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  2. Podorythmie - Wikipedia

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    Podorythmie is a traditional French Canadian method of tapping one's feet during musical performances, which is a common practice in Québécois and Acadian music, and to a lesser extent, Canadian folk music as a whole. It is a percussion technique that uses the feet as a musical instrument to produce

  3. Night hag - Wikipedia

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    It is a phenomenon in which the sleeper feels the presence of a supernatural, malevolent being which immobilizes the person as if sitting on their chest or the foot of their bed. The word "night-mare" or " nightmare " was used to describe this phenomenon before the word received its modern, more general meaning. [ 1 ]

  4. Psychomotor agitation - Wikipedia

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    Psychomotor agitation is a symptom in various disorders and health conditions. It is characterized by unintentional and purposeless motions and restlessness, often but not always accompanied by emotional distress and is always an indicative for discharge.

  5. Entrainment (biomusicology) - Wikipedia

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    Entrainment in the biomusicological sense refers to the synchronization (e.g., foot tapping) of organisms to an external perceived rhythm such as human music and dance. Humans are the only species for which all individuals experience entrainment, although there are documented examples of entrained nonhuman individuals.

  6. Category:Hindi words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    This category is not for articles about concepts and things but only for articles about the words themselves.Please keep this category purged of everything that is not actually an article about a word or phrase.

  7. Tapping - Wikipedia

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    While tapping is most commonly observed on electric guitar, it may apply to almost any string instrument, and several instruments have been created specifically to use the method. The Bunker Touch-Guitar (developed by Dave Bunker in 1958) is designed for the technique, but with an elbow rest to hold the right arm in the conventional guitar ...

  8. Tapas (Indian religions) - Wikipedia

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    Tapas (Sanskrit: तपस्, romanized: tapas) is a variety of austere spiritual meditation practices in Indian religions.In Jainism, it means asceticism (austerities, body mortification); [1] [2] in Buddhism, it denotes spiritual practices including meditation and self-discipline; [3] and in the different traditions within Hinduism it means a spectrum of practices ranging from asceticism ...

  9. Hindi theatre - Wikipedia

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    Prayog is a Hindi language word, which means experimentation. As the meaning indicates Prayog is different in the sense that and it puts up its plays with experimentation in content, format and presentation. The plays seek to throw new and different light on social and political issues. Prayog's constant endeavor is to bring a fresh viewpoint.