Kuru

Kuru may refer to:

Anthropology and history

  • Kuru (disease), a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy associated with the cannibalistic funeral practices of the Fore people
  • Kuru (mythology), part of Meitei mythology
  • Kuru kingdom, a powerful Indo-Aryan tribe and kingdom during the Vedic period (Early Iron Age)
    • King Kuru (Vedic Hindu era), the imputed ancestral king of Indo-Aryan Kuru tribe
  • Kuru (sport), a traditional Bhutanese sport
  • Kuru, also called sintak, a traditional game of stones from the Philippines

Places

Transport

  • HMAS Kuru, an Australian patrol boat operational between 1938 and 1943
  • S/S Kuru, a Finnish lake steamer

People

Other uses

  • Kuru (film), a Japanese supernatural horror film
  • KURU (FM), a radio station (89.1 FM) licensed to serve Silver City, New Mexico, United States
  • Kuru kulla, a species of dromaeosaurid theropods

See also

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