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Yuka Ebihara Portrait
Yuka may refer to: *Yuka (music), an Afro-Cuban style of music *Yuka (mammoth), mammoth specimen found in Yakutia, Russia *Manshu Yuka Kogyo K.K. Ssuningkai, a Japanese-German pre-WWII industrial co-operation People *Yuka (name), a Japanese personal name *Yuka (singer) (born 1970), Japanese singer See also *Yuca, a plant species *Yucca (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuka (music)
Yuka is a secular Afro-Cuban musical tradition which involves drumming, singing and dancing. It was developed in western Cuba by Kongo slaves during colonial times. Yuka predates other Afro-Cuban genres of dance music like rumba and has survived in Kongo communities of Pinar del Río, specifically in El Guayabo and Barbacoa, San Luis. Since the 1940s, yuka performances have been recorded by researchers such as Harold Courlander and María Teresa Linares.Linares, María Teresa. 1981. Liner notes to ''Antología de la música afrocubana Vol. 5: Tambor yuka'' ecorded in 1978 EGREM: Havana, Cuba. Music Drumming The Bantu word ''yuka'' means "to beat" and is also used to refer to the drums used in yuka performances. According to Fernando Ortiz, yuka drums were known in the Kongo language as ''ngóma bobóla mámbu'', where ''ngóma'' means "drum", ''bobóla'' "deep sound" and ''mámbu'' "collective business". These drums are made from hollowed-out trunks of the avocado tree. Leather i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuka (mammoth)
Yuka is the best-preserved woolly mammoth (''Mammuthus primigenius'') carcass ever found. It was discovered by local Siberian tusk hunters in August 2010. They turned it over to local scientists, who made an initial assessment of the carcass in 2012. It is displayed in Moscow. Discovery The mammoth was found along the Oyogos Yar coast of the Dmitry Laptev Strait, approximately west of the mouth of the Kondratievo River, Siberia (72° 40′ 49.44″ N, 142° 50′ 38.35″) in the region of the Laptev Sea. Yuka is a juvenile female natural mummy that was found near and named after the village of Yukagir, whose local people discovered it. This mammoth mummy was found as an overhanging ledge about above the beach level in a low wave-cut bluff that was about high. The north-facing bluff was composed of loess that forms part of a rich Late Pleistocene fossil-bearing yedoma exposed by coastal erosion. The yedoma consists of ice-rich silts and silty sand penetrated by large ice w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuka (name)
and are feminine Japanese given names. Possible writings Yuka and Yūka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *由香, "reason, fragrance" *由華, "reason, beautiful" *由佳, "reason, good" *由花, "reason, flower" *有佳, "exist, good" *有香, "exist, fragrance" *有華, "exist, beautiful" *優花, "tenderness, flower" *優香, "tenderness, fragrance" *結花, "link, flower" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People ;pronounced Yuka *Yuka (有香), a Japanese singer *, a Japanese long-distance runner *, a Japanese rhythmic gymnast *, a Japanese snowboarder *, a Japanese ice hockey player *Yuka Hirata (裕香), a Japanese actress and gravure idol *Yuka Honda (ゆか), a Japanese musician *Yuka Hoshaku (有香), a Japanese actress *Yuka Iguchi (井口 裕香, born 1988), a Japanese voice actress *Yuka Imai (由香, born 1970), a Japanese voice actress *Yuka Inokuchi (有佳), a Japanese voice actress *, a Japanese table tennis p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuka (singer)
YUKA, formally and formerly Yuka Sato (佐藤有香 ''Satō Yuka''), is a Japanese singer, born on December 10, 1970. She is best known for her work in Japanese animation, including the ending themes of several ''Dragon Ball Z'' theatrical films (with Hironobu Kageyama), as well as singing "Mirai no Kioku", the opening theme of the series ''Kiddy Grade''. In June 2000, she married drummer , and in 2003, gave birth to a son. Previously, she had also assumed the stage name Asakura Miyū (麻倉未有) in addition to her other names. More recently, her songs "Destiny of the Desert" and "Shinkirō" (Mirage) also appeared in the anime Desert Punk as the opening and closing songs respectively. Trivia Her maiden name (''Satō Yuka'') is identical to that of Yuka Sato, a famous Japanese figure-skater. External links ''YUKA's profile''''YUKA's website'' * 1970 births Living people Japanese women pop singers Musicians from Miyagi Prefecture Anime musicians 21st-century Japanese sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuca
''Manihot esculenta'', commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates. Though it is often called ''yuca'' in parts of Spanish America and in the United States, it is not related to yucca, a shrub in the family Asparagaceae. Cassava is predominantly consumed in boiled form, but substantial quantities are used to extract cassava starch, called tapioca, which is used for food, animal feed, and industrial purposes. The Brazilian farinha, and the related ''garri'' of West Africa, is an edible coarse flour obtained by grating cassava roots, pressing moisture off the obtained grated pulp, and finally drying it (and roasting both in the case of farinha and garri). Cassava is the third-largest so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
