Word: regalia
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...their hats and drape robes colored based on their institution of graduation. Harvard’s doctorate robes are crimson with black stripes on the arms. Further, faculty members who graduated from foreign universities are permitted to wear their often more extravagant—even fur-layered—regalia and hats from their previous institutions...
This Thursday, faculty and graduates will don colorful academic regalia for Commencement morning exercises. The profusion of colors, hoods, and hats may leave you wondering if there's some method to this madness. We present a guide to the history of the Commencement dress code with instructions on interpreting all the colors and adornments...
Academic dress found at the commencement ceremonies for universities in the United States is really old school—that is, it originated from the medieval dress of scholars at universities such as Oxford and Cambridge. Academic regalia at Harvard have followed a long history and now largely conform to the Academic Costume Code. But Harvard has its own history on academic dress and continues to retain key elements that differentiate it from the widely-accepted code...
...opening ceremony for the 2010 Winter Olympics Friday night in Vancouver was the usual mix of artistry and awkwardness. The festivities included Canadian aboriginal dancers, who greeted the parade of athletes donned in sparkling regalia - a touching nod to an underappreciated aspect of the country's culture. But the 65-foot puppet of a polar bear covered in LED bulbs that emerged from the stage, while admittedly pretty cool, begged the question: Does the world really need to see a 65-foot polar bear? (See pictures of Olympic opening ceremonies...
...mosque - built of creamy Italian marble and English stained glass - and its golden cupolas were, for Burgess, symbols of royal vanity. (It's something visitors to the Royal Regalia Museum, dedicated to the life of the current Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and the many gifts he has received from international dignitaries, may well recognize.) Devil of a State ends with the consecration of a similar mosque, worked on by Paolo Tasca, a ruttish Italian marble cutter, and his gruff father Nando. Just before the ceremony, Paolo locks himself in a minaret to protest his father's imperiousness. Democracy activists take...