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Protection against an evil eye. A tribal myth or reality.

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In different cultures of the world, there is a belief of protection from an evil eye, however the concept vary widely among different cultures yet the believe is more or less the same. According to a belief, an evil eye is considered a look with bad intention, that may cause harm or bad luck to the person to whom it is directed with evil or malicious intention. Among Pashtuns, an ethnic group, both from northwest of Pakistan and Afghanistan, a local language term "Nazar" is used in such cases."Nazar" means an "evil eye" in English language.  It is suppose to be that certain people have a gaze of their magical eye that may cause harm to some one's beautiful house, possession, property business or any individual etc. For protection from evil eye,usually amulets, bracelets, black thread, sea shells, necklaces with black color pearls and beads are used. Apart from that the rural traditional women used to put alum along with red chillies in fire to finis

My elegant Samsung galaxy camera

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I just fell in love with my New Samsung Galaxy Camera™ AT&T 4G Connected (White). Its elegant and have many features. My sweetest mama gifted me this camera. I am really thankful to my dear mom for giving me such an incredible device. It runs Android like a smart phone and its wireless feature let you skip your computer completely. Picture quality is great, though i am just testing it right now and some of the following pictures are taken with default settings... Its very easy to edit and decorate pictures directly on camera and to share on blog and in emails.Though Samsung also announces a newer version of this Android galaxy camera this year, which is bit cheaper but it doesn't have 3G/4G connect... Features of my Galaxy camera are following. Apart from its internal memory, i have to purchase 32 GB micro SDHC UHS I Card. 16.3 Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor 1.4GHz Quad-Core Processor F2.8, 23 mm, 21x Super Long Zoom Lens 4.8-inch HD Super Clear Touch Display Android 4.1

ABBOTABAD TOWN SHIP SCHEME OF HAZARA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. A beautiful location and residential area.

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Abbotabad is one of the most beautiful city in Pakistan with picturesque beauty. One of my favorite place and my birth town as well, that's why probably i have some special feelings and attachment with this beautiful city.Here are some nature views of the Abbotabad township scheme of Hazara development authority located near Ilyasi Mosque Nawan Shehar. The mountains heading towards another picturesque hill station named "Thandyani" an urdu language word that means "Cool Cool" in English. The following photographs are taken at Abbotabad development housing scheme, the township residential area. For Ilyasi Mosque pictures click here For Thandyani pictures click here For cant pictures click here For Ilyasi Mosque pictures click here For Thandyani pictures click here For cant pictures click here