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Wukchumi basket Weaving
Ghanaian Agbekor drumming
Afro-Cuban Orisha Dance
Pre-colonial traditional Philippine Tattoo
Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba dance
Mariachi Music
Hmong Funeral rites
Tibetan Opera
Melody holding a canoe basket made by her grandmother Della Campbell. Photo by Buffie Schmidt. Melody Williams of Arcata, began her weaving journey at 22, learning from her grandmother, Della Campbell. She later reconnected with traditional basket weaving through her aunt, Christine Hamilton, who taught gathering and weaving techniques…
Traditional Afghan Rubab
Benita Martinez Sosa started learning how to weave when she was 8 years old and by the time she was 12 she knew how to weave. She was taught by her parents and grandparents in her hometown of Teotitlán del Valle, in Oaxaca, Mexico. This tradition has always been a…
Kathakali
