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  • 11ornate — ornately, adv. ornateness, n. /awr nayt /, adj. 1. elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa. 2. embellished with rhetoric; florid or high flown: an ornate style of writing. [1375… …

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  • 12Yatai —    Ornately decorated festival floats of many different kinds, weighing up to several tons and designated locally by various names, most incorporating the word mountain , such as yama (mountain), hiki yama (pulled mountain), yamagasa (mountain… …

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  • 13Gagaku — An ornately painted tsuri daiko, used in gagaku music Gagaku (雅楽, literally elegant music ) is a type of Japanese classical music that has been performed at the Imperial Court in Kyoto for severa …

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  • 14Traditional Japanese musical instruments — Kitagawa Utamaro, Flowers of Edo: Young Woman s Narrative Chanting to the Shamisen , ca. 1880 Traditional Japanese musical instruments comprise a wide range of string, wind, and percussion instruments. Contents …

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  • 15Norwich Cathedral — For the Catholic Cathedral in Norwich, see St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich. Norwich Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Spire and south transept …

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  • 16Uvdal Stave Church — is situated at Uvdal in Nore and Uvdal municipality, which is in the valley Numedal in Norway. The stave church was originally constructed just after the year 1168 [ [http://www.riksantikvaren.no/Norsk/Fagemner/Bygninger/Kirker/Stavkirker/?module …

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  • 17Akshardham (Delhi) — This article is about the Hindu cultural complex in Delhi. For other meanings, see Akshardham (disambiguation). Akshardham …

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  • 18Nallur Kandaswamy temple — Entrance to the Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil in Jaffna, Sri Lanka …

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  • 19Kaavya Viswanathan — (born January 16, 1987) is an Indian American woman who came to public attention in 2006 when portions of her debut novel, How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life , were revealed to have been plagiarized from several sources.Book… …

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  • 20Brumidi Corridors — The Brumidi Corridors are the vaulted, ornately decorated corridors on the first floor of the Senate wing in the United States Capitol.Background and artistThey are named for Constantino Brumidi, who designed the murals, although assistants and… …

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