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  2. Kapa - Wikipedia

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    Cultural anthropologists over the course of the 20th century identified techniques in the creation of kapa that are unique to the Hawaiian Islands. Wauke (Broussonetia papyrifera) was the preferred source of bast fibres for kapa, but it was also made from ʻulu (Artocarpus altilis), [4] ōpuhe (Urera spp.), [5] maʻaloa (Neraudia melastomifolia), [6] māmaki (Pipturus albidus), [7] ʻākala ...

  3. Barkcloth - Wikipedia

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    Barkcloth jacket from Kalimantan, Indonesia Fijian masi Hawaiian kapa from the 18th century. Barkcloth or bark cloth is a versatile material that was once common in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. Barkcloth comes primarily from trees of the family Moraceae, including Broussonetia papyrifera, Artocarpus altilis, Artocarpus tamaran, and Ficus ...

  4. Tapa cloth - Wikipedia

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    Wedding Tapa, 19th century, from the collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Tapa cloth (or simply tapa) is a barkcloth made in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, primarily in Tonga, Samoa and Fiji, but as far afield as Niue, Cook Islands, Futuna, Solomon Islands, Java, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Hawaii (where it is called kapa).

  5. Kappa - Wikipedia

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    Variant kappa Greek word καί written with a handwritten variant of kappa, from the Byzantine period. Kappa (/ ˈ k æ p ə /; [1] uppercase Κ, lowercase κ or cursive ϰ; Greek: κάππα, káppa) is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless velar plosive IPA: sound in Ancient and Modern Greek.

  6. Puanani Van Dorpe - Wikipedia

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    Her work is exhibited at the King Kamehameha Golf Course Clubhouse in Waikapu, where eleven panels of kapa honor historic Maui chiefs. [4] Van Dorpe's artwork "Kihei Kapa," created in 2000 to honor the ancient Hawaiian god of agriculture Lono, is located within the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at ...

  7. Kappa (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Kappa (folklore), a Japanese turtle-like humanoid Kappa, by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa; Kappa (Dungeons & Dragons), a game creatureDeath Kappa, a Japanese kaiju film; Kappa (rocket), a family of Japanese sounding rockets

  8. Malong - Wikipedia

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    Dancers performing the kapa malong malong, a traditional Maguindanao dance featuring the uses of the malong. The malong is a traditional Filipino-Bangsamoro rectangular or tube-like wraparound skirt bearing a variety of geometric or okir designs.

  9. List of active Indonesian Navy ships - Wikipedia

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    All the Indonesia Navy (Indonesian: Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Laut, TNI-AL) vessels are named with the prefix KRI (Kapal Perang Republik Indonesia or Naval Vessel of the Republic of Indonesia). Smaller sized boats with light armaments usually have the prefix KAL (Kapal Angkatan Laut or Naval Vessel of the Indonesian Navy). The classes ...