Ruby in Culture
Computer programming
- Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language used to program websites in Ruby on Rails, a free web application framework.
Film
- The ruby slippers are the magical shoes worn by Dorothy (played by Judy Garland) in the 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz.
Religion
- In the Ascended Master Teachings, a group of religions based on Theosophy, it is believed that within the Ascended Masters there is a special subcommittee called The Fellowship of the Ruby Ray that deals with Earth-Nirvana affairs--this committee was formed by Padmasambhava (a buddha who is said to be Earth's liaison with Nirvana) and also includes Sanat Kumara, Gautama Buddha, Maitreya, and the Master Jesus.
Social hierarchy
- During the Qing dynasty, the highest rank achievable by a mandarin, the governor of a Chinese province, was signified by wearing a mandarin hat-pin made of ruby. The lower ranks were signified by hat-pins made of coral, sapphire, lapis lazuli, white jade, gold, and silver.
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Famous quotes containing the words ruby and/or culture:
“Its quick silver bell beating, beating
And down the dark one ruby flare
Pulsing out red light like an artery,”
—Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)
“We belong to an age whose culture is in danger of perishing through the means to culture.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)