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Encyclopedia > God's Window

God's Window Escarpment is a popular vantage point along the Blyde River Canyon, in South Africa. In geology, an escarpment is a transition zone between different physiogeographic provinces that involves an elevation differential, often involving high cliffs. ...


At God's Window on the Escarpment, majestic cliffs plunge over 700 meters to the Lowveld and the game reserves which have made the area one of Africa's prime wildlife destinations. From this Escarpment - a 250km long rampart of sheer cliffs - opens a vista into a plush forest the Eden-like esthetic appearance of which prompted the name. A game reserve is an area of land set aside for maintenance of wildlife for tourism or hunting purposes. ... The various meanings of Eden: Garden of Eden Eden programming language Garden of Eden pattern, a term used in cellular automata Eden is the name of a film. ...


God's Window played an important role in the plot of the 1980 cult film The Gods Must Be Crazy. Near the end of the movie, the Bushman character Xixo (played by N!xau) traveled to God's Window and threw a Coke bottle from the escarpment. The bottle, which Xixo had found near the beginning of the movie, set the plot into motion, and the movie focused heavily on his reactions to Western civilization as he traveled from his clan to God's Window. 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... A cult film is a movie that attracts a small but devoted group of obsessive fans or one that has remained popular over successive years amongst a small group of followers. ... The Gods Must Be Crazy is a movie released in 1980, written and directed by Jamie Uys. ... The Bushmen or San peoples of South Africa and neighbouring Botswana and Namibia, who live in the Kalahari, are part of the Khoisan group and are related to the Khoikhoi. ... N!xau (or earlier G!kau; December 16, 1944 - July 1, 2003) was a Namibian bush farmer who was made famous by his roles in the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy and its sequels, in which he played the Kalahari Bushman Xixo. ... The wave shape (known as the dynamic ribbon device) present on all Coca-Cola cans throughout the world derives from the contour of the original Coca-Cola bottles. ...



 

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