Heeled shoes may have been invented by ancient horsemen in the Near East, says Elizabeth Semmelhack, curator at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, Canada.
Source: tatoeba (11660600)
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Heeled shoes may have been invented by ancient horsemen in the Near East, says Elizabeth Semmelhack, curator at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, Canada.
Source: tatoeba (11660600)
Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine.
Source: wiktionary
Five drummers in front setting the dance—three beating barrel drums, a fourth beating a double-skin bata, and the fifth beating four small bata tied together.
Source: wiktionary
Several days on, residents of Bata are still coming to grips with the full scale of a tragedy that has killed at least 105 people and injured more than 600 others.
Source: wiktionary
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Closest matches include bata language, brand, child, company, firm.
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