Cali (English spelling)

Japanese: カリ（英語表記）Cali

The capital of the state of Valle del Cauca in western Colombia. It is located about 300 km southwest of the capital Bogotá, overlooking the Cali River, a tributary of the upper reaches of the Cauca River, which separates the Western and Central Andes mountains. It is at an altitude of about 1000 m. It was built in 1536. It is located in the Cauca Valley, one of the most fertile agricultural regions in the country, but its location in the mountains with poor transportation access slowed its economic development. It began to develop after the railway was built in the 20th century, and the population has increased rapidly since the 1950s, becoming the third largest city in the country after Bogotá and Medellin. Since 1954, the Cauca Valley Development Authority has implemented a comprehensive development plan, and the city is the center of the Cauca Valley, where agricultural, commercial and industrial development has progressed. The city distributes coffee, sugarcane, cotton, beans, beef and other products, and is one of the leading industrial centers in the country, with textile, food, shoe, paper, pharmaceutical, bicycle, tire and soap industries. The city is the cultural center of the Cauca Valley, with higher education institutions such as the University of Baye (1945) and the University of Santiago de Cali (1958), theaters and museums. It is also a transportation hub, with the main railway and the Pan-American Highway passing through it, and it is a junction of railways and roads leading to Buenaventura, the main port on the Pacific coast of the country. There is also an international airport. Population: 1,402,983 (1985).

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Kali

One of the four ages of the world in Hindu mythology. Also called Kali Yuga. The final and most terrible dark age, it is said to have lasted for 432,000 years. It is translated into Chinese as the end of the world or the time of conflict. Humanity has been in the Kali age since 3102 B.C. During this period, three-quarters of the correct teachings (dharma) that existed in the best age will disappear, and disasters such as war, natural disasters, bad habits, and early death will occur, as well as great fires and floods, and finally the collapse of the world will come (→ Yuga ).

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A term in Japanese music. To raise the pitch of a note above the standard or normal note. The opposite of "meri." As a verb, it is called karu. It is usually to raise the pitch by about a semitone. It is often used with wind instruments, especially the shakuhachi. It is done by pushing the chin forward and widening the space between the mouthpiece and the lips. In the Kinko school, normal notes are sometimes called kari, meaning "not meri."

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Japanese:

コロンビア西部，バイェデルカウカ州の州都。首都ボゴタの南西約 300km，アンデスの西部山脈と中部山脈を分けるカウカ川の上流部の支流カリ川に臨む。標高約 1000m。 1536年建設。同国で最も肥沃な農業地帯の一つであるカウカ谷にあるが，交通の便の悪い山間にあったため経済的な発展が遅れた。 20世紀に入って鉄道が通じてから発展し始め，特に 1950年代以降急速に人口が増加，ボゴタ，メデリンに次ぐ同国第3の都市に発展した。 1954年以来カウカ谷開発公社による総合開発計画の実施により，農業のほか商工業の開発も進展しているカウカ谷一帯の中心地で，コーヒーを中心にサトウキビ，綿花，豆類，牛肉などの産物の集散を行なうとともに，繊維，食品，製靴，製紙，医薬品，自転車，タイヤ，石鹸などの工業が発達し，同国有数の工業中心地となっている。市内にはバイェ大学 (1945) ，サンチアゴデカリ大学 (1958) をはじめとする高等教育機関，劇場，博物館などがあり，カウカ谷の文化中心地である。現在はまた交通の要地でもあり，幹線鉄道とパンアメリカン・ハイウェーが通り，同国太平洋岸の主要港ブエナベントゥラへ通じる鉄道，道路の分岐点となっている。国際空港もある。人口 140万 2983 (1985) 。

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Kali

ヒンドゥー教神話における世界の4期の一つ。カリ・ユガともいう。最後の最も悪い暗黒時代で，43万 2000年間続くとされる。末世時，争闘時と漢訳される。人類は前 3102年以来このカリ期にいるという。この時期には最良の時代に存在した正法 (ダルマ) の4分の3が消滅し，戦争，天災，悪習，早死などの災禍が生じ，大火，大洪水が起り，ついには世界の崩壊が訪れる (→ユガ ) 。