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Uakari
Uakari is the common name for the New World monkeys of the genus Cacajao. The common name is believed to come from the indigenous term for "Dutchmen"; their red faces apparently reminded the locals of sun-burned Europeans. Cacajao is also believed to be an indigenous name, of unknown meaning now, ..

Uakti
Uakti can mean several things: Uakti is a mythical musician described by the Tukano Indians of South America.Uakti is a Brazilian percussion quartet This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may..

Uakti (band)
Uakti is a Brazilian percussion quartet: musical director Marco Antônio Guimarães, Paulo Sérgio dos Santos, Artur Andrés Ribeiro, and Décio de Souza Ramos. Their name comes from the Tukano myth of the same name. They research and make their own instruments, in Minas Gerais, Brazilian state. Fo..

Uakti (myth)
Uakti is a mythical musician described by the Tukano Indians of South America. He had holes through his body which produced sound when he ran or the wind blew. This seduced women and so the other men burned his body, out of which grew palm trees from which flutes are made. Women are thus not allowed..

Uşak
Uşak, (from Uşşak meaning "lovers"; alternative transliteration: Ushak) is a city in western Anatolia, Turkey. The city has a population of 137,001 (2000 census) and is the capital of Uşak Province. External link [News from Usak city] Uşak | Banaz | Eşme | Karahallı | Siva..

Uşak Province
Shows the Location of the Province Uşak Uşak (from Uşşak meaning "lovers"; alternative transliteration: Ushak) is a province in western Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Manisa to the west, Denizli to the south, Afyon to the east, and Kutahya to the north. The provincial capital is Uşak..

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