Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Shisa are wards, believed to protect from some evils. People place pairs of shisa on their rooftops or flanking the gates to their houses, with the left shisa traditionally having a closed mouth, the right one an open mouth. [1] The open mouth shisa traditionally wards off evil spirits, and the closed mouth shisa keeps good spirits in.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
The mouth closed shisa is thus saying "nn" or "mm" as the end of the same alphabet. There is little evidence supporting this theory, but the unique similarities are striking. It is possible that the Japanese and other parts of Asia have deeper roots to the Western world than archeological records indicate.
The shīsā (シーサー), the stone animals that in Okinawa guard the gates or the roofs of houses, are close relatives of the shishi and the komainu, objects whose origin, function and symbolic meaning they share. [21] Their name itself is centuries old regional variant of shishi-san (獅子さん, lit. ' Mr. Lion '). [5]
Art Academy (2023–present; Net 25); Art Angel (2004–2011; GMA) [1]; Art Is Kool (2002 [2] –2004; GMA, 2004–2005; ABC) [3]; Art Jam (2004–2005; ABS-CBN ...
GMA Network was the first television network in the Philippines to broadcast GMA-7 and GMA News TV-11 in standard definition (SD) format with a 4:3 aspect ratio, similar to TV channels in European countries, although the content had been stretched horizontally from its original 4:3 ratio. GMA was also transmitting 1seg on mobile and had no errors.
The new noontime show retained the hosts and staff hired by TAPE Inc. from the new Eat Bulaga! that premiered on June 5, 2023 after former main hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon left on May 31, 2023 along with their co-hosts and key staff members. The show premiered on January 6, 2024 and aired their last live episode on March 2, 2024.
It is especially common on Japanese railways, where it is referred to as shisa kanko (指差喚呼), shisa kakunin kanko (指差確認喚呼) or yubisashi koshō (指差呼称); and in Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese railways, where it is called 指差呼唤; 指差確認 (zhǐchā hūhuàn). Gesturing at and verbalizing these indicators helps ...