Mara
Encyclopedia
Social groups
- Mara peopleMara peopleThe Mara people are a recognised scheduled tribe in India, native to northeastern India, primarily in the Mara Autonomous District Council of the state of Mizoram, where they form the majority of the population. Significant numbers of Maras are also found living south-eastern part of Burma, in Chin...
, in northeastern India and western Myanmar - Mara languageMara languageThe Mara language is a language spoken by Mara people living in South Mizoram, India and the adjacent people living in Chin State in Burma, formerly Burma.The Mara language belongs to the Kukish branch of the Tibeto-Burman family of languages...
, a language spoken by Mara people - Mara SalvatruchaMara SalvatruchaMara Salvatrucha is a transnational criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles and has spread to other parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America. The majority of the gang is ethnically composed of Central Americans and active in urban and suburban areas...
, a violent criminal gang in Mexico, Central America, Canada, and the United States - Maravar, a dominant caste in Tamil Nadu state in India
- Mara (Tagin)Mara (Tagin)Mara refers to a tribe in Arunachal Pradesh. The Mara are ethnically Tagin although they claim to be a separate group, just like the Nga to the north, but they acknowledge a common ancestry. Like the Nga, the Mara also engage in barter trade with the Tibetans in the north prior to the closure of...
, a tribe in Arunachal Pradesh
Places
- Mara DistrictMara DistrictMara District is one of the six districts of the province Cotabambas in Peru.-References:...
, Cotabambas, Peru - Mara, Tanzania, an administrative region of Tanzania
- Mara (SS)Mara (SS)Mara is a comune in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 140 km northwest of Cagliari and about 35 km south of Sassari.Mara borders the following municipalities: Cossoine, Padria, Pozzomaggiore....
, a commune on the Italian island of Sardinia - Mara, South Africa, a small town in South Africa
- Mara River (Iza)Mara River (Iza)The Mara River is a tributary of the Iza River in Romania. The upper reach of the river, upstream of the village of Mara is also known as Valea Brazilor River-References:* Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti...
, a river in Romania - Mara, a village in DeseştiDesestiDeseşti is a commune in Maramureş County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Deseşti, Hărniceşti and Mara.The commune's Church of Pious Parascheva was built in 1770 and is one of eight Wooden Churches of Maramureş that are listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site....
Commune, Maramureş County, Romania - Mara (torrent)Mara (torrent)The Mara is an 8 km Italian stream of Insubria, which runs through the Italian Province of Como and the Swiss Canton Ticino. It rises on the slopes of Monte Sighignola and enters Lake Lugano at Maroggia....
, a stream of Italy and Switzerland - Mara RiverMara RiverThe Mara River is a river in Africa, flowing through Kenya and Tanzania, and lies across the migration path of ungulates in the Serengeti/Masai Mara game reserves....
, a river of KenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
and TanzaniaTanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state... - Masai MaraMasai MaraThe Maasai Mara National Reserve is a large game reserve in south-western Kenya, which is effectively the northern continuation of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania...
, a reserve in Kenya near the Mara River - Mara, Spain, a municipality
Culture
- Mara (goddess), from Latvian mythology
- Mara (folklore)Mara (folklore)A mare or nightmare is a spirit or goblin in Germanic folklore which rides on people's chests while they sleep, bringing on bad dreams . The mare is attested as early as in the Norse Ynglinga saga from the 13th century, but the belief itself is likely to be considerably older...
, a specter or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore - Mara, also MarzannaMarzannaMaržanna, Mara, Maržena, Morana, Moréna, Mora, Marmora or Morena is a Slavic goddess associated with death, winter and nightmares. Some sources equate her with the Latvian goddess Māra, who takes a person's body after their death...
, Murava, Morana, Moréna or Morena, in Slavic peoples mythology, the goddess of darkness, death, winter, the Moon and horror - Mara (Hindu goddess)Mara (Hindu goddess)Mara is a Hindu goddess of death.In Hinduism, Mara brings death in the same way that Kama brings love and intimacy. On their own, neither is important, but act more as attributes than as deities...
, the goddess of death according to Hindu mythology - Mara (demon)Mara (demon)In Buddhism, Māra is the demon that tempted Gautama Buddha by trying to seduce him with the vision of beautiful women who, in various legends, are often said to be Mara's daughters. In Buddhist cosmology, Mara personifies unwholesome impulses, unskillfulness, the "death" of the spiritual life...
, a "demon" of the Buddhist cosmology, the personification of Temptation - Sri Mara or Mara VarmaVarmaVarmā , Varman or Burman or Barman is an honorific title that was originally used by the Kshatriyas in India and South East Asia...
, an honorific title of the Pandya kings of south India - In Hindu mythology, a mantra told to ValmikiValmikiValmiki is celebrated as the poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature. He is the author of the epic Ramayana, based on the attribution in the text of the epic itself. He is revered as the Adi Kavi, which means First Poet, for he discovered the first śloka i.e...
to chant - Mara, an abbreviation of Mayura (Sanskrit word for peacock)
Fiction
- The Mara (Doctor Who)Mara (Doctor Who)The Mara is a fictional monster in the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. It is a being of pure hatred, anger and greed, and requires the fear of its victims to survive. It exists in the minds of its victims and can transmit itself telepathically, although it can...
, an evil being in two Doctor Who serials - in the Childe CycleChilde CycleThe Childe Cycle is an unfinished series of science fiction novels by Gordon R. Dickson. The name Childe Cycle is an allusion to Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, a poem by Robert Browning, which provided considerable inspiration for elements in Dickson's magnum opus.The series is sometimes...
of Gordon R. Dickson, one of the two homeworlds of the Exotics
Organisations
- Majlis Amanah RakyatMajlis Amanah RakyatThe Majlis Amanah Rakyat is a Malaysian government agency. It was formed to aid, train, and guide Bumiputra in the areas of business and industry. MARA was formed on March 1, 1966 under the Rural and National Development Ministry...
, literally People's Trust Council, a government-linked company in Malaysia - Migration Agents Registration AuthorityMigration Agents Registration AuthorityThe Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority is an Australian Government authority that regulates the Migration Agents profession...
an Australian organisation that registers and monitors Migration Agents - Dance Club Mara, a formation dance team, Minsk, Belarus
- Mara (supermarket)Mara (supermarket)Mara is a Romanian supermarket chain operating 2 supermarkets in Focşani....
, a Romanian supermarket chain
Other
- Mara (mammal)Mara (mammal)The maras are a genus of the cavy family. They are the sole representatives of the subfamily Dolichotinae. These large relatives of guinea pigs are common in the Patagonian steppes of Argentina but live in other areas of South America as well such as Paraguay...
, a species of the cavy family - Mara the LionessMara the LionessMara the Lioness is best known for her role in the 1966 movie Born Free, based on the true story of Elsa the Lioness raised by George and Joy Adamson.Mara was born in the wild in 1965, a premature cub abandoned by her mother during a violent rain storm...
, animal actor in the movie Born Free - Mara (album)Mara (album)Mara is the ninth album by Scottish Celtic rock group Runrig, released in 1995. The title means 'of the sea' in Scots Gaelic.-Track listing:# "Day in a Boat" - 2:56# "Nothing but the Sun" - 7:15# "The Mighty Atlantic" / "Mara Theme" - 6:43...
, a 1995 album by Scottish band Runrig - "Mara", a song by Country Joe and the FishCountry Joe and the FishCountry Joe and the Fish was a rock band most widely known for musical protests against the Vietnam War, from 1966 to 1971, and also regarded as a seminal influence to psychedelic rock.-History:...