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Taan may refer to: * Taan (music), a virtuosic technique used in North Indian classical vocal music * ''Taan'' (2014 film), an Indian Bengali-language film * The Taan, a fictional race in the Sovereign Stone trilogy * Da'an District, a district in Taipei, Taiwan See also *Tan (other) Tan or TAN may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Tan'', an album by the Polish rock band Kult * TAN (group), South Korean boy band * ''Tan'' (newspaper), a newspaper in Turkey * ''Tan'' (weekly newspaper), a newspaper in Kosovo Businesses ...
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Taan (music)
''Taan'' (Hindi: , ) is a technique used in the vocal performance of a raga in Hindustani classical music. It involves the improvisation of very rapid melodic passages using vowels, often the long "a" as in the word "far", and it targets at improvising and to expand weaving together the notes in a fast tempo. It is similar to the technique '' ahaat'', used in Arabic music, or like an arpeggio in Western music. The ''murki'', a type of ornamentation, is a swift, short and taan-like movement that is heavily used in thumri. Types Taans are clustered in different types: ''Bol Taan'' : Taan can be sung by utilizing the words of the bandish. This is a difficult type of a taan as in this correct pronunciation, meaning of the composition, everything has to be taken into consideration. ''Shuddha/Sapat (Straight) Taan'' : The notes are placed in an order in one or more octaves. ''Koot Taan'' : The notes do not remain in order. Therefore, the nature of ''Koot Taans'' is complicated. ...
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Taan (2014 Film)
''Taan'' is a 2014 Indian Bengali drama film, written and directed by Mukul Roy Chowdhury. The film is based on the life of prostitutes and human trafficking. Cast * Rituparna Sengupta as Sundari * Debolina Dutta as Meghna * Chandan Sen as Abed Mia * Kaushik Sen Koushik Sen (born 19 September 1968) is an Indian actor in film, television, OTT and theatre, based in Kolkata. He is the founder and director of the theatre group Swapnasandhani. He won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for best ... as Ranjot * Rajesh Sharma as Jahangir Sardar * Sumanto Chattopadhyay as Saju * Debdut Ghosh * Nandini Chatterjee * Pamela Singh Bhutoria References External links * 2014 films Films about prostitution in India Films about women in India Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films {{2010s-Bengali-film-stub ...
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Sovereign Stone
The Sovereign Stone series is a trilogy of fantasy novels: ''Well of Darkness'' (2000), ''Guardians of the Lost'' (2001), and ''Journey into the Void'' (2003), set in the same universe of the '' Sovereign Stone'' Role-playing game. Both the books and the game were primarily written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Premise The first book is set during the reign of King Tamaros of Vinnengael, the most powerful Human kingdom. Tamaros is the father of Prince Helmos and his younger half-brother, Prince Dagnarus. The next two novels are set approximately 200 years later and follow Dagnarus in his bid to take over the world as well as the story of his allies and opponents. There are four races on the main continent, Loerem, with two further races appearing in the second and third books, one from a distant world. The main four races are primarily dedicated to one of the four elements: the Humans are associated with earth/stone, the Elves with air/wind, the Orks with Water/the Sea, and ...
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Daan District, Taipei
Daan District (or Da-an District, Da'an, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency District) is an important political, educational, commercial, residential and cultural district of Taipei, Taiwan. The name of the district means "great safety" or "great peace". Located in Northern Taiwan, it is known for having one of the highest real estate prices in Taipei and Asia in general. History The district is named after Daiwan village () that was once located near the intersection of present-day Xinyi Road and Fuxing S. Road. The name was changed in the 1800s (during the Qing era) to the more auspicious but similar-sounding "Daan" (; ). In 1875, the setup of Taipeh Prefecture put the village together with and ''La̍k-tiuⁿ-lê'' (), all of which are within today's Daan District. During the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, Daan village was merged with , , and . In 1945, after World War II, after the island of Taiwan was ceded to the Republic of China and under ...
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