Biar
Encyclopedia
Biar is a town in the comarca of Alt Vinalopó, province of Alicante, Spain
. Biar lies at the foot of the Serra de Mariola and is located 39km from the city of Alicante
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The economy in Biar is based on manufacture, particularly doll
s, and pottery
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Biar is a name for cobra in dinka. Dinka is the largest tribe in Southsudan, and has so many subgroups. Each group is distinct from others by dialect.Most dinkas, before christianity and islam, believed in nature. They believed they had a connection in the past with animals, and animals like cobra were divine and were respected by naming people after them. Now there are lots of dinkas with biar as their name, which simply stands for cobra.
Spain
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. Biar lies at the foot of the Serra de Mariola and is located 39km from the city of Alicante
Alicante
Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest...
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The economy in Biar is based on manufacture, particularly doll
Doll
A doll is a model of a human being, often used as a toy for children. Dolls have traditionally been used in magic and religious rituals throughout the world, and traditional dolls made of materials like clay and wood are found in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe. The earliest documented dolls...
s, and pottery
Pottery
Pottery is the material from which the potteryware is made, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The place where such wares are made is also called a pottery . Pottery also refers to the art or craft of the potter or the manufacture of pottery...
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Biar is a name for cobra in dinka. Dinka is the largest tribe in Southsudan, and has so many subgroups. Each group is distinct from others by dialect.Most dinkas, before christianity and islam, believed in nature. They believed they had a connection in the past with animals, and animals like cobra were divine and were respected by naming people after them. Now there are lots of dinkas with biar as their name, which simply stands for cobra.
Events
The Moros i Cristians festival of Biar is celebrated each year from May 10th to 13th.External links
- Ayuntamiento de Biar, Town Hall of Biar, in SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
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