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51Katalonan — A Katalonan (also spelled Catalonan) is a priest or priestess of the old Tagalog animistic religeon. These priestesses were either female, or male transvestites. Chirino, Pedro (1604). Relacion de las Islas Filipinas: Lihim Na Pagsamba Sa Diwata… …
52Ibrahima Fall — Sheikh Ibrahima Fall (1855–1930) was a disciple of Sheikh Aamadu Bàmba Mbàkke, founder of the Mouride Brotherhood movement in West Africa. Well known in the Mouride Brotherhood, Ibrahima Fall established the influential Baye Fall movement. Neil… …
53Nicobarese people — Nicobarese Regions with significant populations Nicobar Islands Religion Christianity (98%), Islam (2%) (Both Christian and Muslim Nicobarese incorporate elements of their primitive animistic religion in their worship)[1] Related eth …
54Khmer — /kmair, keuh mair /, n. 1. a member of a people in Cambodia whose ancestors established an empire about the 5th century A.D. and who reached their zenith during the 9th to the 12th centuries when they dominated most of Indochina. 2. an… …
55tai — /tuy/, n., pl. tai. any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai), a food fish of Japan. [1615 25; < Japn ta(w)i, earlier tafi] * * * I Any member of the dominant group of mainland Southeast Asia. They include the… …
56Tai — /tuy, tah ee/, n. 1. a group of languages spoken in SE Asia, including Thai, Lao, and Shan. 2. Thai. adj. 3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Tai. 4. Thai. * * * I Any member of the dominant group of mainland Southeast Asia. They include… …
57Kachin — Any member of a group of tribal peoples occupying parts of northeastern Myanmar and contiguous areas of India (Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland) and China (Yunnan). Numbering more than 700,000, they speak a variety of languages of the Tibeto Burman …
58arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
59Latin American architecture — Introduction history of architecture in Mesoamerica, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean beginning after contact with the Spanish and Portuguese in 1492 and 1500, respectively, and continuing to the present. For… …
60religions, classification of — Introduction the attempt to systematize and bring order to a vast range of knowledge about religious beliefs, practices, and institutions. It has been the goal of students of religion for many centuries but especially so with the increased… …
