Word: woodenness
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...bring good luck and peace in the coming year). Live music ranging from samba to rock blasts from four stages along the beach. New Year's is also a day to honor Iemanjá--goddess of the sea and mother of the waters--with ritualistic offerings stowed in small wooden boats and launched in the surf. Tradition holds that if the goddess is pleased with a boat's offerings (usually perfume, white flowers or trinkets), she will carry the boat out to sea and bestow the bearer with blessings. If not, it's still a great party...
...restaurant’s five or six employees had come to Boston from Eritrea, which was an Italian colony until 1941 and a part of Ethiopia until 1993. All of the art on the walls was hand-made in Eritrea, and included paintings of city streets, painted wooden bowls and platters, and a goat-skin baby carrier decorated with cowry shells. The authentic decor, the basket tables, and the smell of spice in the air (cardamom, I thought) distinguish Asmara from the other storefronts in Central Square. Bring a date for an exotic experience, or a group of friends...
Usually thought of as playthings for little girls, dolls take on a much more artistic function as interpreted by the artist Alexander Girard, who died in 1993. The Wooden Dolls, above, originally made by Girard in 1963 and inspired by his love of folk art, have been re-created by the design firm Vitra. More of a decorative item than a toy, the colorful and slightly kooky figures delight...
Carelessly, he tosses his sweatshirt across his wooden desk, adjusts his round glasses, and rubs his facial hair. He makes eye contact with no one. Brand new stick of chalk in one hand, giant eraser in the other, he turns his back to the class and with dramatic, Van Gogh chalk strokes, he divides the wide blackboard into four squares...
...While old, rickety wooden mills dot ranchlands across Texas - pumping water for stock tanks and standing as emblematic silhouettes of the Old West - their modern 400-ft.-plus-tall steel counterparts have sprung up across the state, pushing Texas into the lead over California as the country's top wind-energy producer. With the backing of environmental groups and the support of the state's conservative Republican leadership, wind-energy projects are increasing in number...