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... diverse populations . In Burma alone , between 125 and 140 languages are spoken ; in the Indonesian archipelago well over 200 distinct languages are in use . This complex ethnolinguistic mosaic , with all its cultural diversity , has ...
... diverse populations . In Burma alone , between 125 and 140 languages are spoken ; in the Indonesian archipelago well over 200 distinct languages are in use . This complex ethnolinguistic mosaic , with all its cultural diversity , has ...
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... Diverse traditions in the performing arts The folk tradition The court tradition The popular and Western traditions Characteristics of dance Dramatic and nondramatic forms Styles and conventions of movement and costuming Characteristics ...
... Diverse traditions in the performing arts The folk tradition The court tradition The popular and Western traditions Characteristics of dance Dramatic and nondramatic forms Styles and conventions of movement and costuming Characteristics ...
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... Diversity is also greatest at this time in the three subclasses of the group . Trilobites , on the other hand , are most diverse in numbers of species in the Cambrian ( 500,000,000 to 570,000,000 years ago ) and Ordovician ( 430,000,000 ...
... Diversity is also greatest at this time in the three subclasses of the group . Trilobites , on the other hand , are most diverse in numbers of species in the Cambrian ( 500,000,000 to 570,000,000 years ago ) and Ordovician ( 430,000,000 ...
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