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  2. Culture of Gujarat - Wikipedia

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    Kanyadaan Ceremony in a Gujarati, Hindu Wedding Ceremony Kanyaa Daan (Giving away of the daughter) The bride accepts her change of status from an unmarried woman to a wife by spreading turmeric powder on her hands. Kanya Daan is performed by the father (or uncle or guardian) of the bride in the presence of a large gathering that is invited to ...

  3. Commencement speech - Wikipedia

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    The commencement is a ceremony in which degrees or diplomas are conferred upon graduating students. A commencement speech is typically given by a notable figure in the community or a graduating student. The person giving such a speech is known as a commencement speaker. Very commonly, colleges or universities will invite politicians, important ...

  4. Hindu wedding - Wikipedia

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    In Punjabi and Gujarati weddings this step is called Hast-Milap (literally, "meeting of hands"). The whole ceremony [clarification needed] was [clarification needed] timed around an auspicious time (Mauhurat) for this step and a few decades ago the wedding invitation would even list the time when this event was going to take place.

  5. Upanayana - Wikipedia

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    The student was being taken to the Gods and a disciplined life. [11] [12] As explained by PV Kane, taking (the child) near the acarya (for instruction), or alternately "introducing to studenthood". [13] It is a ceremony in which a teacher accepts and draws a child towards knowledge and initiates the second birth that is of the young mind and ...

  6. This Is Water - Wikipedia

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    The text originates from a commencement speech Wallace gave at Kenyon College on May 21, 2005. The essay was published in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 and in 2009 its format was stretched by Little, Brown and Company to fill 138 pages for a book publication. [1] A transcript of the speech circulated online as early as June 2005. [2]

  7. Annaprashana - Wikipedia

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    Child being fed rice during an annaprashana ceremony. The child is bathed, dressed in ceremonial attire, and placed on the parents lap, as prayers are offered to deities to bless the child with good digestive powers, good speech, and good mental development.

  8. Roblox tightens messaging rules for under-13 users amid abuse ...

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    The gaming platform, which reported around 89 million users last quarter, said it will allow parents and caregivers to remotely manage their child's Roblox account, view friend lists, set spending ...

  9. Gujarati grammar - Wikipedia

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    The grammar of the Gujarati language is the study of the word order, case marking, verb conjugation, and other morphological and syntactic structures of the Gujarati language, an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken by the Gujarati people.