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The national news agency Ziana said Professor Godorn Chavunduka made the remarks during a traditional "bira" - a ritual to pray for peace and stability in the country.
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Like he says biri (ph) for water, and I saw bira (ph).
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I just hearing some suspicion webcam strip naked of a little. reply bira murger
Top Ten Things You Can Do To Get Blogged Michael Arrington 2005
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Dore! minzo bira kureba! wa muntu hejuru,sina kubgiye ko agukunda? ngo nyoko we nawe ameze nha mama wanyu! lol!
To mama Minzo 2005
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I wore two hairpins tipped with silk plum blossoms (because it was February) on the sides of the back of the bun, a pair of silver flutters (bira) on the sides in front, an orange blossom pin (tachibana) on top, and a long pin tipped with balls of red coral (akadama) and jade, inserted horizontally through the base.
Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002
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I wore two hairpins tipped with silk plum blossoms (because it was February) on the sides of the back of the bun, a pair of silver flutters (bira) on the sides in front, an orange blossom pin (tachibana) on top, and a long pin tipped with balls of red coral (akadama) and jade, inserted horizontally through the base.
Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002
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The bira, he said, was important because it was adressing such issues as drought, poverty and other social ills.
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Organiser Fambainesu "Warlord" Chakaredza told Ziana news agency on Friday preparations to hold the "bira" were at an advanced stage.
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Other affinities are with the degraded Bantu dialects (_Ki-bira_, &c.) of the Ituri-Aruwimi forests.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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One couple, for instance, carried with them a small basket called _bira-an_, and for this reason their children are known as Bira-an (Bila-an).
The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition Fay-Cooper Cole 1921
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