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Cordage fiber obtained from leaves of several plants from the genus Agave, especially Agave cantala, native to Mexico and introduced to the Philippines, Indonesia, and India. Maguey is woven into textile, rope, twine, and netting.

Describe obras creadas por africanos de mismo nombre, que habitan el norte de Nigeria.

Finno-Ugric people inhabiting Central Europe for many centuries and forming the majority of the population in the modern state of Hungary.

Juego de fichas de origen chino, generalmente jugado en grupos de 4 personas con 144 piezas similares a las del dominó, marcadas con diversas formas denominadas "círculos", "caracteres" y "bambúes". El objetivo del juego es combinar y recolectar las fichas de acuerdo a su similitud.

Conjunto de 144 piezas silimares al dominó divididas en círculos, bambúes y caracteres, usadas para el juego de mesa de origen chino denominado Mah Jongg.

In Indian architecture, a principal gate; main gate.

In Indian architecture, a Śaiva dvārapāla.

Sanskrit poems of the kavya literary style; mahakavyas are short epics characterized by elaborate figures of speech. In its classical form, a mahakavya consists of a variable number of comparatively short cantos, each composed in a meter appropriate to its particular subject matter, which is taken from the epic tradition.

Palacio de la India, especialmente aquéllos del periodo islámico.

Style of textile, particularly a type of coarse-woven carpet made in Maḥallāt and villages near Arak in Iran.

Designa barrios residenciales claramente definidios de los pueblos tradicionales islámicos, cada distintos se caracteriza por una comunidad relacionada por cuestiones religiosas, ocupaciones, étnicas, socioculturales o tribales.

In Indian architecture, a great columnar hall; large hall attached to ardhamaṇḍapa (term not found in texts); outer large maṇḍapa, usually open; gūḍhamaṇḍapa; sometimes also raṅgamaṇḍapa; piriyamaṇḍapa (old Kannaḍa).

In Indian architecture, a large gavākṣa dormer (South India); large nāsī; dormer at the cardinal and sometimes subcardinal points of the śikhara; cardinal nāsi; facial larger dormer of a śikhara-cupola; figuring also at the śukanāsa-front in Karṇāṭan vimānas.

In Indian architecture, a wide band or belt, projecting topmost band of adhiṣṭhāna.

In Indian architecture, a broad band.

In Indian architecture, a broad band, especially the projecting topmost band of adhiṣṭhāna; broad fillet.

In Indian architecture, a tall plinth with additional special mouldings for larger temples; tall socle with additional set of upper mouldings, usually vēdībandha, for sāndhāra temples.

In Indian art and architecture, a "royal ease" sitting posture.