BCIS stands for The Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is a division of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which itself is a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The USCIS was formed in 2003 after the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was dissolved following the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States and is responsible for the processing and monitoring of new arrivals and immigrants to the US. The BCIS is tasked with overseeing the application process for immigration, asylum, naturalization, and other related services while the USCIS enforces immigration laws and processes deportations.
The shopkeeper says of Saint Cecelia "She was one of the first Christian Martyrs. The execution, they tried to cut her head off". Saint Cecelia was sentenced to death after refusing to worship false gods. She also converted people to the Christian faith and buried the Christian dead, when this was against the law. She was ordered to be burned, however the flames did not harm her. An executioner was then sent to cut off her head. She was struck her three times, but he was unable to decapitate her so he left her bleeding, and she lived for three days. On the third day she died, and was buried by Pope Urban and his deacons.
Ikenga (literal meaning "strength of movement") is a horned Alusi found among the Igbo people in southeastern Nigeria. It is one of the most powerful symbols of the Igbo people, and the most common cultural artifact. Ikenga is mostly maintained, kept or owned by men, and occasionally by women of high reputation and integrity in the society.