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  Bura
Bura is the language spoken by tghe Pabir and Bura of Nigeria.language.
The population of the Bura is over 250,000.
Bura is spoken by 200,000 Pabir & 32,000 in Adamawa State of Nigeria.
www.flw.com /languages/bura.htm   (55 words)

  
 Bura Folktales
These stories are reproduced from Education of Primitive People: A Presentation of the Folklore of the Bura Animists With a Meaningful Experience Curriculum A. Helser.
Despite the book's objectionable title, the intent of the author, Church of the Brethren missionary Albert Helser, was quite advanced at the time.
The founder of the missionary school in Garkida, Dr. Helser incorporated existing Bura folk wisdom in the educational curriculum for Bura children instead of only using out-of-context Western material.
www.msu.edu /user/hamza/BuraFolktales.htm   (208 words)

  
  Rules of Card Games: Bura
Bura is a rather unusual point-trick game, in which it is possible to lead several cards at the same time provided that they are of the same suit.
If two or more players have Bura, the one whose turn to play to the next trick was earliest leads his Bura and the holders of the other Buras play theirs in turn; whoever wins this trick wins the pot.
Bura can also be played with a 32-card pack without the sixes.
www.pagat.com /aceten/bura.html   (1124 words)

  
 Wora Bura Resort and Spa Hua Hin   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wora Bura Resort and Spa represents a beautiful city presenting the atmosphere of 19th century Thailand.
We would also like to inform you about the great things that King Rama V did for our country and the relationship between the western countries and Siam (as Thailand was at that time called).
At Wora Bura Resort and Spa, all our rooms and suites are designed individually and uniquely decorated.
worabura.brittlestarresorts.com   (138 words)

  
 Croatian tourist magazine - Discover Croatia - Croatica.net   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bura is actually a cold, fierce northeastern wind, with its name deriving from a pre-Slavic word for “evil wind”.
Buras are raised by the passing of cold wind from the continental side of tall mountains (Učka, Velebit, and Dinara).
Bura is a phenomenon known thru ought the world, and even one of the most famous German automobile manufacturer named one of its models after it - Bora...
www.croatica.net /en/magazin/upoznajmohrvatsku/default.asp?id=1   (506 words)

  
 The Newburyport Bura Alliance
Bura is located in the Taita/Taveta District of Kenya’s Coast Province, approximately 60 miles from the Indian Ocean.
The people of Bura are predominantly of the Taita (Dawida) ethnic group, speaking the Dawida language as their mother tongue.
The ancestors of the Bura Taita were said to have migrated from Lewa in Tanzania, in search of land for grazing and cultivation.
www.masskenya.org /bura.htm   (1176 words)

  
 adriatica.net > Discover Croatia
The bura is an unpredictable wind that blows from the mainland towards the sea in gushes.
Although the bura wind is generally a winter wind, it is present year round and mostly in the morning, reaching an average speed of 11 m/s.
The bura is known for its "capriciousness", that is, its blowing in gushes, as well as sudden and often unexpected beginning.
www.adriatica.net /croatia/feature/vjetrovi_en.htm   (753 words)

  
 bura lagta hai - Apniisp.Com : GupShup Community
tum merey deedar ko tarso to bura lagta hai
tum kisi aur ko dekho to bura lagta hai
tum kahin aur jo mehko to bura lagta hai
www.apniisp.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=35705&view=getnewpost   (578 words)

  
 BURA Awards
BURA, the British Urban Regeneration Association, was formed in 1990 to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, experience and information for the emerging regeneration sector.
Free Form Arts Trust is delighted to announce that Hothouse has scooped two BURA Awards: Hothouse is one of six national winners of the Best Practice in Regeneration Awards and the overall winner of the English Partnerships Award for Partnership in Regeneration.
The 'British Urban Regeneration Association' (BURA) award winners were officially announced by The Rt Hon Jeff Rooker, Minister for Regeneration and Regional Development at Tate Britain on 17th November 2004.
www.freeform.org.uk /bura.htm   (698 words)

  
 Buddhist Channel | Bhutan | The significance of Bura Maap
The Bura Maap is awarded from the Golden Throne by the monarchs and it gives a weight to the institution, according to Dasho Karma Ura.
According to chief justice, Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye, who was the first Bura Maap recipient from His Majesty in 1974, the red scarf symbolises honour, respect in the society, recognition by the government, and added responsibilities on the person who was conferred.
As one Dasho, who was conferred the Bura Maap last week said, it is also a recognition of the system or the institute he or she represents.
www.buddhistchannel.tv /index.php?id=40,3552,0,0,1,0   (1395 words)

