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വവ്വാലുകൾ പലപ്പോഴും രാത്രിയിൽ പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെന്നതും, ലോകത്തിന്റെ വിവിധ ഭാഗങ്ങളിൽ വ്യത്യസ്ത രീതികളിൽ കാണപ്പെടുന്നതും ആണ്. കിഴക്കൻ യൂറോപ്പ് പോലെയുള്ള ചില സ്ഥലങ്ങളിൽ, രൂപം മാറ്റാനും മനുഷ്യരിൽ നിന്ന് രക്തം വലിച്ചെടുക്കാനും കഴിയുന്ന ‘വാമ്പയർ’മാരുമായി അവർ ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു, ജപ്പാൻ പോലുള്ള മറ്റ് സംസ്കാരങ്ങളിൽ ഇവയെ ഭാഗ്യത്തിന്റെ പ്രതീകമായി കാണപ്പെടുന്നു, വസ്ത്രങ്ങളിലും വാളുകളിലും അലങ്കാരമായും ഉപയോഗിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.

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This is an object from the Manchester Museum collection translated from English to the Indian language Malayalam.

Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken very commonly in the Southern state of India called Kerala along with Indian territories Lakshadweep and Mahé, Puducherry.

Manchester has a vibrant Malayali community and a Manchester Malayalee association comprising of people from all age groups. This signifies the importance of having a translation in Malayalam of the museum objects thereby making the museum experience more welcoming, inclusive and wholesome.

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    Federica

    In Italian culture, bats often have negative connotations. As with other traditionally Christian countries, bats are often associated with the devil. For this reason, many representations of demons include bat wings, in contrast with angels, that have bird’s wings instead. Despite, this bad reputation there are some descriptions of bats that also highlight more positive attributes.
    In the poem below by famous Italian poet Alda Merini, bats are described as cute flying mice that appear even cartoon-like (“topino volante, sembri un disegno animato”).

    Pipistrello, di Alda Merini:
    Nella notte, mago del cielo, in volo disegni arabeschi, non hai confini, solo profondità.
    Pipistrello, topino volante, sembri un disegno animato,
    Cacciatore nel buio, denti ed orecchie, la tua preda è vicina!
    Pipistrello, farò silenzio, ma tu mi sentirai, mentre balli nel cielo bruno, col tuo Arabesque.

    Yuji Yamaguchi

    コウモリは、昔おめでたい動物でした。これは、中国でも同じです。しかし、西洋の影響で不吉な動物になってしまった。今、コウモリは都会でふえてきています。

    bryony

    Translation from Japanese:

    Bats used to be auspicious animals. This is the same in China. However, the influence of the West has turned it into an ominous animal. Now bats are proliferating in cities.

    Oana Branzan

    Bats in Romania
    In Romania all bats are insectivores, they feed on crepuscular and nocturnal insects from
    different habitats such as meadows, fields agricultural, forests, and wet, and aquatic habitats.
    Bats consume very large quantities of harmful insects, for the control of which farmers and
    foresters would have to pay exorbitant sums every year. Forests are particularly important for
    around two thirds of Europe’s bat species, providing them with essential opportunities for
    roosting and feeding: Bats use tree trunks and loose bark for roosting during one period of
    their life cycle, and some of them rely on these roosts for breeding and hibernation. That is
    why the protection and conservation of the habitats of the Apuseni Nature Park are
    particularly important for the bat species identified in its area. Of the 32 species of bats
    present in Romania, 23 species have been identified in the Apuseni Nature Park so far.
    Within the project “Development of tools for the adaptive management of natural capital in
    the protected areas Apuseni Natural Park, ROSCI0002 Apuseni, ROSPA0081 Apuseni
    Mountains Vlădeasa and ROSCI0016 Buteasa” co-financed by the European Regional
    Development Fund through the Large Infrastructure Operational Program 2014-2020, we
    have the pleasure to release the short documentary film with the CHIROPTERS from the
    Apuseni Nature Park and the integrated natural protected areas.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCG41

    HmNdA&t=66s&ab_channel=ParculNaturalApuseni

    Romanian text below:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCG41-HmNdA&t=66s&ab_channel=ParculNaturalApuseni
    Despre liliecii din Apuseni

    În România toți liliecii sunt insectivori, se hrănesc cu insecte crepusculare și nocturne din diferite habitate precum pajiști, câmpuri agricole, păduri, habitate umede ș acvatice. Liliecii consumă cantități foarte mari de insecte dăunătoare, pentru controlul cărora fermierii și pădurarii ar trebui să plătească în fiecare an sume exorbitante. Pădurile sunt deosebit de importante pentru aproximativ două treimi din speciile de lilieci din Europa, oferindu-le oportunități esențiale pentru adăpostire și hrănire: liliecii folosesc trunchiuri de copaci și scoarță liberă pentru a se adăposti pe parcursul unei perioade a ciclului lor de viață, iar unii dintre ei se bazează pe aceste adăposturi pentru reproducere și hibernare. De aceea, protecția și conservarea habitatelor Parcului Natural Apuseni sunt deosebit de importante pentru speciile de lilieci identificate în zona acestuia. Din cele 32 de specii de lilieci prezente în România, în Parcul Natural Apuseni au fost identificate până acum 23 de specii. În cadrul proiectului „Dezvoltarea instrumentelor pentru managementul adaptativ al capitalului natural în ariile protejate Parcul Natural Apuseni, ROSCI0002 Apuseni, ROSPA0081 Munții Apuseni – Vlădeasa și ROSCI0016 Buteasa” cofinanțat de Fondul European de Dezvoltare Regională prin Programul Operațional Infrastructură Mare 2014 – 2020, avem plăcerea să lansăm scurtmetrajul documentar despre speciile de chitoptere din Parcul Natural Apuseni și ariile naturale protejate integrate.

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    Lina

    thank you

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    Gaetana Trippetti

    What a lovely object! I think it is a Japanese netsuke.

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