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Chikan (river)
Chikan may refer to: * Chikan (embroidery), a style of embroidery, common in India * Chikan (body contact), sexual harassment, especially groping on public transport in Japan * Super Chikan, an American blues musician * Chikan District (赤坎区), Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China * Chikan, Kaiping (赤坎镇), town in Guangdong, China * Chikan, Iran, a village in Komehr Rural District, Fars Province See also * Chika (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chikan (embroidery)
] Chikankari ( hi, चिकन की कढ़ाई, चिकनकारी) is a traditional embroidery style from Lucknow, India. Translated, the word means embroidery (thread or wire), and it is one of Lucknow's best known textile decoration styles. The main market in Lucknow for Chikankari based products is Chowk. Production is mainly based in Lucknow and in the adjoining districts. Origin There are references to embroidery similar to chikan work in India as early as 3rd century BC by Megasthenes, who mentioned use of flowered muslins by Indians. But these embroidered patterns lack any colour, ornamentation or any notable embellishment. According to Laila Tyabji, chikankari stems from the white-on-white embroidery of Shiraz came to India as part of a culture of Persians, Persian nobles at the Mughal Empire, Mughal court. There is also a tale that mentions how a traveler taught chikan to a peasant in return of water to drink. The most popular origin story credits Nur Jaha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chikan (body Contact)
''Chikan'' (, , or ) is a Japanese term referring to sexual harassment or other obscene acts conducted against the victim's will, or a person who commits such an act. The term is frequently used to describe men who take advantage of the crowded conditions on the public transit systems to grope people. While the term is not defined in the Japanese legal system, vernacular use describes acts that violate several laws. The neologism referring to the corresponding female ''chikan'' is ''chijo''. In clinical psychology, the desire is called frotteurism. While women on crowded trains in Japan are the most frequent targets of ''chikan'', sexual predators in Japan can take advantage of people in other situations as well. One such situation (warned against in the sign pictured) is bicycle parking lots, where a molester will wait until a woman or man is bent over, unlocking their bicycle lock, and then grope them from behind. ''Chikan'' often features in Japanese pornography, along with ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Chikan
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Chikan District
Chikan District () is a district of the city of Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. Administration The Chikan District is separated by 5 urban sub-districts and 3 townships: References External links County-level divisions of Guangdong Zhanjiang {{Guangdong-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chikan, Kaiping
Chikan () is a town in Kaiping (), Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, China. It is officially designated as a ''National Historic and Cultural Town of China'' (). Historically it was a regional maritime hub, center for emigration, emigrant market town, and the administrative centre of Kaiping. History Chikan town was founded in the year 1649 and was originally part of Xinhui County. Due to it being surrounded by the Tan River on all sides, it thrived in waterway transport. According to the 1991 town chronicle, a pier was present by the year 1676. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Chikan became the major regional maritime transportation hub in Kaiping county and, through its numerous ferries via the Tan river () to Jiangmen, in the Pearl River Delta. This came to an end upon the silting of the Tan River in the 20th century. As a riverport, Chikan became a center for emigration from the Tan river catchment area in the late 19th century, pushed by increasing population p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chikan, Iran
Chikan ( fa, چيكان, also Romanized as Chīkān) is a village in Komehr Rural District Komehr Rural District ( fa, دهستان كمهر) is a rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administ ..., in the Central District of Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 60, in 20 families. References Populated places in Sepidan County {{Sepidan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
