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2. The Girl Who Lived in the Tree - Wikipedia

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   In The Girl Who Lived in the Tree he focused on the peacock, India's national bird, which is culturally associated with beauty, grace, and love. He asked Irish milliner Philip Treacy to create a peacock headpiece for the collection; as usual his creative brief was simple and gave wide latitude for interpretation.

3. Peafowl - Wikipedia

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   Argusianus. Tropicoperdix. A peacock spreading his tail, displaying his plumage. Peahen. Peafowl is a common name for two bird species of the genus Pavo and one species of the closely related genus Afropavo within the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae (the pheasants and their allies). Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and female ...

4. Structural coloration - Wikipedia

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   Structural coloration in animals, and a few plants, is the production of colour by microscopically structured surfaces fine enough to interfere with visible light instead of pigments, although some structural coloration occurs in combination with pigments. For example, peacock tail feathers are pigmented brown, but their microscopic structure ...

5. ‘There’s magic, there’s mythology, there’s power to these ...

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   Traveling in five canoes, the team of 10 collected data on everything from birds to settlements, boats and bridges to create a comprehensive snapshot of the Chambeshi’s vast ecosystem.

6. Prince of Wales's feathers - Wikipedia

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   German: Ich dien (I serve) The Prince of Wales's feathers are the heraldic badge of the Prince of Wales, the heir to the British throne. The badge consists of three white ostrich feathers encircled by a gold coronet. A ribbon below the coronet bears the German motto Ich dien ( German: [ɪç ˈdiːn], modern German "ich diene", "I serve").

7. Bedding ceremony - Wikipedia

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   Bedding ceremony. The bedding ceremony refers to the wedding custom of putting the newlywed couple together in the marital bed in front of numerous witnesses, usually family, friends, and neighbors, thereby completing the marriage. The purpose of the ritual was to establish the consummation of the marriage, either by actually witnessing the ...