noun
Etymology
Origin of charas
1870–75; < Hindi: resin of the hemp plant
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In this iteration, which González calls an opera, he further explores modern blackness, public housing and human-object intersections by drawing from influences as varied as the futurist Buckminster Fuller and the activist collective CHARAS.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2019
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