velum

Example Sentences

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She sat patiently as ardent beauticians prepared her for her formal investiture, a highlight of the three-day festival — or vela — that celebrates muxe culture here every November.

From Los Angeles Times

This weekend's festival is called the "True Fearless Seekers of Danger" vela, a name that harkens to the risk many members of the community face.

From Reuters

As soon as the sun sets, locals gather at the cemetery to light candles over their family tombs and start a vigil known as “vela.”

From Seattle Times

TNT will not be used; it would malfunction like it did when they took down the first vela in 1997.

From The Guardian

On the opposite wall were displays of marbled papers hand-rubbed with beeswax, bookbinders’ tools laid out in glass cases like surgical instruments and an 18th-century velum press standing tall beside the entrance door.

From New York Times