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Halas
Halas may refer to: * Halas (surname) * Halas (food) *Halas lace * Halas and Batchelor, an animation company * Kiskunhalas, a town in Hungary, colloquially known as "Halas" See also * * Hala (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halas And Batchelor
Halas and Batchelor was a British animation company founded by husband and wife John Halas and Joy Batchelor. Halas was a Hungarian émigré to the United Kingdom. The company had studios in London and Cainscross, in the Stroud District of Gloucestershire. History From 1936, John Halas ran a small animation unit that created commercials for theatrical distribution. Joy Batchelor, who already had experience in animation, began working with Halas in 1938 after she responded to Halas's advertisement for an assistant, and they founded Halas and Batchelor in 1940 to create war information and propaganda films. Brian McFarlane ''The Encyclopedia of British Film'', London: Methuen/BFI, 2003, p.48 Approximately 70 films were created for the Ministry of Information, the War Office, and the Admiralty over the course of World War II; most of these were shorts intended to improve morale or spur on increased contributions to the war effort, such as ''Dustbin Parade'', about recycling, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halas (surname)
Halas, Halás or Hałas is a surname. Notable people include: * Agnieszka Hałas (born 1980), Polish fantasy writer * Ádám Halás (born 1998), Slovak swimmer * Elżbieta Hałas (born 1954), Polish sociologist * František Halas (1901–1949), Czech poet * František X. Halas (1937–2023), Czech historian of Christianity, academic and diplomat * George Halas George Stanley Halas Sr. (February 2, 1895 – October 31, 1983), nicknamed "Papa Bear", was an American professional football end, coach, and executive. He was the founder and owner of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL), ... (1895–1983), American football player and executive * George Halas, Jr. (1925–1979), American football executive * John Halas (1912–1995), British animator * Naomi Halas, American engineer * Shane Halas (born 1961), Australian rules footballer * Teresa Hałas (born 1953), Polish politician * Virginia Halas McCaskey (1923–2025), American football executive * Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halas (food)
Halas () is a Yemeni food made of halaṣ leaf. The food is eaten during drought periods in Yemen. The halaṣ leaves have a very bitter taste but they are boiled in water until the taste is gone. It is then added to traditional buttermilk known as ḥaqin. Ḥalaṣ is often confused with halqa or ghulaf (''Cyphostemma digitatum'' ( Forssk.)), which, according to Lisan al-Arab, is a plant that grows in Yemen whose leaves are similar in shape to vine leaves. It is roasted and dried, then used over meat. Halqa is used in traditional Yemeni ethnomedicine. In 2018, people of the Yemeni town of Tihamah Tihamah or Tihama ( ') is the Red Sea coastal plain of the Arabian Peninsula from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Bab el Mandeb. Etymology Tihāmat is the Proto-Semitic language's term for 'sea'. Tiamat (or Tehom, in masculine form) was the ancient M ... have survived by eating halaṣ due to the famine in that area. Etymology The name of Ḥalaṣ is mentioned in Yemeni poems and pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halas Lace
Halas lace is a type of needle lace. It first appeared in 1902 in the town of Kiskunhalas, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ..., colloquially known as "Halas". Invention of the lace style is attributed to designer Arpád Dékáni. The lace was typically soft orange, pale green and yellow in colouring. Árpád Dékáni and Mária Markovits are credited with developing Halas lace. Initially, Dékáni did all of the design work while Markovits executed the designs, using silk thread. References Needle lace {{textile-arts-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiskunhalas
Kiskunhalas (; ) is a city in the county of Bács-Kiskun, Hungary. Railroad The city is an important railway junction. It crosses the Budapest-Subotica-Belgrade railway line. The Kiskunfélegyháza railway ends in Kiskunhalas. Geography Kiskunhalas is located south of Budapest. On 20 July 2007, Kiskunhalas recorded a temperature of , which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Hungary. Name Kiskunhalas used to be surrounded by lakes that were rich in fish, ''Halas'' in Hungarian language, Hungarian, and this gave rise to the town's name. The other part of the name comes from the Hungarian kiskun-, meaning Kiskunság, Little Cumania (Hungarian: ''Kiskunság''); Kun was what the Hungarians called the Cuman people. Croats in Hungary call this town as ''Olaš''. The Croat name came as shortening of its Hungarian name, as it was easier for Croat speakers to pronounce it that way. History Its known history goes back to the 9th century. Kiskunhalas has man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
