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Chashm-e-Baddoor (Persian, Urdu: چشمِ بد دور, Hindi: चश्म-ए-बददूर) is a slogan extensively used in Iran, North India and Pakistan to ward-off the evil eye (which is called nazar in the region). It is a Persian language derivation which literally means "far be the evil eye". [1]
In the northern states of India, such as the Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh, the evil eye is called nazar (meaning gaze or vision) or more commonly Buri Nazar. A charm bracelet, tattoo or other object (Nazar battu), or a slogan (Chashme Baddoor (slogan)), may be used to ward off the evil eye. Some ...
Some people [citation needed] apply dots of kājal to ward off bad omens and the evil eye (nazar). Make-up artist at work before a Gotipua Odissi dance performance. Kajal is an integral part of classical dances in India such as Bharatanatyam and Odissi. The dancers apply kajal broadly around their eyes to give them an elongated look, so as to ...
Conservative Islamic theologians condemned the custom of contemplating the beauty of boys. Nazar was denounced and deemed a heretic by Ibn Taymiyya (1263–1328). Despite opposition from the clerics, the practice has survived in Islamic countries until only in recent years, according to Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe in their work on Islamic homosexuality.
Live in Detroit is a double CD live album by the American rock band the Doors. It was recorded at the Cobo Arena in Detroit on May 8, 1970 during the band's 1970 Roadhouse Blues Tour. It was released on October 23, 2000 on Rhino Records. [2] [3] The concert is one of the longest live performances by the Doors.
The spell that little black dress had over me made me feel adult and young at the same time, classic but current, magnetic but subtle. That LBD (by BCBG) contained (in the words of Meredith Brooks ...
Show is a live album released in 1993 by the British alternative rock band the Cure. It was recorded live over two nights at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan (a suburb of Detroit) in 1992, during the successful Wish tour. Show was also released as a concert video. This live album was released along with Paris, which was ...
A Detroit woman bought 8 fixer-upper properties in the 'most unlikely real-estate boomtown'. Here's how she's turning a profit — plus 3 ways to invest in real estate without breaking a sweat.