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    The Fire of Rice Sheaves (稲むらの火, Inamura no Hi) is a story based on the events of the 1854 Nankai earthquake's tsunami. Before the 1854 tsunami struck...
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    specifically by the Japanese delegation as it was the day of the traditional Japanese tale of The Fire of Rice Sheaves, which remembers the actions of Hamaguchi...
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    was night, he ordered that the stacked sheaves of rice, which were drying after the recent harvest, be set on fire to guide the villagers to safety. As a...
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    1854 Nankai earthquake (category Earthquakes of the Edo period)
    the coast of Ehime. A tsunami was observed in Shanghai, China, and a water surge of about 2 to 3 Chi was recorded in Huangpu River. The Fire of Rice Sheaves...
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    Hiromura Embankment, National Historic Site Hiro Hachiman-jinja The Fire of Rice Sheaves Ladd, George T. (1908). In Korea with Marquis Ito "Hirogawa Town...
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    Annalakshmi represents rice; Dhanyalakshmi is another name for the goddess who is depicted with a few sheaves of paddy in her hand. In the Mahabharata epic...
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    is the Japanese kami of foxes, fertility, rice, tea and sake, agriculture and industry, and general prosperity and worldly success, and is one of the principal...
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    the centre is a water lily, that is bordered on two sides by rice sheaves. Above the water lily are four stars and three connected jute leaves. The water...
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    wheat, rice, oats, rye, barley, corn (maize), sorghum, millet, soybeans, flax (linseed), sunflowers and rapeseed. The separated straw (consisting of stems...
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  • cut the first sheaves of rice and present it to the Creator on 21 August. Traditionally, the harvest feast is celebrated with the music of brass bands,...
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    Butler Island (Georgia) (category Pages using the Kartographer extension)
    sheaves and stacked in ricks for the rice to cure. The stalks were cut away, and the cured rice boiled in vats, dried, and threshed to separate the kernels...
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    Lohri (category Traditions involving fire)
    people lit the bonfire to reignite the return of longer days. In Punjab, Lohri is marked by eating sheaves of roasted corn from the new harvest. The January...
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    carrying sheaves of rice on each end of a pole across his shoulders (pikulan). In the sixteenth century, Europeans visiting the Indonesian islands saw rice as...
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    the Columbian exchange, it has become a staple food in many parts of the world, with the total production of maize surpassing that of wheat and rice....
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    Kodava people (category Social groups of Karnataka)
    gods. The sheaves are attached over the front door and the main lamp in the home to mark the generosity of the gods and attract a good harvest in the following...
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    Hiromura Embankment (category History of Wakayama Prefecture)
    However, the death toll was only 30 people due to the quick actions of local magistrate Hamaguchi Goryō, who ordered that stacked sheaves of rice, which...
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    San Francisco cable car system (category Cableways on the National Register of Historic Places)
    below the junction of Washington and Mason Streets and see the large cavern where the cables are routed out to the street via huge sheaves. The car is...
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    Rumoh Aceh (category Culture of Aceh)
    padé, "rice storage") is a small rice granary located under or beside the house. Unlike rice granaries in Java, which hold sheaves of rice, rice granaries...
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    symbols. The national symbols of Bangladesh consist of symbols to represent Bangladeshi traditions and ideals that reflect the different aspects of the cultural...
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    time. Someone in the crowd yelled, "FIRE". The ensuing panic and stampede left several dead. Spurgeon was emotionally impacted by the event and it had...
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  • conical or tent-like arrangement of sheaves of the cut stalks of a grain crop, placed so as to keep the grain-heads off the ground prior to collection for...
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    Saunders Mac Lane (category Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America editors)
    type the name without a space. He was the eldest of three brothers; one of his brothers, Gerald MacLane, also became a mathematics professor at Rice University...
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    One Canada Square (category Skyscrapers in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets)
    were César Pelli, Brian Mulroney, Peter Rice, Man-Chung Tang, and Margaret Thatcher. Paul Reichmann, the owner of Olympia & York gave credit to Pelli for...
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  • but is used to guide the cable or exert a force, the supporting shell is called a block, and the pulley may be called a sheave. A pulley may have a groove...
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  • Lubricants – Basic requirements ISO 4347:2015 Leaf chains, clevises and sheaves — Dimensions, measuring forces, tensile strengths and dynamic strengths...
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    floral designs. The carved doors and windows of the shrine depict sheaves of rice, fish and shrimp to represent the fecundity of the nation. The Phra Mondop...
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    the traditional tool is small knife they use for cutting rice sheaves. The Dong people have their own spoken and written language. The development of...
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  • the original action is sheaving the thatch, but it can also be used as a classifier, e.g., hlaus gieps hya two. classifier thatch "两夹茅草, two sheaves of...
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    this relationship is like two sheaves of reeds leaning on each other for support (the parallel at SA 288 has three sheaves instead). There are also several...
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    known as the glossy ganoderma. Due to this myth the city of Guangzhou has also adopted the nicknames "the City of Goats" (羊城), "Sheaves of Rice City" (穗城)...
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