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  2. Panchaloha - Wikipedia

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    It is believed that wearing jewellery made of such an alloy brings balance in life, self-confidence, good health, fortune, prosperity, and peace of mind. [ 1 ] In Tibetan culture , it was considered auspicious to use thokcha ( meteoric iron ) either as a component of the alloy in general or for a specific object or purpose.

  3. Cigar box juggling - Wikipedia

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    Cigar boxes are juggled by holding a box in each hand and tossing and flipping a third box in between them. Routines performed with cigar boxes may also include quick midair box-exchanging tricks, balancing tricks, and more. [1] Most tricks are done with three boxes; more advanced routines may include more than three.

  4. Krishna's Butterball - Wikipedia

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    The Pallava king Narasimhavarman (630–668 CE) made a failed attempt to move the boulder. [2] The Indian Tamil king Raja Raja Chola (985 and 1014 CE) was inspired by the balance of this massive stone boulder and it led to the creation of never-falling mud dolls called Tanjavur Bommai, which having a half-spherical base tends to come back to its original position every time one tries to make ...

  5. Bhavai dance - Wikipedia

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    Bhavai is a genre of folk dance popular in Rajasthan state in northern India.The male or female performers balance a number of earthen pots or brass/metal pitchers as they dance nimbly, pirouetting and then swaying with the soles of their feet perched on the top of a glass bottles, on the edge of the sword, on the rim of a brass/metal thali (plate) and on the broken glass during the performance.

  6. Glossary of juggling - Wikipedia

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    Balance resting a prop on one's body or an object [1] for a beat or more Beat the duration between consecutive tosses, tosses and catches, or catches. Beats are counted by siteswap. Bounce allowing an object to bounce off a hard surface, typically the floor, before being caught. Bounce juggling juggling including or consisting of bounces and ...

  7. Category:Jewellery of India - Wikipedia

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  8. Pirouette (dressage) - Wikipedia

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    A pirouette is a two-track lateral movement asked of a horse in dressage, in which the animal makes a circle with its front end around a smaller circle made by the hind end. Specifically, the front legs and outside hind leg should travel around the inside hind leg, with the horse remaining slightly bent in the direction of travel.

  9. Chakram - Wikipedia

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    From its native India, variations of the chakram spread to other Asian countries. In Tibet and Malaysia, it was not flat but torus-like. Mongol cavalry used a similar throwing weapon with spiked edges. [citation needed] Chakarani is a name for flat, steel, throwing ring similar to the chakram and used by the Jubba tribe of central Africa. [3]