palanquin
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"In India, it's said that the bride enters the husband's home carried on a palanquin and that she leaves only after her death, carried out on a funeral bier," Rao told the BBC.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
During the dozen and a half times each year they do go out, for rituals or during Nepali Hindus’ festival season, they must be carried, either in a palanquin or in someone’s arms.
From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2022
He seems to have no desire for the trappings of luxury, eschewing the apparently traditional palanquin for his trips about town and showing little interest in the lavish feasts put in front of him.
From The Verge • Jan. 13, 2022
Cersei’s is a gilded palanquin carried by servants; Tyrion’s is a crate with scuzzy air holes.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 12, 2015
"You may travel by palanquin, and elephant, and camel and ah that, if you wish to, Mother. But Yvaine and I will make our own way there, and travel at our own speed."
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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