in Dhaka, Bangladesh taking photographs for Wikimedia Commons. Photowalking is a communal activity of camera enthusiasts who gather in a group to walk around with a camera for the main purpose of taking pictures of things that interest them. The word is sometimes used ...
Garig Gunak Barlu is a national park in the Northern Territory of Australia on the Cobourg Peninsula and some adjoining waters about 216 kilometres (134 mi) north-east of the territory capital of Darwin. It was established by joining the former Gurig National Park and the Cobourg Marine Park.
A Dictionary of Kruger National Park Place Names. Barberton: SA Country Life. ISBN 978-0-9584782-1-2. Labuschagne, R.J. (1958). 60 years Kruger Park. Pretoria: National Parks Board of Trustees of the Union of South Africa. Newman, Kenneth (1976). Pride of South Africa: Kruger National Park. Cape Town: Purnell South Africa. Smuts, G.L. (1982 ...
The Nature Park & Galleries was conceived and founded in 2003 by Prof. Jeff Camhi (Kimchi), who remains its director, accompanied by Dr. Talia Levy Marom, its manager. The museum functions as a unit of the Hebrew University’s Authority for Community and Youth, but carries out its own planning and fund-raising.