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  2. Art Fund - Wikipedia

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    Art Fund (formerly the National Art Collections Fund) is an independent membership-based British charity, which raises funds to aid the acquisition of artworks for the nation. It gives grants and acts as a channel for many gifts and bequests, as well as lobbying on behalf of museums and galleries and their users.

  3. Leirfall rock carvings - Wikipedia

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    Footprints have been interpreted in different ways throughout the history of archaeology: as a representation of gods, the deceased, ownership or power. [3] [8] Professor Sognnes has argued that, due to the sheer number of them (in the hundreds), it is difficult to defend an interpretation of the Leirfall footprints as representing gods or power.

  4. National symbols of Bhutan - Wikipedia

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    The national symbols of Bhutan include the national flag, national emblem, national anthem, and the mythical druk thunder featured in all three. Other distinctive symbols of Bhutan and its dominant Ngalop culture include Dzongkha, the national language; the Bhutanese monarchy; and the driglam namzha, a seventeenth-century code on dress, etiquette, and dzong architecture.

  5. List of ideological symbols - Wikipedia

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    Penguin – used in some states as a symbol of the Libertarian Party. Porcupine – used as a symbol of the Free State Project in New Hampshire and Libertarian ideas and movements in general. Raccoon – Whig Party [16] Red rose – Democratic Socialists of America. Red, white and blue cockade – Democratic-Republican Party.

  6. Armenian eternity sign - Wikipedia

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    The Armenian eternity sign ( ֎ ֍ , Armenian: Հավերժության նշան, romanized : haverzhut’yan nshan) or Arevakhach ( Արեւախաչ, "Sun Cross") is an ancient Armenian national symbol and a symbol of the national identity of the Armenian people. [1] It is one of the most common symbols in Armenian architecture, [2] [3] carved ...

  7. Nadar (caste) - Wikipedia

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    Nadar Regions with significant populations Chennai, Kanyakumari, Kollam, Madurai, Thanjavur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thoothukudi, Tiruchendur, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar Languages Tamil, Malayalam Religion Hinduism, Christianity, Ayyavazhi Related ethnic groups Tamil people Nadar (also referred to as Nadan, Shanar and Shanan) is a Tamil caste of India. Nadars are predominant in the districts of ...

  8. Wikipedia:Picture of the day - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Purge page cache. The picture of the day ( POTD) is a section on the English Wikipedia 's Main Page that is automatically updated every day with one or more featured pictures, accompanied by a blurb. Although it is generally scheduled and edited by a small group of regular editors, anyone can contribute.

  9. National symbols of the United States - Wikipedia

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    References. ^ 4 U.S.C. § 1 ("The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be forty-eight stars, white in a blue field."); § 2 ("On the admission of a new State into the Union one star shall be added to the union of the flag; and such addition shall take effect on ...