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Ben Krohn Hawkins is the protagonist in Carnivàle. He begins the story as a young Oklahoma farmer and chain gang fugitive who is picked up by a traveling carnival when his mother dies. Ben has displayed inexplicable healing powers since childhood, and with the beginning of the series, he has begun to suffer dreams and visions of people unknown ...
[2] [32] Ben and Lodz, a blind mentalist of the carnival, experience visions of the medieval Knights Templar. Carnival fortuneteller Sofie can communicate telepathically with her catatonic mother, whom she once sees being raped by the Tattooed Man. [ 33 ] The progressing story increases the importance of the two mysterious soldiers, who are ...
The Viet Minh briefly captured Huguette 7, only to be pushed back by a French counterattack at dawn on 1 April. [79] Fighting continued in this manner over the next several nights. The Viet Minh repeatedly attacked Eliane 2, only to be beaten back. Repeated attempts to reinforce the French garrison by parachute drops were made, but had to be ...
The two seasons of Carnivàle take place in the Depression-era Dust Bowl between 1934 and 1935, and consist of two main plotlines that slowly converge. The first involves a young man with strange healing powers named Ben Hawkins (), who joins a traveling carnival when it passes near his home in Milfay, Oklahoma.
Bến Nghé is a historic area of Saigon, Vietnam, which is today a ward of District 1. The area was developed in the 17th century. The area was developed in the 17th century. At the time the French Empire arrived in Saigon, Bến Nghé was a conglomeration of 40 villages along the Bến Nghé River .
Điện Biên Phủ (Vietnamese: [ɗîənˀ ɓīən fû] ⓘ, chữ Hán: 奠 邊 府) is a city in the northwestern region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Điện Biên Province . The city is best known for the decisive Battle of Điện Biên Phủ , which occurred during the First Indochina War of independence against France.
Carnival in Rome, c. 1650 Rio's Carnival is the largest in the world according to Guinness World Records. [1]Carnival or Shrovetide is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, [2] consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
Bến Tre (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ˀɓən˦ˀ˥ ʈɛ˧˧] ⓘ) is the provincial capital of Bến Tre Province, in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam.Located 85 kilometers (53 mi) southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, the city covers an area of 65.75 km 2 (25.39 sq mi) and has a population of 124,499 at the 2019 census. [1]