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The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a (Chinese: 琵琶) is a traditional Chinese musical instrument belonging to the plucked category of instruments.Sometimes called the "Chinese lute", the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ranging from 12 to 31.
Alternate names include pizzo [2],tooter [3] pilo, oil burner, bubble, tweak pipe, meth pipe, gack pipe, crank pipe, crack pipe, pookie pipe, chicken bone, or ice pipe. Meth pipe There are some legitimate uses for these pipes including applying the hole "on the top of an eucalyptus bottle" for inhaling aromas or moisture.
Pipa pipa is an ambush predator, lying in-wait underwater for prey to inevitably wander too close, swiftly inhaling the unsuspecting creature using suction feeding. Additionally, the Surinam toad's rather flat body shape, combined with rather dark, dull coloration, serves as effective camouflage in the murky waters they inhabit, perfectly ...
De Olde Molen (/də ˈoʊld ˈmoʊlən/ duh OLD-uh MOH-luhn), also known as Old Dutch Windmill, The Mill, or Alte Mühle is a non-operational octagonal smock mill with a stage (elevated platform) reconstructed in 1961 [2] in Bubali, Aruba. Since then, it has been serving as a restaurant and a windmill museum. [3] [4]
Turtle Dove Shoal is a dangerous shoal about three kilometres wide, [1] located at 2] in the Indian Ocean about fifty kilometres south of the Houtman Abrolhos, off the coast of Western Australia The shoal was first charted on a 1627 map by Hessel Gerritsz , where it was labelled as the "Tortelduyff" rocks.
The Arrabal's Suriname toad (Pipa arrabali) is a species of frog in the family Pipidae found in Brazil, Guyana, [2] Suriname, Venezuela, and possibly Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests , freshwater marshes , intermittent freshwater marshes, ponds , and canals and ditches.
Min performed as a pipa soloist for the Nanjing National Music Orchestra from 1980 to 1992. She emigrated to the United States in 1992, first settling in San Francisco, California. [2] She has worked with numerous contemporary composers, including Chen Yi, Zhou Long, Carl Stone, Anthony De Ritis, Marc Battier, and John Zorn.
Het Geheim van de Oude Molen is a 1959 Dutch film directed by Henk van der Linden. Cast. Jos van der Linden... Joske; Nico Kwerreveld... Nico; Tonny van Schendel ...