Word: robed
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...Martin Luther King Day - the center opens "America I AM," an exhibition celebrating the contributions of African Americans to U.S. history. Among the artifacts on display are the key to King's jail cell, Malcolm X's Koran and Muhammad Ali's "Rumble in the Jungle" robe...
...really celebrates Saint Nicholas Day in New York, but they do celebrate Christmas. The New York Historical Society publishes a broadside that features a picture of the newly declared patron saint delivering gifts to children during the Christmas season. Nicholas still looks like a saint - he wears a priestly robe and has a halo around his bald head...
...known in India as Parsis) regard sky burials, in which the bodies are exposed to natural elements including vultures in open-topped "Towers of Silence," as an ecologically friendly alternative to cremation, consistent with their religion's reverence for the earth. A Zoroastrian priest clad in a long, cotton robe explains: "Death is considered to be the work of Angra Mainyu, the embodiment of all that is evil, whereas the earth and all that is beautiful is considered to be the pure work of God. We must not pollute the earth with our remains...
Throughout the play, the performers elicited laughter by rendering situations outrageous while still remaining true to their characters’ intentions. Stone gave a notable performance as the Lord Chancellor, especially during a scene when he changes costumes—from a judge’s robe to a candy cane-like robe and cap—to sing about his unrequited love for Phyllis. This scene transitions into the cheerful “If You Go In,” performed by two other Lords (Benjamin J. Nelson ’11 and Jonathan P. Finn-Gamino...