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7 unusual facts about Vai


Bai T. Moore

After a state funeral at the Centennial Memorial Pavilion, attended by cultural troupes from the Dey, Gola, Vai, Kpelle, Gbandi, and Gio tribes, Bai T. Moore was finally laid to rest in his native Dimeh.

Lafayette Morgan

Lafayette Kiejarlie (pronounced Kaijai, meaning "Red man" in Vai because he was very light at birth) Morgan was born on February 10, 1931 in the city of Buchanan, Grand Bassa County.

Mende Kikakui script

Turay devised a form of writing called 'Mende Abajada' (meaning 'Mende alphabet'), which was inspired in part by the Arabic abjad and in part by the Vai syllabary.

Robertsport

In the early 19th century, a colony of African American freed slaves settled the site, which was then part of the Vai territory.

Sitia

Vai forest and beach, the largest natural palm forest in Europe.

Sitia has not experienced the effects of mass tourism even though there is a long beach along the road leading to Vai and several places of historical interest.

Vaï

His "Visages tristes" is about the Arab-Israeli conflict using samplings from the soundtrack of Schindler's List


Alien Love Secrets

According to Vai, he had wished to maintain a steady output of material following his 1993 album Sex & Religion, but the recording process for the 70+ minutes of his subsequent 1996 album Fire Garden was taking too long.

Art in Sierra Leone

Although most often affiliated with the Mende, these societies are exist widely in the ethnic groups of Sierra Leone including in the Temne, the Kono, the Vai, and Bullom languages communities.

Beverly McClellan

She also recorded lead vocals for the song "John the Revelator" on Steve Vai's 2012 album The Story of Light, and toured with Vai the same year.

Disturbing the Peace

The album was re-released in 2001 as Vol.02 of Steve Vai's The Secret Jewel Box.

Gli Occhi Grandi Della Luna

The track Se Te Ne Vai Cosi was written by Diane Warren and translated into Italian by Alexia, whilst the track Senza Un Vincitore ('Without A Winner' in English was written about Italian cyclist Marco Pantani who had died earlier in the year.

Hauppauge Industrial Association

Past winners and finalists include: Allstate Insurance, Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Community Development Corp., American Heart Association, EAC, Inc., Fuoco Group, Grassi & Co., H2M, Island Pro Digital, Then Kensington Company, mindSHIFT Technologies, Habitat for Humanity of Long Island, Middle Country Public Library, Stalco Construction, United Way of Long Island, VAI, Inc. and many others.

Kailahun

Minority ethnic groups with significant population are the Kissi, Kono, Sherbro and Vai.

Mark Kosower

He has recorded for Ambitus, Delos, Naxos, and VAI including a 2011 Naxos release of the Ginastera Cello Concertos with Lothar Zagrosek and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.

Moni Toplou

However, the Cavo Sidero peninsula is a Natura 2000 designated area of particular biodiversity and archaeological importance and home to the Vai natural palm forest, the largest of its kind in Europe.

Pacific sheath-tailed bat

The Pacific sheath-tailed bat or Polynesian sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura semicaudata) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae found in American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, Micronesia, Palau, Samoa (where it is called pe'a vai, tagiti or pe'ape'a vai), Tonga, and Vanuatu.

Shove the Sun Aside

It was recorded at Steve Vai's recording studio '1720 TAFT' except for the drums which were recorded at Vai's 'Mothership' studio.

The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology

This two-disc compilation spans Vai's entire solo career, featuring the best tracks from most of his albums including Fire Garden, Passion and Warfare, Alien Love Secrets and The Ultra Zone.

The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology is Steve Vai's compilation album that was released in 2003 (see 2003 in music).

Tipaimukh

Likewise, the name “Ruonglevaisuo” (ruong-le-vai-suo) is the combination of the words — “Ruong” from “Tuiruong” which is the local name for the river Barak; “Vai” meaning “wade” taken from the name of the river “Tuivai”; “Suo” meaning “confluence” and “le” meaning “and”.

Voest-Alpine

Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau (VAI), an Austrian plant manufacturer and a VA Tech subsidiary, now part of Siemens


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