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Buka Malai , a Noongar Southwest Australian indigenous word describing, usually, a kangaroo-skin cloak worn draped over one shoulder.
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Buka can refer to: * Buka, Papua New Guinea, the capital of Autonomous Region of Bougainville * Buka Rural LLG in Papua New Guinea * Buka, Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland) * Buka, Uzbekistan (Buká), a town in the Tashkent Province of Uzbekistan * Buka Island, the second largest island in the Papua New Guinean province of Bougainville * Buka (music), the opening of a gamelan composition * Buka cloak Buka (also Boka or Booka), is the name for the cloak traditionally worn by Noongar peoples, the Indigenous peoples of south-western Australia. Unlike in the south-east, where peoples such as Yorta Yorta wore possum-skin cloaks, Noongars peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buka, Papua New Guinea
Buka is a town located on the southern coast of Buka Island, in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in eastern Papua New Guinea. It is administered under Buka Rural LLG. It is the capital of the North Bougainville District, and the interim capital of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. It contains Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral. Geography The city and Buka Island are separated from the northern tip of Bougainville Island by the deep, the narrow Buka Passage, which varies in width from 980 to 3,000 feet (300 to 1,070 metres) wide. Both islands are in the northern Solomon Islands archipelago, and the only major ones not within the nation of Solomon Islands. Buka island is volcanic formation measuring 35 miles by 9 miles (56km by 14km), with a total land area of 190 square miles (492 square km). The elevation reaches to 1,634 feet (498 metres) in the hills in the southwest and the interior of the island is densely forested. Rainfall is abundant, with more than 100 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buka Rural LLG
Buka Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of comprising Buka Island in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Several Northwest Solomonic languages are spoken in the LLG. Wards *02. Tsitalato *03. Hagogohe *04. Peit *05. Halia *06. Haku *07. Tonsu *80. Buka Urban See also * Buka, Papua New Guinea * Buka Airport * Buka Island * Buka Island mosaic-tailed rat * Buka Island solomys *Buka Passage *Invasion of Buka and Bougainville *Hahalis Welfare Society *Kilu Cave *North Bougainville District North Bougainville District is a district of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Buka. < ...
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Buka, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Buka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Debrzno, within Człuchów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Debrzno, south of Człuchów, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol .... References Buka {{Człuchów-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buka Island
Buka Island is the second-largest island in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in eastern Papua New Guinea. It is in Buka Rural LLG of North Bougainville District, with the Autonomous Region's and district's capital city of Buka, Bougainville, Buka on the island. The island is separated by the narrow Buka Passage from the northwestern coast of Bougainville Island, and has an area of approximately . Buka, Bougainville Island and the Tabar Group, Tabar Islands and their surrounding waters are identified as being part of the Solomon Archipelago terrestrial ecoregion and marine ecoregion. History Buka was first occupied by humans in the Paleolithic period, with evidence for human habitation at Kilu Cave some 30,000 years ago. British, Australian and American whaling ships visited the island in the nineteenth century for food, water and wood. The first on record was the ''Eliza'' in 1806, and the last known visit was by the ''Palmetto'' in 1881. The present inhabitants sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buka (music)
{{Refimprove, date=November 2009 The buka ( ''Javanese'' for ''"opening"'') is the short introduction to pieces of gamelan. It is also called the bubuka or bubuka opaq-opaq. Buka are generally played by a single instrument in a free rhythm, until the last few notes when the kendhang comes in to set the tempo and cue the whole gamelan, which joins on the final note, with the first gong ageng. Buka are often played by the bonang barung in the so-called "loud style." In other styles, they can be played by the rebab, gendér, or kendhang alone, or may be sung, especially by the dalang in a wayang performance. Mantle Hood emphasizes the importance of the buka in the determination of the pathet of a gamelan composition, and analyzes it as an extended elaboration on the typical cadential formulas. He compares it to the alap of Hindustani classical music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
