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Pacha Marrakech
Pacha may refer to: * Pacha (dish), a Persian language, Persian word in many languages for boiled cow or sheep feet. * Pacha (Inca mythology), a concept of space-time and the spheres of the cosmos In Afghan politics: * Bacha Khan or Pacha Khan, an Afghan leader * Pacha Khan Zadran, a powerful militia leader, politician and Pashtun nationalist in the southeast of Afghanistan * Sher Ali Bacha (1935–1998), Pashtun revolutionary leader In Incan mythology: * Mama Pacha, a dragoness fertility goddess who presided over planting and harvesting in Incan mythology * Pacha Kamaq, the deity worshipped in the city of Pachacamac by the Ichma * Uku Pacha, the underworld located beneath the Earth's surface in Incan mythology In other fields: * Alternative spelling of Pasha, a Turkish military and government rank * Pacha (The Emperor's New Groove), Pacha (''The Emperor's New Groove''), a character in the Disney franchise ''The Emperor's New Groove'' * Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacha (dish)
Khash ( hy, խաշ; known by the derivations ''khashi'' () and , respectively) is a dish of boiled cow or sheep parts, which might include the head, feet, and stomach (tripe). It is also known by other designations, namely ( fa, پاچه; al, paçe; Assyrian: ; acm, پاچة, pacha; sh, pača; bg, пача; hu, pacal; gr, πατσάς), ( fa, کلهپاچه; tr, kelle paça; az, kəllə-paça), ( cv, какай шÿрпи) or ( ku, سهروپێ). Khash and its variations are traditional dishes in Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia (country), Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, North Macedonia, Mongolia and some Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Persian Gulf countries. Etymology The name ''khash'' originates from the Armenian verb (), which means "to boil". The dish, initially called ''khashoy'' (), is mentioned by a number of medieval Armenian authors, including Grigor Magistros (11th century), Mkhitar Heratsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Language
Persian (), also known by its endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutually intelligible standard varieties, namely Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964) and Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate history in the cultural sphere of Greater Iran. It is written officially within Iran and Afghanistan in the Persian alphabet, a derivation of the Arabic script, and within Tajikistan in the Tajik alphabet, a der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacha (Inca Mythology)
The pacha (, often translated as ''world'') was an Incan concept for dividing the different spheres of the cosmos in Incan mythology. There were three different levels of ''pacha'': the ''hana pacha'', ''hanan pacha'' or ''hanaq pacha'' (Quechua, meaning "world above"), ''ukhu pacha'' ("world below"), and ''kay pacha'' ("this world").The realms are not solely spatial, but were simultaneously spatial and temporal. Although the universe was considered a unified system within Incan cosmology, the division between the worlds was part of the dualism prominent in Incan beliefs, known as Yanantin. This dualism found that everything which existed had both features of any feature (both hot and cold, positive and negative, dark and light, etc.). Meaning of ''pacha'' ''Pacha'' is often translated as "world" in Quechua, but the concept also includes a temporal context of meaning. Catherine J. Allen writes that "The Quechua word pacha may refer to the whole cosmos or to a specific moment in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bacha Khan
Abdul Ghaffār Khān (; 6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), also known as Bacha Khan () or Badshah Khan (), and honourably addressed as Fakhr-e-Afghan (), was a Pakistani Pashtuns, Pashtun, List of Indian independence activists, independence activist, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar resistance movement against British Raj, British colonial rule in India. He was a political and spiritual leader known for his nonviolent opposition and lifelong pacifism; he was a devout Muslims, Muslim and an advocate for Hindu–Muslim unity in the Indian subcontinent, subcontinent Due to his similar ideologies and close friendship with Mahatma Gandhi, Khan was nicknamed Sarhadi Gandhi (). In 1929, Khan founded the Khudai Khidmatgar, an anti-colonial nonviolent resistance movement. The Khudai Khidmatgar's success and popularity eventually prompted the colonial government to launch numerous crackdowns against Khan and his supporters; the Khudai Khidmatgar experienced some of the most severe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacha Khan Zadran
Pacha Khan Zadran ( ps, پاچا خان ځدراڼ) is a militia leader and a politician in the southeast of Afghanistan. He was an ex anti-Soviet-fighter militia leader who played a role in driving the Taliban from Paktia Province in the 2001 invasion, with American backing, and he subsequently assumed the governorship of the province. In 2002, he engaged in a violent conflict with rival tribal leaders in the province over the Governorship of the province, shelling Gardez City and obstructing two separate appointed governors sent by Hamid Karzai. Siege of Gardez and Khost Angered that his assistance to American forces in Operation Anaconda had not been rewarded, Zadran's forces became a "renegade" force. After being replaced by Taj Mohammad Wardak as governor of Paktia Province, Zadran retaliated in late April 2002 by bombarding the city of Gardez, the provincial capital, killing 36 civilians. In September 2002, with Zadran claiming governorship of the neighboring Khost Provin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sher Ali Bacha
Sher Ali Bacha ( ps, شېرعلي باچا), commonly known as Bachajee (), was a Pakistani Pashtun politician, poet and human rights activist. He was one of the founding members of the Mazdoor Kisan Party (MKP) and the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP). Early life and education Bacha's mother, who used to teach him Pashto literature and its historical background, was a major inspiration for him at home. His uncle, Hannan Bacha, was an independence activist against the British colonial rule and was a leader of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement in Mardan. Sher Ali became active in literary activities at young age, and served as the secretary of ''Pax̌tō Adabī Ṭōləna'' () during his study at Mardan College. Then he started to work for the government, but soon left his government job in Mardan and traveled to Karachi, where he completed his law degree at the University of Karachi. Political career Bacha got his start in politics as a Marxist inspired by Marxism–Leninism, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mama Pacha
