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Hiyang Tannaba (Meitei: ꯍꯤꯌꯥꯡ ꯇꯥꯟꯅꯕ, lit. 'boat race') [1] is a traditional boat race ceremony performed in Manipur, India as a part of the religious festival of Lai Haraoba.
The Boat is a 2008 collection of short stories by the Vietnamese-Australian writer Nam Le. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It contains seven short stories taking place all over the world, from Colombia and the United States to Vietnam , Tehran , Australia and Hiroshima .
Watercraft can be grouped into surface vessels, which include ships, yachts, boats, hydroplanes, wingships, unmanned surface vehicles, sailboards and human-powered craft such as rafts, canoes, kayaks and paddleboards; [3] underwater vessels, which include submarines, submersibles, unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), wet subs and diver ...
Traditionally a boat will be commanded by a village leader (kaarnavan or karanaadhan) with first adanayampu, [clarification needed] and under him there will be three main paddlers who control the movement of the boat with a 12-foot-long (3.7 m) main rudder-oar (adanayampu). Sitting two to a row along the length of the boat, there will be 64 ...
from Daku, meaning a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder. Hence also dacoity (banditry) Dekko (UK slang for 'a look') from دیکھو देखो Dekho, the imperative 'look', (دیکھو देखो) meaning look at or study something. Dinghy from Dinghi, small boat, wherry-boat Dungaree
Seaward defence boat: 24 August 2006 INS Seawater: T55 Seaward defence boat: 2008–2009 INS Seawind: T56 Seaward defence boat: 2008–2009 INS Seasand: T59 Seaward defence boat: 7 September 2009 INS Searock: T60 Seaward defence boat: 7 September 2009 INS Seastorm: T58 Seaward defence boat: 20 July 2010 INS Tarasa: T63 Trinkat class: 24 August ...
[1] [2] The Grand Canal was a vital waterway used by book boats to bring books to the capital at Beijing. The Jiangnan region along the lower Yangtze saw widespread infrastructure improvements during the Ming dynasty. The complex network of rivers, lakes, and canals in the region was maintained and expanded by the Ming state, allowing passenger ...
The English word "catamaran" is derived from the Tamil word, kattumaram (கட்டுமரம்), which means "logs bound together". However, the original kattumaram did not refer to double-hulled boats at all, but to a type of single-hulled raft of the Tamil people made of three to seven tree trunks lashed together.