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2. Teru teru bōzu - Wikipedia

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   Made from tissue paper or cloth, teru teru bōzu charms are usually white, ghost-like figures with strings tied around their necks. [1] [2] [3] The words teru (照る) meaning 'to shine' and bōzu (坊主) referring to a Buddhist monk, the doll is said to represent a monk's bald head, which would shine during sunny weather. The doll therefore ...

3. Papel picado - Wikipedia

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   Papel picado is considered a Mexican folk art. The designs are commonly cut from as many as 40-50 colored tissue papers stacked together and using a guide or template, a small mallet, and chisels, creating as many as fifty banners at a time. [2] Papel picado can also be made by folding tissue paper and using small, sharp scissors.

4. Szaloncukor - Wikipedia

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   By the end of the 1800s, the candies were packed in tinfoil balls and colored tissue papers. In 1941, the Kuglers opened the largest chocolate factory in Hungary. In 1951 chocolate factory DEVA was founded in Trebišov , Czechoslovakia (today Slovakia), which has been producing one of the best known chocolate Christmas candy in Slovakia ...

5. Papercutting - Wikipedia

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   A story tells of Rabbi Shem-Tov ben Yitzhak ben Ardutiel, finding that his ink had frozen, continued to write the manuscript by cutting the letters into the paper. By about the 17th century, papercutting had become a popular form for small religious artifacts such as mizrachs and Shavuot decorations. In the 20th century, the art of Jewish ...

6. Hanging craft - Wikipedia

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   A wall hanging craft is a decoration, an amulet, a religious or a symbolic object that is hung from the ceiling or another structure. The sculptor Alexander Calder invented the mobiles, popular in the nursery, to give infants something to entertain them and give them external visual stimulation. [ 1 ]

7. 9 Christmas traditions in England that probably confuse Americans

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   In the UK, it can be bad luck to keep your decorations up for more than 12 days after Christmas Daniel Kaesler / EyeEm / Getty Images Another difference between US and UK Christmas customs comes ...