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When Dr. Palina Louangketh decided to launch the Idaho Museum of International Diaspora in Boise, she already envisioned how the nonprofit would serve the public.
Aparte de su melodía pegajosa y su popularidad hasta con Messi, la canción representa lo que significa el fútbol para Argentina y el mundo.
Apart from its catchy melody and popularity with the likes of Lionel Messi, the song represents what soccer means for Argentina and the world.
July 12 marks the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, which cinched Protestant Ascendency in Northern Ireland.
Placed on many streets in Germany since the 1990s, the Stolpersteine are components of a decentralized memorial to victims of the Holocaust.
Folk gestures, such as the handshake and other forms of greeting, have waxed and waned among many different cultures.
So many survivors had remarked how the trauma had come back magnified as they neared the end of their lives.
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.
As soon as I walked through the airport gates, the magic would end and I would be an American again.
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