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A Jamaican Galliwasp’s Journey Home: The Repatriation Movement in GlasgowThis lizard specimen became an important touchstone for Scotland’s involvement in the repatriation, or return, of museum objects back to their place of origin.
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Dance of the Feather: A Oaxacan Flight between Tradition and ModernityThe dance tradition has survived five centuries of cultural changes and fused Mexico’s pre-Hispanic past with its present.
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Training the Next Generation of Tibetan Linguists: Nine Years of Language WorkshopsThe Tibetan Plateau is home to a rich, complex language landscape in southwestern China.
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How Wild Clay Connects North Carolina’s CeramicistsRaw clay’s texture, color, and finish differ based on location. Often, potters recognize these by touch or sight.
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And Down the Stretch, It’s Benedictine Spread for the Kentucky Derby!Alongside pecan pie and mint juleps, no Louisville derby party would be complete without Benedictine, a cucumber, cream-cheese spread.
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Meet the Culture Queens Reclaiming North Carolina’s TrailsFor many Black people, the outdoors did not feel welcoming. Society has long perpetuated the idea that nature is not for us.
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Artist sTo Len Paints with Pollution and Creates with Waste for a Cleaner WorldWaste, trash, garbage, detritus, pollution. Whatever you want to call it, sTo Len is fascinated by it.
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Behold the Butter Lamb of God: A Polish Catholic Easter Tradition Beloved in Buffalo, New YorkA butter lamb has taken center stage on my family’s Easter table for as long as I can remember.
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Ronnie Simpkins Reflects on Thirty Years with Smithsonian Folkways and the Seldom SceneRonnie Simpkins’s love for the acoustic bass began before he was tall enough to hold it upright.
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Gretchen Gonzales Davidson’s Practice at the Intersection of Arts and AdvocacyAs a musician and advocate, Gretchen Gonzales Davidson embraces the complex relationships between music, culture, and community.
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