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  2. Ru (upper garment) - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the Eastern Han, the ru was the most common form of short robe for both men and women; however, the ru was preferred by women afterwards. [17] The long ru could reach the knee-level whereas the short ru was waist-length. [17] The ru could be found unlined, lined or padded. [17]

  3. Court dress - Wikipedia

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    These robes have been worn since 1988, when the High Court abandoned the previous court dress of black silk robes, bar jackets, jabots or bands and full-bottomed wigs and lace cuffs on formal occasions and bench wigs for ordinary business attire. In the High Court of Australia, barristers wear the same dress as is required by the Supreme Court ...

  4. Biblical clothing - Wikipedia

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    While a woman's garments mostly corresponded to those of men: they wore simlā and ketonet, they also evidently differed in some ways from those of men [1] [3] (see Deuteronomy 22:5). Women's garments were probably longer (compare Nahum 3:5 , Jeremiah 13:22 , Jeremiah 13:26 , Isaiah 47:2 ), had sleeves ( 2Samuel 13:19 ), presumably were ...

  5. Buddhas of Bamiyan - Wikipedia

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    This coating, the majority of which wore away long ago, was painted to enhance the expressions of the faces, hands, and folds of the robes; the larger one was painted carmine red, and the smaller one was painted multiple colours. [12] The lower parts of the statues' arms were constructed from the same mud-straw mix, supported on wooden ...

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  7. Blue - Wikipedia

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    In sports, blue is widely represented in uniforms in part because the majority of national teams wear the colours of their national flag. For example, the national men's football team of France are known as Les Bleus (the Blues). Similarly, Argentina, Italy, and Uruguay wear blue shirts. [100]

  8. Shinto - Wikipedia

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    A torii gateway to the Yobito Shrine (Yobito-jinja) in Abashiri City, HokkaidoThere is no universally agreed definition of Shinto. [2] According to Joseph Cali and John Dougill, if there was "one single, broad definition of Shinto" that could be put forward, it would be that "Shinto is a belief in kami", the supernatural entities at the centre of the religion. [3]

  9. Selkie - Wikipedia

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    A typical folk-tale is that of a man who steals a female selkie's skin, finds her naked on the sea shore, and compels her to become his wife. [18] But the wife will spend her time in captivity longing for the sea, her true home, and will often be seen gazing longingly at the ocean.