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  2. Sindoor - Wikipedia

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    Sindoor (Sanskrit: सिन्दूर, IAST: sindūra) or sindura [1] is a traditional vermilion red or orange-red cosmetic powder from the South Asia, usually worn by married women along the part of their hairline. [2]

  3. List of Japanese dishes - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese dinner Japanese breakfast foods Tempura udon. Below is a list of dishes found in Japanese cuisine. Apart from rice, staples in Japanese cuisine include noodles, such as soba and udon. Japan has many simmered dishes such as fish products in broth called oden, or beef in sukiyaki and nikujaga.

  4. Customs and etiquette in Japanese dining - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of the phrase is focused on the origin of the food rather than on the coming feast. [39] The belief from Buddhism that every object has a spirit to be recognised is implied by the phrase, manifesting both gratitude and honour to pay respect to the lives that made the food, including the cook, animals, farmers, and plants.

  5. Japanese cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Japanese food popularity also has penetrated street food culture, as modest Warjep or Warung Jepang (Japanese food stall) offer Japanese food such as tempura, okonomiyaki and takoyaki, at moderately low prices. [99] Today, okonomiyaki and takoyaki are popular street fare in Jakarta and other Indonesian cities.

  6. Kumkuma - Wikipedia

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    Traditional silver container for Sindoor/Kumkuma. Kumkuma is most often applied by Indians to the forehead. The reason involves the ancient Indian belief that "the human body is divided into seven vortices of energy, called chakras, beginning at the base of the spine and ending at the top of the head.

  7. Japanese regional cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Traditional - Food originating from local ingredients before the days of refrigeration; Late 19th and early 20th centuries - The influx of foreign culture in the wake of the 1886 Meiji Restoration and the end of national seclusion led to waves of new dishes being invented throughout Japan using new ingredients and cooking methods.

  8. Japanese kitchen - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese kitchen (Japanese: 台所, romanized: Daidokoro, lit. 'kitchen') is the place where food is prepared in a Japanese house. Until the Meiji era, a kitchen was also called kamado (かまど; lit. stove) [1] and there are many sayings in the Japanese language that involve kamado as it was considered the symbol of a house. The term ...

  9. Glossary of Shinto - Wikipedia

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    Hakama – A type of traditional Japanese clothing; originally inspired from kù (simplified Chinese: 裤; traditional Chinese: 褲), trousers used by the Chinese imperial court in the Sui and Tang dynasties. This style was adopted by the Japanese in the form of the hakama, beginning in the sixth century.