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My mom was born in Cuba but fled with her family in 1959. They settled in Puerto Rico, where she spent much of her early life.
ཟས་བྲོ་ཅན་ཡོད་ན་མགྲོན་ལ་བྱིན།
གཏམ་དོན་ཅན་ཡོད་ན་གཉེན་ལ་ཤོད།
“If you have delicious food, give it to your guest.
If you have important things to say, say it at a wedding.”
—Tibetan proverb
My family served in the U.S. Foreign Service for thirty odd years, so Christmas had to be reinvented every time we moved. Much depended on the availability of ingredients or decorative material.
For Japanese and Okinawans, New Year’s is the most festive holiday, an occasion also to rectify financial and social debts.
Many Voices, One Nation is an upcoming exhibition in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s newly renovated Second Floor West Wing.
In the past, textile production held a special place in the country of Georgia’s arts and culture.
This month I gave a presentation at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage about Georgia, the country I am from. I tried hard but could not share everything I wanted to about Georgian culture in forty minutes.
As you enter the reception area of the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, a distinctively carved limestone block anchors the far edge of the seating area. It is, in fact, a beautifully carved Welsh apex stone.
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