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Els monstres de la por: el Liceu adapta un mite grec per explicar la crisi de les persones refugiades
Des del 1993, 33.293 persones han mort ofegades en alta mar al Mediterrani i a l’Atlàntic intentant arribar a un lloc segur on poder reprendre les seves vides.
So many survivors had remarked how the trauma had come back magnified as they neared the end of their lives.
For over half a century, Ko-Thi has honored both age-old traditions and modern African cultures.
At first glance, the tradition of Påskkärring, or “Easter Hags,” seems quite innocent, but deeper study reveals a dark history, one of oppression and persecution.
The drum circle at OWS was a site of intense joy and conflict, its relentless polyrhythms filling the camp and reverberating throughout the Financial District’s thicket of glass towers.
Mexican and Black hip-hop culture live side by side in many Los Angeles neighborhoods, although sometimes our music gets along better than we do.
The Ozark show caves are part of a vast underground network that has quietly shaped culture for hundreds of years.
El Inti Raymi es el festival grande del sol y ocurre durante el solsticio vernal en junio. Este año sería drásticamente diferente.
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