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KITCHEN FIRE [3 records]

Record 1 2014-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fires and Explosions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Feux et explosions

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
CONT

wife burning : Her in-laws claimed she did not provide enough dowry, that she was a financial drain on the family. Her husband threatened to kill her. Then one Friday last October, Jasmin was burned over 90 per cent of her body in a fire fueled by kerosene from the kitchen stove.

CONT

Crimes of violence against women in India such as suttee, bride burning, witch hunting, dowry murder, wife beating, rape, female infanticide, and child prostitution are increasing at an alarming rate.

CONT

Fire is at the heart of many purifying rituals - religious and cultural - in Pakistan and India, and some specialists see the wife burning as a perverse mutation of these ancient practices.

OBS

Compare with "dowry burning".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
OBS

En Inde, les familles marient les adolescentes à des maris en échange d'une dot. Après un certain temps, le mari, insatisfait de la dot ou pour une autre raison, décide de se débarrasser de son épouse. Il existe en Inde, beaucoup de fourneaux alimentés au kérosène. Récemment, un bon nombre d'accidents suspects sont survenus où les femmes sont brûlées vives dans leur cuisine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Criminología
DEF

Práctica de quemar viva a la recién casada.

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Record 3 1997-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Camping and Caravanning
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
OBS

Examples are privies, water supply, fire circles and firewood, kitchen shelter, and picnic tables.

OBS

Usually used in the plural.

OBS

Term used by Parks Canada.

Key term(s)
  • basic facilities

French

Domaine(s)
  • Camping et caravaning
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
OBS

Par exemple, toilettes extérieures, alimentation en eau, emplacements et bois de feu de camp, abri de cuisine et tables de pique-nique.

OBS

Habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

OBS

Terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Key term(s)
  • installations de base

Spanish

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