Celebrate! Connections Among Cultures

Balinese children and adults play in a gamelan, or orchestra, creating music to accompany a traditional story presented as a pla ...

The Legong dance, performed by these women, celebrates a traditional story that is an important part of Balinese history. The st ...

In the ceremonies of Mani Rimdu, dances tell old stories about how to live a loving, compassionate life. Traditionally only monk ...

When they are born, Aboriginal children are given animal names along with their family names. The animal names are called their ...

Every summer in the United States, the Bread & Puppet Theater of Vermont uses dances and puppets to act out stories celebrat ...

This Sami family lights a fire inside their lavu, a structure traditionally made of tree saplings covered with reindeer skin. Sp ...

WE USE A mandala, an ornate painting often made from naturally dyed river sand, is being burned in a Tibetan celebration. Burnin ...

Balinese men chant at a celebration in which a young man rides a “horse” made from dried grass over burning coconut shells. The ...

Fire is an essential part of Tuareg celebrations. At this wedding,men and women build separate fires. The fires are used for coo ...

Although cultural celebrations around the world may not look the same, they actually have a lot in common. We all celebrate thin ...

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Tibetans and Sherpas live in the Himalaya, the highest mountains on Earth, which include Mount Everest. The Tuareg, nomads who t ...

Sources Much of the research for this book came from the author’s field work and primary observations while living with the indi ...

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