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Vassa, (Pali, “rains”), Buddhist retreat for monks during the rainy months, and the festivals at its beginning and end; popular in the Theravada...

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One of the best-known authors of this era is Phyllis Wheatley, captured from Senegal as a seven-year-old around 1760. She wrote lyrical accounts of...

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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Gustavus Vassa, the African (1789, London), regarded as the fullest and most penetrating account of an...

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	Windows Live® Search Results Vassa Bespoke holistic treatments ... Vassa History . Vassa means Rains Retreat and it is the traditional retreat during the rainy season lasting for three lunar months from July to ... Vassa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vassa (from Pāli vasso, Sanskrit varṣaḥ, both "rain", Khmer: វស្សា or ព្រះវស្សា, Thai: พรรษา, pansa or phansaa; Burmese: ဝ ... VASSA: Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa Home of VASSA, the Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa based in Cape town. Resources, history, membership and what's on. See all search results in Windows Live® Search Results

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