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Prampir Makara (Khmer: ប្រាំពីរមករា [prampiː meakaraː]; meaning 'Seventh of January'), also 7 Makara (Khmer: ៧មករា; meaning '7th ...
An estimated 2 million people had died in the Cambodian genocide, and in 1979 only 49 doctors remained alive in the country. [10] In 1996, three international organizations, Japan Relief for Cambodia, World Mate, a Shinto organization, and HOPEworldwide, [2] a Christian organization, formed a US non-profit organization, the Sihanouk Hospital Corporation, to govern the hospital. [11]
Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan was released in Italy on October 31, 1961 where it was distributed by Jolly Film in Rome and Unidis throughout Italy. [1] The film grossed 467.2 million Italian lire on its theatrical release. [1] The film was released theatrically in the United States as Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World. [3]
The oldest surviving Polo manuscript is in Franco-Venetian, which was a literary language which mixed Old French with the Venetian language, spread in Northern Italy in the 13th century; [6] [7] [34] for Luigi Foscolo Benedetto, this "F" text is the basic original text, which he corrected by comparing it with the somewhat more detailed Italian ...
Ganga (Sanskrit: गङ्गा, IAST: Gaṅgā) is the personification of the river Ganges, who is worshipped by Hindus as the goddess of purification and forgiveness. . Known by many names, Ganga is often depicted as a fair, beautiful woman, riding a divine crocodile-like creature called the ma
Religious and cultural festivals and occasions are celebrated in Rishi Valley like Christmas, Ugadi, Shivaratri and Makara Sankranti (Pongal) when villagers come and perform for the children. During Makara Sankranti, there is a bull dance where all students dance along with the villagers and their decorated bulls.
The Makara, is a composite dragon with a curious mythical structure. It symbolizes the house of Capricorn in the Zodiac to which it has given its name Makara in the Hindu calendar. It has the head of a crocodile, horns of a goat, the body of an antelope and a snake, the tail of a fish and feet of a panther.
Phnom Penh (lit. "Penh's hill") takes its name from the present Wat Phnom (lit. "hill temple"), or from the ancient Funan Kingdom, which existed from the 1st to the 7th century AD in Southeast Asia and was the forerunner of the current Cambodian monarchy.