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  • 41Haridwar — Infobox Indian Jurisdiction native name = Haridwar type = city latd = 29.96 | longd = 78.16| state name = Uttarakhand district = Haridwar skyline = Haridwar Aerial view.jpg skyline caption = Aerial view of Haridwar locator position = right leader …

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  • 42History of nudity — See also Timeline of non sexual social nudity .It is not known when humans began wearing clothes. Anthropologists logically presume that humans originally lived naked, without clothing, as their natural state. They postulate the adaptation of… …

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  • 43minhag — minhagic, adj. Seph. /meen hahg /; Ashk. /min hahg/, n., pl. minhagim Seph. /meen hah geem /; Ashk. /min hah gim/. Hebrew. a custom or procedure among Jews that is so firmly established as to have almost the binding force of law. [minhagh custom] …

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  • 44Twelve Tables, Law of the — Earliest codification of ancient Roman law, traditionally dated to 451–450 BC. They were purportedly written at the demand of the plebeians, who felt that their legal rights were hampered by the fact that court judgments were rendered according… …

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  • 45Nudity in sport — See also Nude recreation. See History of nudity for information about nudity in sports in historical times. Nudity in sport (playing sports without any clothing) is uncommon but has not been totally absent from ancient or current sporting… …

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  • 46dher-2, dherǝ- —     dher 2, dherǝ     English meaning: to hold, support     Deutsche Übersetzung: “halten, festhalten, stũtzen”     Material: O.Ind. dhar “hold, stop, bear, carry, prop, support, receive, hold upright “ (present mostly dhüra yati; perf. dadhü… …

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  • 47Islam in Egypt — The republic of Egypt has recognized Islam as the state religion since 1980. Egypt is predominantly Muslim, with Muslims comprising about 90% of a population of around 80 million Egyptianscite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the… …

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  • 48Hindu genealogy registers at Haridwar — Genealogy registers, of Hindu families, maintained by Brahmin Pandits (Priests) or ‘Pandas’, who double up as professional genealogists, at Haridwar, has been a subject of study for many years now [http://books.google.com/books?id=OsI7Hy8H34YC pg …

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  • 49Reconstructionist Judaism — is a modern American based Jewish movement based on the ideas of the late Mordecai Kaplan (1881 – 1983). The movement views Judaism as a progressively evolving civilization. [ [http://www.jrf.org/showres rid=143 What Are The Institutions Of The… …

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  • 50Ascension Day —    This marks the ascension of Christ into heaven, and being the fortieth day after Easter Sunday it always falls on a Thursday (hence its other name, Holy Thursday), though the actual date changes yearly. A custom of processing around the parish …

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