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Karastan is an American brand of oriental rugs, made from 1928 to 2021 from worsted wool. In 1921, the retailer Marshall Field's established a textile mill in Eden, North Carolina , as part of its Homecrest Rug division.
Il-Kantilena. Il-Kantilena is the oldest known literary text in the Maltese language. [1] It dates from the 15th century (no later than 1485, the death of its author, and probably from the 1470s), but was not found until 1966 by historians Godfrey Wettinger and Mikiel Fsadni.
A cantilena is a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style. The term may also refer to: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos; Cantilena, jazz album by First House; Cantilena Antiqua, an Italian early music ensemble; Cantilena Chamber Players, a chamber music ensemble active in the 1980s
The Cantilena Chamber Players/Cantilena Piano Quartet was an ensemble founded and led by Edna Michell that included pianist Frank Glazer, violist Harry Zaratzian (later Jessie Levine and Phillip Naegele), cellist Paul Olefsky (later Stephen Kates, Marcy Rosen, Hakuro Mori, and Steven Thomas), and mezzo-soprano Elaine Bonazzi.
Lost in Karastan [3] is a gentle black comedy about a confused British director, Emil, who is hired to direct a production in the Caucasus region. The country, Autonomous Republic of Karastan, is led by an eccentric corrupt but benign dictator. There Emil embarks on one of the wildest journeys of his already diverse career. [4]
On December 20, 2011, YouTube Rewind 2011 was uploaded. [9] [7] It was created and produced by YouTube and Portal A Interactive, [9] and features Rebecca Black, whose music video of her song "Friday" had gone viral in March of that year, as the host. [9] [11] Like in 2010, it featured another top-ten most-popular videos of the year on YouTube. [10]
The district, which was reconstituted on 25 May 1998, has seven tehsils: Jabalpur, Sihora, Patan, Majholi, Shahpura, Panagar and Kundam. The city is the headquarters of the Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board, the Home-guards and other state and central-government offices.
Chapora Fort (Konkani pronunciation: [ʃɑːpoːɾɑː], Devanagari: शापोरा), located in Bardez, Goa, rises high above the Chapora River.The site is the location of a fort built by Adil Shahi dynasty ruler Adil Shah and called Shahpoora, whose name was altered to Shapora (chapora) by Malvankar on the request of the Portuguese .