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Italian: fercoli

English translation: palanquins



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Italian term or phrase:fercoli
English translation:palanquins
Entered by:Michael Deliso
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Italian term or phrase: fercoli
I have a doc for marketing and among some of the holidays being celebrated is Easter. What are "fercoli" in English, they are those platforms on which Christ and other staues representing the Calvary are carried on. Thanks
Michael Deliso
Italy
palanquins
Explanation:
or palankeens;
the English version of Javanese pelangki, Portuguese pelanquim.
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Russell Jones
United Kingdom
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Hello Russell...thanks.. You always come through when I need it..I was a bit lost for the term because I could not find it on any dictionary, but I knew what they were,.
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Bram Poldervaart
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palanquins

Explanation:
or palankeens;
the English version of Javanese pelangki, Portuguese pelanquim.

Russell Jones
United Kingdom
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Note from asker to answerer
Hello Russell...thanks.. You always come through when I need it..I was a bit lost for the term because I could not find it on any dictionary, but I knew what they were,.
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palanquin

Explanation:
The Swamiji is carried on a decorated chariot and his Mutt icons are carried on a decorated palanquin. This is a joyous procession and very colorful to watch -- effigies of the great saints in the tradition are also carried in procession, musicians play joyous music, scholars walk along chanting hymns from the Vedas, and a large joyful crowd of devotees follow.


or:

A funeral is coming up the street, towards us. The body, on an
open bier, borne on a kind of palanquin, covered with a gay cloth
of crimson and gold.


    Reference: http://www.dvaita.org/madhva/udupi/paryaya_2.html
    Reference: http://worldebooklibrary.com/eBooks/Alex_Collection/dickens-...
Bram Poldervaart
France
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FrenchFrench
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