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The turkey soup is a reminder of another type of thanksgiving, back when the Abdullahs fled Kurdistan.
Worn by lay people since the early Middle Ages, devotional scapulars carry symbols or verses that once connected the wearer to a particular monastic community.
One Javanese text describes batik not only as an art form, but also as a method of individual character building.
Gutiérrez’s new studio in Ventura, California, will provide a space for that very diasporic Zapotec community—especially the next generation of Oaxacan youth.
Hatfield, a small farming town in western Massachusetts, is known for the richness of both its soil and history.
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