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  2. List of Indian folk dances - Wikipedia

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    The Sutradhari (సూత్రధారి) is the most important actor in a Yakshagana, and plays multiple characters.Yakshaganam evolved into Harikatha, and they are considered synonymous.

  3. Kukri - Wikipedia

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    The kukri (English: / ˈ k ʊ k r i /) [2] or khukuri (Nepali: खुकुरी, pronounced) is a type of knife or short sword with a distinct recurve in its blade that originated in the Indian subcontinent. It serves multiple purposes as a melee weapon and also as a regular cutting/chopping tool throughout most of South Asia.

  4. Khukuri - Wikipedia

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    Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; Khukuri

  5. Nepali Army - Wikipedia

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    Nepal Army's Guruju Paltan (a ceremonial infantry company) in traditional uniform Khukuri, Karda and Chakmak.Khukuri is the symbolic weapon of the Nepali Army. The Nepali Army (Nepali: नेपाली सेना, romanized: Nēpālī Sēnā), also referred to as the Gorkhali Army (गोरखाली सेना, Gōrakhālī Sēnā; see Gorkhas), is the land service branch of the ...

  6. Gurkha - Wikipedia

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    Nepali soldiers; drawing by Gustave Le Bon, 1885 Monument to the Gurkha Soldier in Horse Guards Avenue, outside the Ministry of Defence, City of Westminster, London A khukuri, the signature weapon of the Gurkhas Kaji (equivalent to Prime Minister of Gorkha Kingdom) Vamshidhar "Kalu" Pande and Chief of the Gorkhali Army; one of the most highly decorated Gorkhali commanders

  7. Kukeri - Wikipedia

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    Kukeri dancing in Kalipetrovo. Kukeri is a divinity personifying fecundity. Sometimes in Bulgaria and Serbia it is a plural divinity. In Bulgaria, a ritual spectacle of spring (a sort of carnival) takes place after a scenario of folk theatre, in which Kuker's role is interpreted by a man attired in a sheep- or goat-pelt, wearing a horned mask and girded with a large wooden phallus.

  8. Khukri-class corvette - Wikipedia

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    Khukri the lead ship of the class was decommissioned after 32 years of service on 23 December 2021. [2] She has since been preserved as a museum ship in Diu, India.. During a meeting between the defence minister's of India and Vietnam, India decided to gift the Kirpan to the Vietnam People's Navy.

  9. INS Kuthar (P46) - Wikipedia

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    INS Kuthar (P46) is a Khukri-class corvette, currently in service with the Indian Navy.It was designed by Indian naval architects and built at the Mazagon Dock in Mumbai. INS Kuthar was part of Western Naval Command till 1998 later it moved to be part of Eastern Naval Command. [1]