pentozali's definitions
Music, art, and literature passed off as folklore when in reality they are not. Soviet-era ensembles like the Red Army Choir are a prime example of fakelore: the music and dances have been prettied up for mass public and Soviet government consumption. There is an increasing trend for many music and dance ensembles around the world to present more authentic folkloric material, but it is an uphill battle because of the demands of commercial interests.
When you see the Moiseyev Dance Ensemble perform, bear in mind that you're seeing carefully choreographed dances. A lot of the material they present is fakelore.
by pentozali November 22, 2013
Get the fakeloremug. by pentozali December 4, 2013
Get the poundzymug. The stench a plant gives off when it's dying, or the bad smell some plants give off, like Rafflesia, to attract pollinators. From FLower + fART.
I hate getting bouquet flowers---you can't keep 'em for long. After a few days, the whole house stinks from bouquet flart. Cut flowers don't have any roots, so you can't save 'em by putting 'em in a pot with soil!
by pentozali October 12, 2010
Get the flartmug. by pentozali August 18, 2010
Get the Jesus chordmug. The kind of person you see getting on or off the train in places like Wall Street, wearing a business suit and sometimes, but not always, carrying a briefcase and/or laptop and listening to his/her iPod. Usually has bloodshot eyes and/or a look of stupor on his/her face because of all the hevonpaska that s/he has to take from the boss and from the spoiled rug rats at home. Also usually heard in boring conversation about stock prices and the Dow index, with one eye glued to the Wall Street Report.
by pentozali March 23, 2007
Get the corporate robotmug. Small guitarlike instrument from the Andean countries of South America about the size of a ukulele, with a delicate tinkly sound almost like a harp, although there are other sizes including the smaller walaycho and the larger ronroco. Charangos are now made exclusively of wood, since the original material, armadillo shell, comes from a severely endangered animal and it is now illegal to export the instruments made from the animal. However, old armadillo shell charangos are legal for export and purchase as long as one has the proper documentation. Paul Simon and Arthur Garfunkel brought this instrument to the world's attention because of their collaborative efforts with Los Incas in the songs "El Condor Pasa" and "Duncan".
You bring your quena, John, bring your sikus, and I'll bring my charango. Let's play some music, guys!
by pentozali October 14, 2013
Get the charangomug. A beautiful country in the Andes Mountains of South America. Renowned for its part as the center of Inca culture and hard-working, very friendly, family-oriented people, and beautiful music in Quechua, Aymara, Chipaya, Guarani, and Spanish. Unfortunatunately at present, Bolivia is under control of a socialist dictator, Evo Morales, who, while keeping the multinational corporations (including McDonald's) out of the country and helping his own people, the Aymara, to have a greater ethnic consciousness, is known to have frequent drunken bouts, is in cahoots with the ranting, anti-US policies of Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Raul Castro of Cuba, and is strongly anti-Semitic and may have ties to a number of terrorist organizations worldwide. What Bolivia really needs is a competant, sober, democratically-minded President who can work with all of Bolivia's ethnic groups equally well, reintroduce multinational corporations prn but with strictly enforced rules about how they handle finances, control pollution, and use their parcels of land, and not allow himself/herself to be swayed by the demands of terrorist organizations.
Bolivia has good-looking people.
by pentozali September 11, 2013
Get the Boliviamug.