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  2. Cornicello - Wikipedia

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    A silver cornicello charm. A cornicello (Italian pronunciation: [korniˈtʃɛllo]), cornetto (Italian for 'little horn' / 'hornlet'; ), corno (Italian for 'horn"'), or corno portafortuna (Italian for 'horn that brings luck') is an Italian amulet or talisman worn to protect against the evil eye (or malocchio [maˈlɔkkjo] in Italian) and bad luck in general, and, historically, to promote ...

  3. Corno ducale - Wikipedia

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    The ducal horn was a fine linen cap with a structured peak at the back reminiscent of the Phrygian cap, a classical symbol of liberty. Every Easter Monday , the doge headed a procession from St. Mark's basilica to the convent of San Zaccaria , where the abbess presented him with a new camauro crafted by the nuns.

  4. Traditional Vietnamese musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Đàn bầu - monochord zither: often tuned C3, though tuning varies; Đàn đáy - long-necked three-stringed lute with trapezoidal body: tuned G3 C4; Đàn nguyệt (also called nguyệt cầm, đàn kìm or Quân tử cầm) - moon-shaped two-string lute: no fixed tuning; strings are tuned a 4th, 5th, or 7th (minor), derived from the Chinese yueqin

  5. Italia turrita - Wikipedia

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    Italia turrita recovered the solemn aura in the 19th century, becoming one of the symbols of the Italian unification, during which it was often represented as a prisoner, that is, subjected to the foreign powers that dominated the country at the time, or extolling the call to arms with the aim to encourage the Italian people to actively ...

  6. Music of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Việt Nam Cultural Profile - detailed overview of different music genres plus directory of key contacts; Young Vietnamese pop culture music Da Nhat Yen; Music of the Montagnards of Vietnam, part 1 - a panorama of tribal music in Vietnam by Tran Quang Hai; Music of the Montagnards of Vietnam, part 2 - a panorama of tribal music of Vietnam by ...

  7. Rittner Horn - Wikipedia

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    The Rittner Horn (Italian: Corno del Renon; German: Rittner Horn) is a mountain in South Tyrol, Italy. References. Alpenverein South Tyrol (in German)

  8. National symbols of Italy - Wikipedia

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    The Italian wolf features prominently in Latin and Italian cultures, such as in the legend of the founding of Rome. [8] It is unofficially considered the national animal of Italy. [9] [10] The Italian wolf (Canis lupus italicus or Canis lupus lupus), also known as the Apennine wolf, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to the Italian Peninsula.

  9. Vietnamese exonyms - Wikipedia

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    In modern times, Vietnamese has relied less on Sino-Vietnamese-derived exonyms and it has become more common for Vietnamese exonyms to more accurately transcribe the endonym according to its native language.