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Page 255
... popular culture . Crete also has attained respectable artistic " heights " -as during something of a renaissance that flowered from 1560 to 1660 , when poems , plays , and paintings with a peculiarly Cretan tang were produced by Greek ...
... popular culture . Crete also has attained respectable artistic " heights " -as during something of a renaissance that flowered from 1560 to 1660 , when poems , plays , and paintings with a peculiarly Cretan tang were produced by Greek ...
Page 471
... popular artists . Neither a part of village culture nor patronized by the court , they have always been held suspect by their rulers . Kabuki , in particular , was faced with repressive government action throughout its history . Popular ...
... popular artists . Neither a part of village culture nor patronized by the court , they have always been held suspect by their rulers . Kabuki , in particular , was faced with repressive government action throughout its history . Popular ...
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... popular , especially baseball . In the more rural areas , cock fighting remains a traditional and popular spectator sport . Soccer is also played but seems to have been eclipsed by baseball in recent years . Literary clubs are popular ...
... popular , especially baseball . In the more rural areas , cock fighting remains a traditional and popular spectator sport . Soccer is also played but seems to have been eclipsed by baseball in recent years . Literary clubs are popular ...
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