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3 unusual facts about Taal


Asai Man Piyabanna

This movie is a remake of Taal (1999) hindi movie starring Anil Kapoor and Akshay Khanna.

Asai Man Piyambanna is the Sri Lankan version of the Hindi musical drama romance film Taal.

Sanjay Khanduri

It was during this period he developed interest in film making and his first breakthrough came as second assistant Director Subhash Ghai in the movie Taal.


Agoncillo, Batangas

Finally, on April 17, 1949, Executive Order No. 212 was issued by President Quirino, lifting the suspension and thereby, authorizing the immediate organization of the Municipality under the name of Agoncillo, in honor of Don Felipe Agoncillo, a native of Taal and one of the first Filipino representatives to the Spanish Cortes.

Boer Republics

Subsequently a number of its Dutch-speaking (proto-Afrikaans often called "die taal" the language) inhabitants trekked inland in 1835 in order to escape British administrative control in a movement that became known as the Great Trek.

Chowtal

Chowtal, aside from being the name of a "taal" or meter in Hindustani classical music, is a form of folksong of North India's Bhojpuri region, sung by amateurs during the vernal Phagwa or Holi festival.

Hans Ras

In 1961 he was lecturer at the University of Malaya, and in 1969 first representative in Jakarta of the KITLV (the Leiden-based Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde = Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology).

Johannes du Plessis Scholtz

He also worked under C. G. N. de Vooys at the University of Utrecht on his dissertation Die Afrikaner en Sy Taal, 1806-1875, for which he received the Hertzog Prize for scholarly prose (what is more, the award had existed until then; it was expressly created in order to honor him with it).

Ma-Cho Temple

Mazu (goddess)'s (Ma-zeun, the Queen of the Heavens, Dragon Girl, and the goddess of the Sea) small icon in the altar has a Catholic counterpart, Our Lady of Caysasay (St. Martin Basilica in Taal, Batangas).

Nahin Samne

A. R. Rahman bagged a number of awards for the soundtrack he scored for Taal including Filmfare Best Music Director Award, IIFA Best Music Director Award and Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director.

Tagaytay

Across the southern edge of the lake on the opposite side of the city is Mount Macolod, the highest point of the Taal Caldera rim.


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