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"En Gehé is a traditional mancala game played by the Loitha and Kisonga Maasai groups of northern Tanzania. The game was first described in 1904 by a German soldier, Moritz Merker, who was serving in the Kaiserlichen Schutztruppe in German East Africa. Merker later became the first ethnologist to study the Maasai culture. En Gehé is traditionally played by men and warriors, and it usually played in teams of six–eight people. According to the Maasai oral history, it was devised by Sindillo, son of the first man Maitoumbe. Rules The board used to play En Gehé is one of the biggest mancala boards; it comprises two rows of up to 40-50 pits each. Rows are called el mátuan (sing. ol mátua); pits are called 'n gurtót (sing. en gurtóto). Each team of players own one of the rows. At game setup, there are 4 seeds in each pit, for a total amount of 320-400 seeds needed to play the game. Seeds are called es soido (sing. os soid). Caesalpinia bonduc seeds, or small stones, are traditionally used. Teams take turns. At one team's turn, one of the team members takes all of the seeds from one of the team's pits and relay-sows them counterclockwise. If the last seed falls in empty pit of the team's row, any seeds in the opposite pit are captured and removed from the game, together with the seed that captured them. The game ends when one the teams has no seeds in its row. The opponent team captures all the seeds, and the winning team is the one that captured most seeds. References * Merker, M. (1904) Die Masai: Ethnographische Monographie eines ostafrikanischen Semitenvolkes, Berlin: Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohlsen): 36-37 & 272\. * Murray, H. J. R. (1951) A History of Board-Games other than Chess, Oxford: Oxford University Press: 199. * Townshend, P. (1979) Mankala in Eastern and Southern Africa, in Azania: Journal of the British Institute in Eastern Africa; 14: 109-138. Category:Traditional mancala games Category:Entertainment in Tanzania Category:Maasai "
"Notodonta tritophus, the three-humped prominent, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in most of Europe (although it is a very rare immigrant Great Britain), east to the Caucasus and Armenia. The wingspan is 45–55 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August in two generations in western Europe. The larvae mainly feed on Populus species (mainly Populus tremula), and sometimes Salix and Betula. Larvae can be found from June to September. The species overwinters in the pupal stage. Subspecies *Notodonta tritophus tritophus *Notodonta tritophus irfana (de Freina, 1983) External links * *Fauna Europaea *Lepidoptera of Belgium *Lepiforum e.V. *De Vlinderstichting Category:Notodontidae Category:Moths of Europe Category:Moths described in 1775 Category:Taxa named by Michael Denis Category:Taxa named by Ignaz Schiffermüller "
"B. Nagaraja Shetty is an Indian politician who has been a minister in the Government of Karnataka Biography Shetty joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and in 2004 was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Bantwal constituency. He had defeated Congress veteran B. Ramanath Rai who was representing the constituency since 1985.During this term he was also a minister who held various portfolios. He was the Chairman of Coastal Development Authority of Karnataka. He tendered his resignation from the authority on 14 July 2012 following he is not indicted in to the newly formed state government cabinet. References Category:State cabinet ministers of Karnataka Category:People from Dakshina Kannada district Category:Members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka "