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  2. Culture of Ladakh - Wikipedia

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    The Ladakhi language is a Tibetic language spoken in Ladakh, which is also called Bhoti or Bodhi. [7] As per the 2011 census, approximately 110,826 people speak Ladakhi. [8] Ladakhi has absorbed words from the silk route trade. [9] It is usually written using Tibetan script with the pronunciation of Ladakhi being much closer to written ...

  3. Willowbrook Ballroom - Wikipedia

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    His son, Rudy Verderbar, was one of the throngs of young people who danced at the nearly 400 ballrooms and dance halls that thrived in the Chicago area during the mid-to-late 1910s. After dancing in an outdoor pavilion in Michigan , Rudy waged a relentless campaign to scrap the idea of a summer home and build an outdoor dance pavilion.

  4. Music of Ladakh - Wikipedia

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    Ladakhi dance. The popular dances in Ladakh include the Khatok Chenmo which is headed by an respectable family member, Shondol, [3] Some other dance forms includes Kompa Tsum-tsak Jabro Chaams: Chabs-Skyan Tses Raldi Tses and Alley Yaato

  5. Ladakh - Wikipedia

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    Religious mask dances are an important part of Ladakh's cultural life. Hemis monastery, a leading centre of the Drukpa tradition of Buddhism, holds an annual masked dance festival, as do all major Ladakhi monasteries. The dances typically narrate a story of the fight between good and evil, ending with the eventual victory of the former. [122]

  6. List of museums and cultural institutions in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Cultural Center. The city of Chicago, Illinois, has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small.Major cultural institutions include: the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center, all in the Loop;

  7. List of neighborhoods in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chicago is also divided into 77 community areas which were drawn by University of Chicago researchers in the late 1920s. [3] Chicago's community areas are well-defined, generally contain multiple neighborhoods, and depending on the neighborhood, less commonly used by residents. [2] [4]

  8. Culture of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Known for its bitter taste, it can be found in some Chicago-area taverns and liquor stores, but is seldom seen elsewhere in the country. The Carl Jeppson Company was founded in Chicago in the 1930s. [97] Malört was made in Chicago until the mid-'70s, when the Mar-Salle distillery that produced it for the Carl Jeppson Company closed.

  9. Ladakhis - Wikipedia

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    Ladakhis, Ladakhi people, or Ladakspa are an ethnic group and first-language speakers of the Ladakhi language living in the Ladakh region in the northernmost part of Jammu and Kashmir and Tibet in China. [3] [4] A small number of Ladakhis are also found in Baltistan, Pakistan. [citation needed]