Confetti Confetti Confetti are small pieces or streamers of paper, mylar, or metallic material which are usually thrown at celebrations, especially parades and weddings. The origins are from the Latin "confectum", with "confetti" the plural of Italian "confetto", small sweet. Modern paper confetti trace back to symbolic rituals of tossing grains and sweets during special occasions, traditional for numerous cultures throughout history as an ancient custom dating back to pagan times, but adapted from sweets and grains to paper through the centuries. Confetti are made in a variety of colors, and commercially available confetti come in many different shapes. A distinction
Chapters and verses of the Bible the verse endings. According to the Talmudic tradition, the division of the text into verses is of ancient origin. In Masoretic versions of the Bible, the end of a verse is indicated by a small mark in its final word called a "silluq" (which means "stop"). Less formally, verse endings are usually also indicated by two horizontal dots following the word with a "silluq". The Masoretic textual tradition also contains section endings called "parashot", which are usually indicated by a space within a line (a "closed" section) or a new line beginning (an "open" section). The division of the text