Sentences with phrase «king of a small nation»

More than 2,500 years ago, in the bright of day, somewhere in a large Middle Eastern city, the king of a small nation strips down to his underclothes during a religious ceremony and dances to the rhythms of tambourines, castanets and cymbals punctuated by the melody of lyres, harps and other guitarlike instruments.

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Following the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron, T'challa returns home to Wakanda to succeed his father as king of the small, isolated, technologically advanced African nation.
The screenplay, written by Chase Palmer & Cary Fukunaga (Beasts of No Nation) and Gary Dauberman (Annabelle: Creation), stays true to the core of King's story and its characters, exploring themes of childhood trauma and the ugliness lurking behind small - town quaintness.
Americans rarely visit this small nation in South Asia because of a steep tourist tax and limited plane access, and the country is remarkably sheltered from outside influences: Bhutan's capital, Thimphu, is the only one in the world without a traffic light, and the king legalized television in the country just 12 years ago.
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