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Tutu (clothing) A colourfully decorated classical ballet tutu, on a dress form. A tutu is a dress worn as a costume in a classical ballet performance, often with attached bodice. [1] It may be made of tarlatan, muslin, silk, tulle, gauze, or nylon. Modern tutus have two basic types: the Romantic tutu is soft and bell-shaped, reaching the calf ...
The Most Reverend. Desmond Tutu (7 October 1931 – 26 December 2021) is a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, in both cases being the first Black African to hold the ...
Ubuntu theology affirms the interaction and relationship among persons in which everyone's humanness is recognized and affirmed. It is the philosophy of reconciliation and forgiveness that expresses "respect for a person's dignity irrespective of what that person has done." [8] In this theology and ideology, Tutu seeks restorative justice over ...
Babylonian cuneiform: Transliteration: Bēl-šar-uṣur Meaning: Bel, protect the king. Bethel (Beth El) Village. Hebrew: בֵּית אֵלBeit El Possible Meanings: House of God, House of (the Canaanite god of) El. Bethlehem / Ephrata (Beth Lehem) (This is the biblical birthplace of Jesus Christ.
This article includes a list of biblical proper names that start with A in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links.
According to the Book of Genesis, Methuselah was the son of Enoch, the father of Lamech, and the grandfather of Noah. Elsewhere in the Bible, Methuselah is mentioned in genealogies in 1 Chronicles and the Gospel of Luke. His life is described in further detail in other texts such as the Book of Enoch, Slavonic Enoch, and the Book of Moses.
Desmond Tutu (1931–2021), South African archbishop, activist against apartheid, and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Nomalizo Leah Tutu (born 1933), his wife. Osei Kofi Tutu I (died 1717), Ashantehene, ruler of Kumasi, co-founder of the Empire of Ashanti. Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II (born 1950), 16th Asantehene, King of the Ashanti. Julia Osei Tutu ...
Bible. The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a ...