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"The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) is the foreign ministry of the South African government. It is responsible for South Africa's relationships with foreign countries and international organizations, and runs South Africa's diplomatic missions. The department is headed by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, currently Naledi Pandor. Formerly known as the Department of Foreign Affairs, it was renamed the Department of International Relations and Cooperation by President Jacob Zuma in May 2009. In the 2010 national budget, it received an appropriation of 4,824.4 million rand, and had 4,533 employees. References External links * Official website Foreign affairs Category:Foreign relations of South Africa South Africa "
"Prince Kūhiō Plaza is a single-level regional shopping mall in Hilo, Hawaii. It is the largest enclosed mall on the Island of Hawaii. Anchor stores are Sears and Macy's. Other major tenants include a 9-screen movie theatre and Longs Drugs. The mall is named for Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, who served as Congressional Delegate from 1903 to 1922. History The inside view of Prince Kuhio Plaza, Hilo, Hawaii, with Macy's Various events are held at Prince Kuhio Plaza, such as Lion dance for Chinese New Year (2020) In September 1977, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands offered to lease of land at the intersection of Pūʻāinakō Street and Kanoelehua Avenue (part of the Hawaii Belt Road) for development into retail space, which had been lacking in the area. Orchid Isle Group, the sole bidder for the property, signed a 53-year lease on October 28, 1977. The mall opened in 1985. On August 5, 2002, General Growth acquired the 50% interest in the mall that was owned by Homart Development Company, bringing its ownership in the mall to 100%. In 2001, Macy's acquired the Liberty House store at the mall, followed by JCPenney two years later for the men's, children's, and home store. In 2004, the owner of the shopping center was sued by Longs Drugs for allowing a Safeway to be constructed at the mall. In 2013, First Hawaiian Bank opened a branch at the mall. In 2015, Old Navy and Pier 1 Imports opened stores in the mall. References External links * Category:Brookfield Properties Retail Group Category:Shopping malls in Hawaii Category:Buildings and structures in Hilo, Hawaii Category:Tourist attractions in Hawaii County, Hawaii Category:Shopping malls established in 1985 Category:1985 establishments in Hawaii "
"Càrn na Marbh (meaning "mound" or "cairn of the dead") is a re-used Bronze Age tumulus, located in Fortingall in Perthshire, Scotland. The mound was used in the 14th century for burying victims of the plague away from the church graveyard. Carn na Marbh - Ordnance Survey Map Reference NN741469 A stone, known as Clach a' Phlàigh, "the Plague Stone" crowns the mound and may be an original standing stone and commemorates the plague victims who were buried here in the 14th century. A tablet on the stone is inscribed with the words: > “Here lie the victims of the Great Plague of the 14th Century, taken here on > a sledge drawn by a white horse led by an old woman.” Local legend says it was the focal point of an ancient Samhain (Halloween) festival. A great fire or Samhnag was lit on top of it each year. The whole community took hands when it was blazing and danced round the mound both sunwise and anti-sunwise. Celtic Attic: Celts facts and fiction - Feasts and Celebrations As the fire began to wane, some of the younger boys took burning embers from the flames and ran throughout the field with them, finally throwing them into the air and dancing over them as they lay glowing on the ground. When the last embers were showing, the boys would have a leaping competition across the remains of the fire, reminiscent of the Beltane festival. When it was finished, the young people went home and ducked for apples and practised divination. There was no Scottish tradition of 'guising', the bonfire being the absolute centre of attention until it was consumed. The Samhain celebrations here apparently came to an end in 1924. The mound of ‘Càrn na Marbh’ is located in the same village as the Fortingall Yew, "Wanted: Fat, old, gnarled trees" (28 June 2007) Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved on 29 September 2007. "The Fortingall Yew near Callendar in Scotland - believed to be the oldest tree in the UK and possibly Europe." and the general area is famed for its Bronze Age burial mounds, and preserved standing stones. The site was Christianised during the Dark Ages, perhaps because it was already a sacred place. Place-name and archaeological evidence hint at an Iron Age cult centre at Fortingall which may have had this ancient tree as its focus. References Category:Bronze Age Scotland Category:History of Perth and Kinross Category:Archaeological sites in Perth and Kinross Category:Tumuli in Scotland "