The tradition that performances are punctuated by the rise and fall of a sheet of cloth survives in everyday language.
Folds of cloth, falling 13.5 metres, conjure the bark of an emblematically oversized gum tree, or cliffs on the Hawkesbury maybe, or even the flow of the river itself.
Pin two layers of cloth together and cut two of these pieces from your heavy cloth.
NEW DELHI — Gone are the days when women would come up to my mother on the streets of Edmonton, Canada, and ask her how she managed to keep such a long and lovely piece of cloth from falling off.
It is a sculpture of a captive with the arms bound with a strip of cloth that falls across the hips.
As the Land Cruiser drove "recklessly" back to the consulate, the report said, items fell out of the vehicle, including 100 bullets, a black mask and a piece of cloth with the American flag.
They uncovered the child together, shucking a thick skin of cloth and sticks, and Ogechi leaned as far as she could without falling from the roof to see what special attribute might have required a public showing.
Some gear fell from that vehicle as it sped away, including 100 bullets, four battery cells and a piece of cloth with an American flag stamped on it, the report said.
They choreograph pieces of cloth.
They understood the value of cloth".
Just a straight piece of cloth.
