Many Asian civilizations distinguish between art / court / classical styles and " folk " music, though cultures that do not depend greatly upon notation and have much anonymous art music must distinguish the two in different ways from those suggested by western scholars.

Many of the most critically acclaimed Asian films of all time were produced during this decade, including Yasujirō Ozu's Tokyo Story ( 1953 ), Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy ( 1955 – 1959 ) and The Music Room ( 1958 ), Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu ( 1954 ) and Sansho the Bailiff ( 1954 ), Raj Kapoor's Awaara ( 1951 ), Mikio Naruse's Floating Clouds ( 1955 ), Guru Dutt's Pyaasa ( 1957 ) and Kaagaz Ke Phool ( 1959 ), and the Akira Kurosawa films Rashomon ( 1950 ), Ikiru ( 1952 ), Seven Samurai ( 1954 ) and Throne of Blood ( 1957 ).

Many countries in the western Asian region used the Mesopotamian calendar from very early times, though the names of months varied.

Many other refugees from Iran and the Central Asian countries constituting the former Soviet Union have also settled in the city as economic migrants.

Many of the " Black Poor " were African Americans, who had been given their freedom after seeking refuge with the British Army during the American Revolution, but also included other West Indian, African and Asian inhabitants of London.

Many other elements of Japanese culture also may date from this period and reflect a mingled migration from the northern Asian continent and the southern Pacific areas.

Many restaurants now exist, however, that specialize in Japanese-style ramen, especially in major urban areas with large demand for Asian cuisine.

Many of these South Asian and Southeast Asian deer species also share their habitat with various herbivores such as Asian elephants, various Asian rhinoceros species, various antelope species ( such as nilgai, Four-horned antelope, blackbuck, and Indian gazelle in India ), and wild oxen ( such as wild Asian water buffalo, gaur, banteng, and kouprey ).

Many East Asian martial arts also make extensive study and use of acupressure for self-defense and health purposes ( chin na, tui na ).

Many other East Asian traditions present something very similar to the apophatic approach: for example, the Tao Te Ching, the source book of the Chinese Taoist tradition, asserts in its first statement: the Tao (" way " or " truth ") that can be described is not the constant / true Tao.

Many American-born Chinese who initially did not have any Chinese language skills and who refused to date a fellow Asian, returned from the tour not only expressing a greater appreciation of Chinese language and culture but also a greater willingness to date within the Asian community.

Many eventually created their own cocktails and signature food dishes based on Asian themes.

Many of the smaller groups are found in the Asian part of Russia ( see Indigenous peoples of Siberia ).

Many other elements of Japanese culture also may date from this period and reflect a mingled migration from the northern Asian continent and the southern Pacific areas.

Many attempts to breed disease resistant cultivar hybrids have usually involved a genetic contribution from Asian elm species which have demonstrable resistance to this fungal disease.

Many ships from the Americas use this route to go important East Asian ports.

Many Asian Elephant, Gaur, Sambar, vulnerable Sloth Bears, Leopard, tiger and Wild Boars dwell in the forests of Karnataka.

Many were European or Asian migrants seeking fortune on the goldfields.

Many Southeast Asian ethnic Chinese also originated in the Chaoshan region of Guangdong province and speak Teochew, the variant of Southern Min from that region.

Many species in the iris family have a great economic importance in ornamental horticulture and the cut flower industry, especially Gladiolus, Freesia, Sparaxis, Iris, Tigridia ( tiger lily ), Ixia ( corn lily ), Romulea, Neomarica, Moraea ( butterfly lily ), Nemastylis, Belamcanda, Sisyrinchium ( blue-eyed grass ), Crocosmia and Trimezia.

Many species have an erect woody stem which is covered with persistent dried leaves unless there have been fires, topped by a crown of long thin leaves.

Many species of Aloe are used medicinally and in cosmetics.

Many species of Amaryllidoideae are popular as ornamentals in parks and gardens.

Many individual names are formed by adding the suffix " ine " to the species or genus name.

Many defoliated forest areas were quickly invaded by aggressive pioneer species, such as bamboo and cogon grass, which make it unlikely the forests will be able to regenerate.

Many species undertake long distance annual migrations, and many more perform shorter irregular movements.

Many species are of economic importance, mostly as sources of food acquired through hunting or farming.

Many primate and bear species will adopt a bipedal gait in order to reach food or explore their environment.

Many species of lizards become bipedal during high-speed, sprint locomotion, including the world's fastest lizard, the spiny-tailed iguana ( genus Ctenosaura ).

Many Bacillus species are able to secrete large quantities of enzymes.

Many species of carnivorans are solitary, but a few are gregarious.

Many larger, pelagic species such as the Mackerel Sharks ( Lamnidae ) and the Thresher Sharks ( Alopiidae ) no longer possess them.

Many species of neornithines can build burrows, or nest in tree holes or termite nests, all of which provided shelter from the environmental effects at the K – T boundary.

Many species have large, yellow or white flowers.

Many cnidarian species produce colonies that are single organisms composed of medusa-like or polyp-like zooids, or both.

Many species prey on the cane toad in its native habitat, including the broad-snouted caiman ( Caiman latirostris ), the banded cat-eyed snake ( Leptodeira annulata ), the eel ( family: Anguillidae ), various species of killifish, the rock flagtail ( Kuhlia rupestris ), some species of catfish ( order: Siluriformes ).

Many sources list the domestic dog as Canis familiaris, but others, including the Smithsonian Institution and the American Society of Mammalogists, more precisely list it as a subspecies of C. l. familiaris ; the red wolf, eastern Canadian wolf, and Indian wolf may or may not be separate species ; in the past, the dingo has been variously classified as Canis dingo, Canis familiaris dingo and Canis lupus familiaris dingo.

Many of the predatory species are important controls of agricultural pests.

Many chaparral plant species require some fire cue ( heat, smoke, or charred wood, and chemical changes in the soil following fires ) for germination.

Many animal species practice coprophagia as a matter of course ; other species do not normally consume feces but may do so under unusual conditions.

Many species of cactus have long, sharp spine ( botany ) | spines, like this Opuntia.