Pachamama is a goddess revered by the indigenous peoples of the Andes. In Inca mythology she is an "Earth Mother" type goddess, Dransart, Penny. (1992) "Pachamama: The Inka Earth Mother of the Long Sweeping Garment." ''Dress and Gender: Making and Meaning.'' Ed. Ruth Barnes and Joanne B. Eicher. New York/Oxford: Berg. 145-63. Print. and a fertility goddess who presides over planting and harvesting, embodies the mountains, and causes earthquakes. She is also an ever-present and independent deity who has her own creative power to sustain life on this earth. Her shrines are hallowed rocks, or the boles of legendary trees, and her artists envision her as an adult female bearing harvests of potatoes or coca leaves. The four cosmological Quechua principles – Water, Earth, Sun, and Moon – claim Pachamama as their prime origin. Priests sacrifice offerings of llamas, ''cuy'' (guinea pigs), children (The Capacocha Ritual) and elaborate, miniature, burned garments to her. Pachamama is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacha Kamaq
Pacha Kamaq (Quechua, "Creator of the World"; also Pacha Camac, Pachacamac and Pacharurac) was the deity worshipped in the city of Pachacamac (modern-day Peru) by the Ichma. Pacha Kamaq was believed to have created the first man and woman, but forgot to give them food and the man died. The woman cursed Pacha Kamaq, accusing him of neglect, and Pacha Kamaq made her fertile. Later Pacha Kamaq killed her son and cut the corpse into pieces, each of which became a separate fruit or vegetable plant. The woman's second son, Wichama, escaped, so Pacha Kamaq killed the woman. Wichama sought revenge and drove Pacha Kamaq into the ocean. Tahuantinsuyu adopted Pacha Kamaq when they incorporated the Ichma into their empire. In late Inca mythology he was the father of Inti and Mama Killa, and husband of Mama Pacha.Matthews-Salazar, Patricia. (2006)"Becoming All Indian: Gauchos, Pachamama Queens, and Tourists in the Remaking of an Andean Festival." Festivals, Toursism and Social Change: Rema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uku Pacha
The pacha (, often translated as ''world'') was an Incan concept for dividing the different spheres of the cosmos in Incan mythology. There were three different levels of ''pacha'': the ''hana pacha'', ''hanan pacha'' or ''hanaq pacha'' (Quechua, meaning "world above"), ''ukhu pacha'' ("world below"), and ''kay pacha'' ("this world").The realms are not solely spatial, but were simultaneously spatial and temporal. Although the universe was considered a unified system within Incan cosmology, the division between the worlds was part of the dualism prominent in Incan beliefs, known as Yanantin. This dualism found that everything which existed had both features of any feature (both hot and cold, positive and negative, dark and light, etc.). Meaning of ''pacha'' ''Pacha'' is often translated as "world" in Quechua, but the concept also includes a temporal context of meaning. Catherine J. Allen writes that "The Quechua word pacha may refer to the whole cosmos or to a specific moment in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasha
Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitary, dignitaries, and others. As an honorific, honorary title, ''Pasha'', in one of its various ranks, is similar to a British Peerage of the United Kingdom, peerage or knighthood, and was also one of the highest titles in the 20th-century Kingdom of Egypt. The title was also used in Morocco in the 20th century, where it denoted a regional official or governor of a district. Etymology The English word "pasha" comes from Turkish language, Turkish ('; also ()). The Oxford Dictionaries (website), Oxford Dictionaries attributes the origin of the English borrowing to the mid-17th century. The etymology of the Turkish word itself has been a matter of debate. Contrary to titles like emir (''amīr'') and bey (''beg''), which were es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacha (The Emperor's New Groove)
The following are fictional characters from Disney's 2000 animated film ''The Emperor's New Groove'', its direct-to-video sequel ''Kronk's New Groove'', and the spin-off television series ''The Emperor's New School''. Kuzco Emperor Kuzco is the 18-year-old emperor of the Incas. His name is a reference to the ancient Incan city of Cusco. Kuzco is initially portrayed as an arrogant, callous and spoiled narcissist, but has a sense of charm and style. For example, when he is shown beautiful girls in hopes one of them will be his wife, he rudely insults all of them and continues to sing about himself and be pampered by his servants. Throughout the series, he turns into various animals. In ''The Emperor's New Groove'', Kuzco is turned into a llama by the duplicitous Yzma, who intends to poison him to claim the throne for herself, following her termination as his adviser. He is presumed dead, and finds himself lost in the jungle. Kuzco teams up with Pacha, a llama herder, who helps K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidential Advisory Council On HIV/AIDS
The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) advises the White House and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the US government's response to the AIDS epidemic. The commission was formed by President Bill Clinton in 1995 and each president since has renewed the council's charter. Six members resigned in protest of President Donald Trump's health policies in June 2017, and the remaining ten members were dismissed by Trump on 28 December 2017. While PACHA did not meet in 2018, it was restaffed in 2019 and reconvened in March, June, and October 2019. History The Council was not the first presidential inquiry into HIV. In 1987, Ronald Reagan appointed the President's Commission on the HIV Epidemic (1987–88) to investigate the AIDS epidemic. This was followed by the National Commission on AIDS (1989–1993). Members Current members On Dec. 11, 2018, Secretary Alex Azar of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services nominated Carl Schmid and John Weisman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
