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Thai spirits or ghosts are known generically as phi (ผี). A large proportion of these spirits are nocturnal . Except for the well-known Preta, most ghosts were traditionally not represented in paintings or drawings, hence they are purely based on oral tradition. [ 5] The local beliefs regarding the village spirits of Thailand were studied ...
Years active. 2000–present. Known for. Stellarium. Fabien Chéreau (born 17 September 1980 in Villefranche-sur-Saône, France) is a French research engineer and computer programmer best known for authoring the planetarium software Stellarium, a free, open source astronomy software package which renders 3D photo-realistic skies in real time. [ 1]
Me-dam-me-phi is a Tai-Ahom word, Mae (𑜉𑜦𑜧) means offering, Dam (𑜓𑜪) means the dead and Phi (𑜇𑜣) means the god. [8] [9] The rituals of the observance of Me Dam Me Phi are written in the book Khyek-lai or Lit Lai Me-Dam-Me-Phi in Tai Ahom language. [10] In other Tai groups distant ancestors are referred as'Phi-dam. [11]
Stellarium (software) Stellarium is a free and open-source planetarium, licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version, available for Linux, Windows, and macOS. A port of Stellarium called Stellarium Mobile is available for Android, iOS, and Symbian as a paid version, being developed by Noctua Software ...
The Alpha chapter of Omega Psi Phi in 1911. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. (ΩΨΦ) is a historically African-American fraternity.The fraternity was founded on November 17, 1911, the first at a historically black university, by three Howard University students, Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper and Frank Coleman, and their faculty adviser, Dr. Ernest Everett Just.
Look up stellarium in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A stellarium is a three-dimensional map of the stars, typically centered on Earth. They are common fixtures at planetariums, where they illustrate the local deep space out to perhaps 50 light years. Older examples were normally built using small colored balls or lights on support rods ...
Delta Phi Epsilon (social) Delta Phi Epsilon ( ΔΦΕ or DPhiE) is an international sorority founded on March 17, 1917 at New York University Law School in Manhattan. [ 1] It is one of 26 social sororities that form the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC). [ 2] It has 110 active chapters, three of which are located in Canada, making the ...
Tai Meuay (/ taj mɯaj /), Tai Meuy (/ taj mɤːj /), or Tày Mười is a Southwestern Tai language spoken in Bolikhamxay Province, Laos. Phonological and anthropological evidence show that it is most closely related to the Tai Daeng (Red Tai) language. Tai Meuay also displays lexical similarities with Tay language varieties of Nghệ An ...