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The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Japanese: 竹取物語, Hepburn: Taketori Monogatari) is a monogatari (fictional prose narrative) containing elements of Japanese folklore. Written by an unknown author in the late 9th or early 10th century during the Heian period , it is considered the oldest surviving work in the monogatari form.
Gabi Tolkowsky. Gabriel S. Tolkowsky (15 September 1939 – 28 May 2023) was a Belgian diamond cutter. He was known for cutting the famous Centenary Diamond, [1] and was one of the world's most renowned diamond cutters. The great nephew of Marcel Tolkowsky, father of the modern round brilliant diamond cut, [2] he is the sixth generation in his ...
Kamala Devi Harris (/ ˈkɑːmələ ˈdeɪvi / ⓘ KAH-mə-lə DAY-vee[2]) (born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who has been the 49th and current vice president of the United States since 2021, serving with President Joe Biden. She is the first female, African American, and Asian American vice president, making her the ...
Box office. $27 million. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Japanese: かぐや姫の物語, Hepburn: Kaguya-hime no Monogatari) is a 2013 Japanese animated historical fantasy [5] film co-written and directed by Isao Takahata that is an adaptation of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, a 10th-century Japanese literary tale.
The ritual first haircut (Polish: postrzyżyny) was a pre-Christian pagan-Slavic tradition which survived in Poland well into the 18th century. This first haircut traditionally took place between the ages of 7 and 10, and was conducted by either the boy's father or a stranger, who would thus enter into the boy's family. [6]
50-by-80-foot (15 m × 24 m) flight deck, hangar for all aircraft. The Legend-class cutter, also known as the National Security Cutter (NSC) and Maritime Security Cutter, Large, is the largest active patrol cutter class of the United States Coast Guard, with the size of a frigate. Entering into service in 2008, the Legend class is the largest ...
Latin -cīda, cutter, killer bacteriocidal, suicide, suicidal cili-of or pertaining to the cilia, the eyelashes; eyelids Latin cilium, eyelash; eyelid ciliary: circum-denoting something as 'around' another Latin circum, around circumcision: cis-on this side Latin cis: cisgender-clast: break Greek κλαστός (klastós), broken osteoclast ...
September 4, 2024 at 3:25 PM. Shutterstock / Manuel Balesteri. A newborn sea otter found alone on Vargas Island off the coast of British Columbia continues to recover at the Vancouver Aquarium ...