Kora may refer to:

Places

India

Kora, Bardhaman Kora is a village in the Jamalpur, Bardhaman, Jamalpur tehsil, Bardhaman district, West Bengal state, India. It is located on the Kushinguj-Amarpur road, about 75 km northwest of Kolkata (Calcutta), 50 km south of Bardhaman, and 13&nb ...

, West Bengal * Kora, Bharuch, Gujarat * Korha, Katihar, also known as Kora, in Bihar * Kora, Kendrapara, Odisha * Kora, Wardha, Maharastra * Kora, Tumakuru, Karnataka * Toyaguda, Adilabad, Telangana, formerly called Kora

Elsewhere

* Kora, Burkina Faso, a town * Kora, Ethiopia, a town * Kureh, Markazi, a village in Markazi Province, Iran, also known as Kora * Kōra, Shiga, a town in Shiga Prefecture, Japan * Kora National Park, Coast Province, Kenya * Kora, Mali, a village * Kora, Jhelum, a village in Pakistan

Music

Kora (instrument) The kora (Manding languages: ''kɔra'') is a stringed instrument used extensively in West Africa. A kora typically has 21 strings, which are played by plucking with the fingers. It has features of the lute and harp. Description The kora is bui ...

, a stringed musical instrument of West African origin *

Kora Awards The KORA All Africa Music Awards are music awards given annually for musical achievement in sub-Saharan Africa. The awards were founded in 1994 by Benin born businessman, Ernest Adjovi, after a discussion in Namibia with the country's President H ...

, music awards for African music *

Kora (band) Kora is a New Zealand music group, which originally consisted of four brothers from the Kora family. The band, which began in Whakatāne, New Zealand fuses elements of reggae, rock, dub, roots, funk Funk is a music genre that origina ...

, a New Zealand reggae band ** ''Kora'' (album), released in 2007

Buildings

* Kōra taisha, a Shinto shrine in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan * Kora Temple, a Masonic building in Lewiston, Maine

Languages

* Kora or Aka-Kora language, formerly spoken in the Andaman Islands, India * !Kora or Korana language, spoken in South Africa * Kora or Koda language, spoken in India and Bangladesh

People

Kora people Kora may refer to: Places India * Kora, Bardhaman, West Bengal * Kora, Bharuch, Gujarat * Korha, Katihar, also known as Kora, in Bihar * Kora, Kendrapara, Odisha * Kora, Wardha, Maharastra * Kora, Tumakuru, Karnataka * Toyaguda, Adilabad, Telanga ...

, also Cora or Aka-Kora, an indigenous tribe of the Andaman Islands * Kora (tribe), an indigenous tribe of India and Bangladesh * Kora of Sicyon (), first female artist for whom there is evidence * Kora Boufflert (born 1966), French racewalker * Kora Karvouni (born 1980), Greek stage and television actress * Bil Aka Kora (born 1971), musician from Burkina Faso *

Kengo Kora is a Japanese actor. Career Kora has gained recognition for his roles in films such as Shinji Aoyama's '' Sad Vacation'', Yukio Ninagawa's '' Snakes and Earrings'', Tran Anh Hung's '' Norwegian Wood'', Ryuichi Hiroki's ''The Egoists'', Yosh ...

(born 1987), Japanese actor * Olga Jackowska (1951–2018), a Polish rock singer and songwriter known as Kora

Other uses

* Kora class corvette, a type of ship used by the Indian Navy ** INS ''Kora'' (P61), lead ship of the class *

Kora (pilgrimage) __NOTOC__ Kora (, THL Simplified Phonetic Transcription: kor ra) is a transliteration of a Tibetan word that means "circumambulation" or "revolution". Kora is both a type of pilgrimage and a type of meditative practice in the Tibetan Buddhism, ...

, a type of pilgrimage in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition * '' Made in Japan: Kora!'', a 2011 Japanese film directed by Banmei Takahashi * KORA-FM, a radio station in Bryan, Texas * ''Kora'' (gastropod), genus of land snails * Kora (FinTech), a pan-African payment infrastructure.