  
 Huahin hotels and resorts - Wora Bura Resort & Spa - Pictures and Facilities
Inspired by the Thai History during the Majesty King Rama V made his formal visit to Europe, Wora Bura Resort and Spa, a unique Thai Cultural Resort and Spa is designed to represent a beautiful city reflecting the atmosphere of 19th century Thailand when his Majesty King Rama V made his formal visit to Europe.
Wora Bura Resort and Spa is located along the gulf of Siam and on the serene beachfront of Hua Hin.
Wora Bura Resort and Spa consistently exceeds customer expectations through uncompromising first class service that reflecting the warmth of traditional Thai hospitality that is always delivered with our world famous “Thai Smile”.
www.sawasdee.com /hotel/huahin/worabura/pictures.html   (1112 words)

  
 Bura Heads: Terra Cotta Sculpture from Africa
Bura is located in southwestern Niger close to the Niger River, the banks and tributaries of which generated other first-millennium cultures, notably Nok, Sokoto, and Katsina from northern Nigeria.
In contrast to the more representational style of terra cotta sculptures created by their neighbors, Bura terra cottas are distinguished by a preference for abstraction and simplification.
Bura artists seemed to have derived great pleasure in achieving an identity with the least amount of clues.
www.nmcah.org /exhibitions/bura_heads.htm   (957 words)

  
    Blind Divinity .:|:. Belldandy, Goddess of the Present and Wind
Manga Chibi Bura: She has her hair up in a ponytail with few stray hairs.
Bura also wears little fl shoes and white socks.
Older Bura: Her hair is past her shoulders and has a red head band.
members.tripod.com /bura_ten/fashion.html   (190 words)

  
 The Trumptonshire Web - Bura & Hardwick
Gordon Murray made the original puppets, using ping-pong ball heads and foam bodies, but these did not have the joints which were needed to allow the animators to repeatedly position the limbs in different poses.
Bura and Hardwick’s solution was to modify these puppets using a wire framework.
This editing process is obviously time consuming, but Bob Bura is justifiably proud of the fact that they would usually shoot a 2min 30sec reel of film in story-line sequence, with such perfect timing that no editing was required.
www.t-web.co.uk /trump_bh.htm   (1154 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Guwahati
Thenceforth, the place came to be known as Bura Piror Masjid.
The area came to be known as Hedayatpur and its residents began to throng the Bura Masjid.
During the earthquake of 1857, the masjid was badly damaged and was rebuilt into a small Assam-type structure with brick foundation at the initiative of police officer Akhtar Hussain and contractor Ida Khan.
www.telegraphindia.com /1041204/asp/guwahati/story_4078191.asp   (567 words)

  
 BURA Boğaziçi Üniversiteliler Derneği   (Site not responding. Last check: )
BURA President Akkoc visited Lebanon's Istanbul Embassy and talked to Ambassador Dr Tanous Aoun.
Relationships between BURA and EMU (European Muslim Union) goes from strength to strength.
Nevzat Yalcintas evaluated the European Union's(EU) decision in the Brussels Summit on December 17 in BURA on December 20.
www.bura.org.tr /English/default.asp   (683 words)

  
 Himalayan Imports Biographies
I guess Bura is five-foot-two or three and weighs maybe 115 pounds but he can swing a mean hammer and he knows how and where to hit hot steel.
Bura was sort of the leader of the prayer movement when I was in the hospital and for that I extend great thanks to him and all the others who followed suit.
Bura went for checkup a day or two back and doc says he's doing fine but is facing meds for the rest of his life.
www.himalayan-imports.com /bio.html   (4616 words)

  
 PAUL BURA - POET, BROADCASTER, WRITER
Paul Bura's rare ability to work with humour, vision and compassion is a gift that makes his writing immediately accessible.
This is the question Paul Bura asked as he sat with pen poised, waiting for inspiration.
The Oak On The Plain is Paul Bura's first breakaway from poetry but still continuing and probing the subject of love which he considers the only positive thing worth pursuing on all its different levels.
www.paulbura.co.uk /books.htm   (558 words)

  
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The Pabir and the Bura are ethnically different, but they both speak the Bura language.
Bura entry in the Summer Institute of Linguistics Ethnologue--This short entry has some information on the number of Bura speakers and the various dialects of Bura which exists.
It was put on line by CSAC (the Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing at University of Kent, Canterbury) and CISPAL (The Cambridge Institute for the Study of Pacific and African Languages).
www.geocities.com /Athens/6060/BuraLanguage.htm   (194 words)

  
 RedList: Bura system ...
These are large terracotta funeral jars, which may be tubular or ovoid in shape, topped by heads, effigies or even horsemen.
The Bura copper-based items accompanying these finds are essentially made up of decorative bracelets and arrow-heads with upturned ends.
The rigorous methods used in excavation work, both at the surface and in stratigraphic analysis, have enabled information on burials in the Bura system from the 2nd to the 11th centuries to be gathered.
icom.museum /redlist/afrique/english/page05.htm   (580 words)

