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  2. Kahiko - Wikipedia

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    Kahiko-Lua-Mea (better known simply as Kahiko) is a god in Hawaiian mythology, who was once a chief on the Earth and lived in Olalowaia. He is mentioned in the chant Kumulipo and in the Chant of Kūaliʻi. Kahiko is also mentioned in The Legend of Waia. [1] The legend is that there was a head figure that had the ability to speak.

  3. Battle of Ngọc Hồi-Đống Đa - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Ngọc Hồi-Đống Đa or Qing invasion of Đại Việt (Vietnamese: Trận Ngọc Hồi - Đống Đa; Chinese: 清軍入越戰爭), also known as Victory of Kỷ Dậu (Vietnamese: Chiến thắng Kỷ Dậu), was fought between the forces of the Vietnamese Tây Sơn dynasty and the Qing dynasty in Ngọc Hồi [] (a place near Thanh Trì) and Đống Đa in northern Vietnam ...

  4. Vietnamese language - Wikipedia

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    Later, in 1920, French-Polish linguist Jean Przyluski found that Mường is more closely related to Vietnamese than other Mon–Khmer languages, and a Viet–Muong subgrouping was established, also including Thavung, Chut, Cuoi, etc. [12] The term "Vietic" was proposed by Hayes (1992), [13] who proposed to redefine Viet–Muong as referring to ...

  5. Hula kahiko - Wikipedia

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    Hula (/ ˈ h uː l ə /) is a Hawaiian dance form expressing chant (oli) [1] or song . It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Native Hawaiians who settled there. The hula dramatizes or portrays the words of the oli or mele in a visual dance form. There are many sub-styles of hula, with the two main categories being Hula ʻAuana and ...

  6. The White Silk Dress - Wikipedia

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    The White Silk Dress (Vietnamese: Áo lụa Hà Đông) is a 2006 Vietnamese war film directed by Luu Huynh starring Truong Ngoc Anh and Nguyen Quoc Khanh. With a budget of over 2 million dollars, it is one of the most expensive Vietnamese films ever made.

  7. Hawaii’s biggest hula festival is honoring Lahaina wildfire ...

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    Jayda Lum Lung will dance a traditional hula in honor of Lahaina wildfire victims at Hawaii’s biggest hula competition of the year. Her hand movements will flow gracefully to symbolize the winds ...

  8. Lý dynasty - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] In 1016, Lý Công Uẩn was appointed as Jinghai Junjie Dushi (Military Commissioner of Jinghai) and was crowned Giao Chi Quan Vuong (King of Giao Chi ) by the Song emperor. [ 2 ] For the first time in the Song dynasty's relations with Vietnam, the Song dynasty reciprocated Lý tributes in 1028 as recognition of the political power of ...

  9. Vietnamese Martyrs - Wikipedia

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    Tolerance continued until the death of the emperor and the new emperor, Minh Mang, succeeding to the throne in 1820. Converts began to be harassed by local governments without official edicts in the late 1820s. In 1831, the emperor passed new laws on regulations for religious groupings in Viet Nam, and Catholicism was then officially prohibited.