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Rasta women usually wear clothing that covers their head and hides their body contours. [175] Trousers are usually avoided, [176] with long skirts preferred. [177] Women are expected to cover their head while praying, [178] and in some Rasta groups this is expected of them whenever in public. [179]
In some parts of the world, "the finger" does not have any meaning at all. In India , Pakistan , and Sri Lanka , the social circles exposed to the western cultures use the middle finger gesture in the same sense that it is used in those cultures.
Obeah incorporates both spell-casting and healing practices, largely of African origin, [2] although with European and South Asian influences as well. [3] It is found primarily in the former British colonies of the Caribbean, [2] namely Surinam, Jamaica, the Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Tobago, Guyana, Belize, the Bahamas, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Barbados. [4]
Lynne wrote the song quickly when Face the Music was almost complete but he didn't think they had a good lead single. [3] Lynne said: I wrote this in a matter of minutes. The rest of the album was done. I listened to it and thought, 'There’s not a good single.' So I sent the band out to a game of football and made up 'Evil Woman' on the spot.
They did symbolically throw bras in a trash can, along with other articles seen as emblematic of women's position in American society such as mops, make-up, and high-heeled shoes. The myth of bra burning came when a journalist hypothetically suggested that women may do so in the future, as men of the era burned their draft cards. [383]
The name "pangolin" comes from the Malay word pengguling meaning "one who rolls up" [22] from guling or giling "to roll"; it was used for the Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica). [23] However, the modern name is tenggiling. In Javanese it is terenggiling; [23] and in the Philippine languages, it is goling, tanggiling, or balintong (with the same ...
A nine-tailed fox spirit (kyūbi no kitsune) scaring Prince Hanzoku; print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Edo period, 19th century. In Japanese folklore, kitsune (狐, きつね, IPA: [kʲi̥t͡sɨne̞] ⓘ) are foxes that possess paranormal abilities that increase as they get older and wiser.
The epidermis, or outer layer, is formed of a substance called keratin, which in mammals is the same basic material that forms nails, claws, and hair. The snake's epidermis of keratin provides it with the armor it needs to protect its internal organs and reduce friction as it passes over rocks. Parts of this keratin armor are rougher than others.