Thus, the Andalusian may have been the first European "warmblood", a mixture of heavy European and lighter Oriental horses.
In this private club run by the House of Blues, dim lighting, oriental carpets and carved wooden doorways from India depicting deities in relief creates the feeling you're at a sick house party rather than a bar.
Before DNA-based research developed, one hypothesis, based on body types and conformation, suggested the light, "dry", oriental horse adapted to the desert climate had developed prior to domestication; DNA studies of multiple horse breeds now suggest that while domesticated horses arose from multiple mare lines, there is very little variability in the Y-chromosome between breeds.
The Nile was a fairyland spectacle, with water fetes, thousands of colored lights, and Oriental music.
Each sits on a wooden platform on the edge of its own secluded glade and comes with a double bed, solar-powered fairy lights, sheepskins and oriental rugs.
S by Shakira is inspired by the singer's "light" and is an oriental perfume which combines scents of various exotic sources like sambac jasmine, sandalwood, and vanilla.
The walls had been painted the yellow of spring light in the forest, and Oriental area rugs softened an oatmeal-colored wooden floor.
Its understated, rather than theatrical, Asian decor features pagoda-like wooden ceiling beams; rice-paper lighting panels; a wall of Oriental artifacts and condiments; a Thai mural, exposed brick, a golden brown pressed tin ceiling; and candles on every table.
After a light hint of orange blossom, this oriental floral sinks deep into a velvety tuberose, before reaching a soft sandalwood and marshmallow finish.