  
 Animated Lust (Rated PG!) - Bura   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bura is the daughter of Vegeta and Bulma in DragonBall Z.
She is very cheerful and beautiul, but can tend to have a bad temper like her parents.
Bura loves to drive and shop and is very close friends with Pan.
www.fantasykat.com /ch/1c/bura.html   (55 words)

  
 Wora Bura Resort & Spa - Discount Hua Hin Hotel Reservations
The Wora Bura Resort & Spa, Hua Hin is cradled directly on the peaceful beachfront of Hua Hin.
The luxury Wora Bura Resort & Spa offers elegant Thai and European style rooms, and has a restful atmosphere.
Drive time from Hua Hin Airport to the Wora Bura Resort & Spa is approximately 15 minutes or about 3.5 hours from Bangkok.
directrooms.com /thailand/hotels/wora-bura-resort-spa-hua-hin-6302.htm   (285 words)

  
 Wora Bura Resort & Spa Hua Hin : Wora Bura Hua Hin, Five Stars Hotel Hua Hin, Luxury Hotel Hua Hin, Cultural Hotel, ...
Inspired by the Thai History during the Majesty King Rama V made his formal visit to Europe, Wora Bura Resort and Spa, a unique Thai Cultural Resort and Spa is designed to represent a beautiful city reflecting the atmosphere of 19th century Thailand when his Majesty King Rama V made his formal visit to Europe.
Wora Bura Resort and Spa is located along the gulf of Siam and on the serene beachfront of Hua Hin.
With only 77 rooms at Wora Bura more attention and a personal touch can be provided for our guest.
www.worabura.com /about.php.htm   (226 words)

  
 Buras pictures and videos on Webshots   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bura mat dekho,Bura mat suno, Bura mat bolo !!!!!
bura na dekho, bura na suno, auur bura na bolo!!
Brenna, Bura, Rocky (HA!), and Mrs, B. Katie, Bura, Me, and Steph, mulling about before rehear...
www.webshots.com /search?query=Buras   (173 words)

  
 Bandar Utama Residents' Association - Home
Davis Tan, the GM for volunteering to provide and maintain the website for BURA to serve as a channel for communication for BURA members.
As such, it is very timely that Datum has offered these services for the benefit of all BU residents.
Organised jointly by Starbucks Coffee at Centre Point with BURA and Waitankong Members on 10th Sept 2006.
www.bura.org.my   (204 words)

  
 bura
The Bura style, characterized by terra cotta figurines, with the flattened heads, with typical scarifications, are located in the south-western of Niger and est of Burkina Faso (see map).
The discovery of the bura vestiges is one of the greatest archaeological African discoveries of the 20 century.
The essential of what one knows of the Bura culture is based
noketbura.ifrance.com /bura_e.htm   (84 words)

  
 Welcome to the City of Bend Oregon Website - BURA (Bend Urban Renewal Agency)
BURA is a seven member board consisting of the seven members of the City Council (please see under board members) who meet the Monday before the second Council meeting of every month at 5:00 pm in the Board Room at City Hall.
The agendas and attending documents are posted on this website under "Current BURA Agenda Packet" the week before any given meeting.
To sustain and enhance the Central Bend Development Program Area's livability and economic vitality for its residents, businesses and visitors.
www.ci.bend.or.us /depts/urban_renewal_economic_development/bura_(bend_urban_renewal_agency)/index.html   (238 words)

  
 Yacht club Bura - Makarska
The Yacht Club "Bura" was founded immediately after the World War II, but, as the real beginning of its operation, 1951 is considered, when the first STAR class sailboat was purchased.
In 1952, another two sailboats were purchased - one of them sailboat cruiser of 38 feet - which enabled a larger number of young people to sail.
The Club has electric crane, so that it provides services of lifting and washing of boats.
www.makarska.com /sport/bura/buraen.html   (297 words)

  
 Amazon.com: bura   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Education of primitive people;: A presentation of the folklore of the Bura animists with a meaningful experience curriculum, by Albert David Helser (Unknown Binding - 1969)
BURAS Street Sign ~ Personalized Family Lastname Sign ~ Gameroom, Basement, Garage Sign ** by The Lizton Sign Shop
Composition, structure, and regeneration patterns in a gallery forest along the Tana River near Bura, Kenya [An article from: Forest Ecology and Management by J.K. Maingi and S.E. Marsh (Dec 1, 2006)
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=bura&tag=icongroupinterna&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1   (468 words)

  
 YouTube - Orkanska Bura / Hurricane force Bura
YouTube - Orkanska Bura / Hurricane force Bura
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Hurricane force Bura in Razanac (Velebit channel) below Velebit massif on March 12th 2006.
www.youtube.com /watch?v=I5iguLOwEJg   (241 words)

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