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Marfa (instrument) Marfa ( ar, مرفع, ur, مرفع) also Timki is a single hemispherical drum or percussion instrument A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclo ...
, an African percussion instrument *
Marfa (music) The Marfa is a form of celebratory rhythmic music and dance from Hyderabad, India, among the Hyderabadi Muslims, adapted from Afro-Arab music of Hadhramawt in Yemen. It is played at a high tempo using instruments such as marfa, '' daff'', ''dho ...
, celebratory music of the Hyderabadi Muslims


Places

* Márfa, a village in Baranya county, Hungary * Marfa, Chad *
Marfa, Texas Marfa is a city in the high desert of the Trans-Pecos in far West Texas, between the Davis Mountains and Big Bend National Park. It is the county seat of Presidio County, Texas, Presidio County, and its population as of the 2010 United States Cens ...
, a city in the high desert of the Trans-Pecos in western Texas * Marfa, Malta, a port near in northern Malta


Other uses

* Marfa (given name) * CFR Marfă, a state-owned freight railway business of Romania * Marfa, a sub-group of the
Maba people The Maba, Burgu or Bargo people are a minority ethnic group found primarily in the mountainous Ouaddaï region of eastern Chad and adjacent areas of Sudan. Their population is estimated to be about 300,000 in Chad. Other estimates place the total ...
of north-central Africa **
Marfa language Marfa is a Maban language spoken in Chad. It is closely related to the Masalit language Masalit (autonym ''Masala/Masara'', ) is a language spoken by the Masalit people in western Darfur, Sudan. Masalit, known as the ''Massalat'' moved west i ...
, a Maban language spoken in Chad * Marfa front, another term for a
dry line A dry line (also called a dew point line, or Marfa front, after Marfa, Texas) is a line across a continent that separates moist air and dry air. One of the most prominent examples of such a separation occurs in central North America, especially T ...
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Marfa lights The Marfa lights, also known as the Marfa ghost lights, have been observed near U.S. Route 67 on Mitchell Flat east of Marfa, Texas, Marfa, Texas, in the United States. They have gained some fame as onlookers have attributed them to paranormal ...
, a possible paranormal phenomena frequently visible near Marfa, Texas * ', a painting by avant-garde artist
Kazimir Malevich Kazimir Severinovich Malevich ; german: Kasimir Malewitsch; pl, Kazimierz Malewicz; russian: Казими́р Севери́нович Мале́вич ; uk, Казимир Северинович Малевич, translit=Kazymyr Severynovych ...


See also

* Marwa (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation