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1 giorno fa · Weaving is an important part of traditional life in eastern Ladakh. Both women and men weave, on different looms. Sport Sul-ma, woman's woollen dress (detail), Ladakh, late 19th-early 20th century. The most popular sport in Ladakh is ice hockey, which is played only on natural ice generally mid-December through mid-February.
6 giorni fa · Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor percentages of waxes, fats, pectins, and water. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will increase the ...
20 mag 2024 · Planet. Saturn. As depicted by Gan Bozong, woodcut print, Tang dynasty (618–907) The Yellow Emperor, also known as the Yellow Thearch or by his Chinese name Huangdi ( / ˈhwɑːŋ ˈdiː / ), is a mythical Chinese sovereign and culture hero included among the legendary Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and an individual deity ( shen) or ...
3 giorni fa · In Chinese culture, the bamboo, plum blossom, orchid, and chrysanthemum (often known as méi lán zhú jú 梅蘭竹菊 in Chinese) are collectively referred to as the Four Gentlemen. These four plants also represent the four seasons and, in Confucian ideology, four aspects of the junzi ("prince" or "noble one").
3 giorni fa · John B. Goodenough. John Bannister Goodenough ( / ˈɡʊdɪnʌf / GUUD-in-uf; [3] July 25, 1922 – June 25, 2023) was an American materials scientist, a solid-state physicist, and a Nobel laureate in chemistry. From 1986 he was a professor of Materials Science, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, [4] at the University of Texas ...
20 mag 2024 · This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).
