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    Madeira (/məˈdɪərə/, /məˈdɛərə/, Portuguese: [mɐˈðɐjɾɐ] ), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Portuguese: Região Autónoma da Madeira), is one...
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    The Music of Madeira reflects its cultural heritage, this can be seen in the local folklore music, which in Madeira is widespread and mainly uses local...
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    Urtica (redirect from Nettles in folklore)
    Africa Urtica membranacea Poir. ex Savigny Mediterranean region, Azores and Madeira Urtica morifolia Poir. Macaronesia Urtica minutifolia Griseb. Bolivia Urtica...
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    Legislative Assembly of Madeira (Portuguese: Assembleia Legislativa da Madeira) is the legislature of the Portuguese autonomous region of Madeira. The last regional...
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    5-stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal. The instrument traces back to the country's regional folk music, where it is used in folklore dances of Portugal...
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    Brinquinho (category Portuguese folklore)
    musical instrument from Madeira, Portugal. It's the main musical instrument used in the Folklore dance the Bailinho da Madeira. It consists of a set of...
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    Digital Folklore (Voi Records, 2002) Laughter Through Tears (Outcaste, 2003) Solomon&Socalled's HipHopKhasene (Piranha, 2003) Poison Sweet Madeira (Decca...
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    p. 78. Dr. Al C. Carder, GIANT TREES OF WESTERN AMERICA AND THE WORLD (Madeira Park, British Columbia: Harbour Publishing, 2005) p. 129. Measured by Prof...
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  • º 39/2012/M" (PDF). Jornal Oficial da Região Autónoma da Madeira. Governo Regional da Madeira. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2016. Coelho, Pedro...
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    interpretations of African craft and art. Like all human cultures, African folklore and religion represents a variety of social facets of the various cultures...
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    southeastwards into Iran are generally accepted as significantly distinct. On Madeira and the Azores, the local population has been described as E. r. microrhynchos...
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    2019. Retrieved January 18, 2019. "September 1996 Shooting and Death". madeira.hccanet.org. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved July...
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    unclear. The three subspecies are distributed in the Amazon basin, the upper Madeira River in Bolivia, and the Orinoco basin, respectively. The Amazon river...
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    Chayote (section Folklore)
    sôsety (tilapia and chayote). In the Portuguese Autonomous Regions of Madeira and Azores, where the vegetable is popular, chayote is called pimpinela...
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  • Cadborosaurus (category Canadian folklore)
    Cadborosaurus, nicknamed Caddy by journalist Archie Wills, is a sea serpent in the folklore of regions of the Pacific Coast of North America. Its name is derived from...
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    transportation and communication center. It is on the eastern shore of the Madeira River, one of the main tributaries of the Amazon River. It is also Rondônia's...
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  • wrapping), crispy chicken and crispy squid have become part of the Mauritian folklore. Furthermore, Chinese and other Asian restaurants are present all around...
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    the practice to the symbolism of the wood of the cross of crucifixion. Folklore researcher Steve Roud suggests that the widespread, modern use however...
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    subspecies, but the population on Madeira, previously also treated as a subspecies, is now treated as a distinct species, the Madeira firecrest, Regulus madeirensis...
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    Briza (section Folklore)
    marcowiczii Woronow – Turkey, Caucasus Briza maxima L. – Mediterranean, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands; naturalized in parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas...
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    Australia Sambucus javanica – southeastern Asia Sambucus lanceolata – Madeira Island Sambucus latipinna  [ar] – Korea, southeast Siberia Sambucus melanocarpa  [d]...
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    species is found within Africa, in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Madeira Islands, and the Canary Islands. Within temperate Asia, it is found in...
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    Bent Props and Blow Pots - A Pioneer Remembers Northern Bush Flying. Madeira Park, BC: Harour Publishing. ISBN 1-55017-381-2. West, Bruce (1974). The...
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    Plantago lanceolata—Ribwort plantain Plantago lanigera Plantago leiopetala—Madeira plantain Plantago longissima Plantago macrocarpa Plantago major—Greater...
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    Maria Ascensão (category People from Santa Cruz, Madeira)
    Fernandes Teixeira (1926–2001) was a Portuguese folklorist on the island of Madeira. When she was 22, she joined the recently established Grupo Folclórico...
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    and parts of Asia, as well as northern Africa. The range extends from Madeira, the British Isles and Iceland to Russia and northern China. Unlike many...
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    Traditions populaires de Provence, pp. 84-87 Arnold van Gennep, Manuel de folklore français contemporain, pt. 2, Du berceau à la tombe (1946) Wikimedia Commons...
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    Ángel Cabrera, the Spanish zoologist, resembles azorensis and breeds in Madeira and the western Canary Islands. T. m. mauritanicus, another small dark...
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    the Macaronesia ecoregion, along with the Azores, the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Savage Isles. The Cape Verde archipelago was uninhabited until...
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    before 1939. The Office for Folklore and Homeland was tasked with organizing smaller Nazi organizations that promoted the 'folklore' and the idea of Lebensraum...
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