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  2. Toga - Wikipedia

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    Toga candida: "Bright toga"; a toga rubbed with chalk to a dazzling white, worn by candidates (from Latin candida, "pure white") for public office. [11] Thus Persius speaks of a cretata ambitio, "chalked ambition". Toga candida is the etymological source of the word candidate. Toga pulla: a "dark toga" was supposed to be worn by mourners at ...

  3. Roblox - Wikipedia

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    Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system built around user-generated content and games, [1] [2] officially referred to as "experiences". [3] Games can be created by any user through the platform's game engine, Roblox Studio, [4] and then shared to and played by other players. [1]

  4. Stola - Wikipedia

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    It has long been believed that Roman women originally did not wear stolae and that they instead wore togas like the men. However, this goes back to a scholarly lore invented in Late Antiquity. [9] [10] For the most part, the toga was worn exclusively by men, and Roman wives (matronae) traditionally wore the stola.

  5. Toga party - Wikipedia

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    Man in "toga" outfit. A toga party was depicted in the 1978 film Animal House, which propelled the ritual into a widespread and enduring practice. Chris Miller, who was one of the writers of Animal House, attended Dartmouth College where the toga party was a popular costume event at major fraternity parties (such as Winter Carnival and Green Key Weekend) during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

  6. Clothing in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    He wears senatorial shoes, and a toga praetexta of "skimpy" (exigua) Republican type. [2] The statue features an inscription in the Etruscan alphabet. The toga virilis ("toga of manhood") was a semi-elliptical, white woolen cloth some 6 feet (1.8 m) in width and 12 feet (3.7 m) in length, draped across the shoulders and around the body. It was ...

  7. Academic dress of the University of Oxford - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] An Oxford degree ceremony – the pro-vice-chancellor in MA gown and hood, proctor in official dress and new Doctors of Philosophy in scarlet full dress. Behind them, a bedel, another Doctor and Bachelors of Arts and Medicine. Encaenia Procession: The chancellor (with trainbearer) immediately followed by the university proctors and others

  8. Tsunokakushi - Wikipedia

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    Japanese bride in her tsunokakushi. The Tsunokakushi is a type of traditional headdress worn by brides in Shinto wedding ceremonies in Japan.This is made from a rectangular piece of cloth folded and worn to partially cover bride's hair (in modern days, often a wig), worn in the traditionally-styled bunkin takashimada (文金高島田).

  9. Academic dress of the University of Santo Tomas - Wikipedia

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    Hoods are used by the bachelor's degree graduates. The color of the hood depends on the academic field. [3] [4] The Faculty of Pharmacy's academic color is purple, but a second color is added to the hood of its 2 programs. Light blue is added to the B.S. Biochemistry graduates, while yellow is added to the B.S. Medical Technology graduates.