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Professora Amazonas begins making cords for GLDC’s annual batizado at least four months before the event. It is a long and tedious process to make the cords, not only because they represent hard work, dedication, responsibility, and community through…

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Don Miguel Flores Lopez, a bomba dancer of over 75 years at the time of this photograph.

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Gabi and Steve, interns from The Okeanos Foundation begin constructing a sea vaka model, which was the first major piece of art to be put on display in the 431 Greenhouse Galleries during the Water Is Life exhibit series..

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After a week on display in the window of the exhibit space, the Okeanos sea vaka model was then incorporated into the opening reception for the group art show of the Water Is Life exhibit series.

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This model vaka, an indigenous sailing vessel from Polynesia, submitted by Okeanos Foundation for the Sea stayed on display for a full month at 431 Raritan Ave., bringing awareness to the need for sustainable sea transportation.

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Okeanos sea vaka model on display in the window of 431 Raritan Ave. in Highland Park NJ for the duration of the Water Is Life exhibit series project.

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Interns from The Okeanos Foundation constructing a sea vaka model, which was the first major piece of art to be put on display in the 431 Greenhouse Galleries during the Water Is Life exhibit series..

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¡Retumba! dance group pictured with Mayor Bloomberg at the Mayor's Awards for Arts & Culture. ¡Retumba! performed in collaboration with four other NYC groups at The Mayor’s Award Ceremony at City Center, February 2013.

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Photograph of The Band Called FUSE.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"'Busy Is My Best Friend' was a success. The Band Called FUSE embarked on a second Kickstarter, and made their way onto MTV. The Line Up was real and growing. I…

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Nothing goes to waste in a village. These are plastic bags made into a ball to play with. Poverty has to end in Africa because there is plenty when the mind is blind the eyes can not see.

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Pepe Santana poses just as he did for a book from the 90's about musicians in the United States. Pepe's mission to spread his traditional music with others has never changed. Thanks to him many know about Andean Music and its importance. He is an…

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Norma at Masikandoro

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Norma and Renee at Masikandoro

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Poet Nora Cruz reciting a poem at the 5th Bomba Research Conference at the Renacimiento Theater in Arroyo. Nora shared poetry from her book Verso y Tambó. Nora Cruz also works in the sharing and preservation of folkloric culture, having founded an…

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Poet Nora Cruz from Guayama, Puerto Rico, sharing her poetry at the 5th Bomba Research Conference at the Renacimiento Theater in Arroyo.

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Noemi Chaparro, one of the farm owners at Tainasoy, and Mario Antunez, one of the key crew members of the earthship build at Tainasoy and member of Colectivo Verdolaga which partnered with Tainasoy to plan and construct the earthship.

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Noemi Chaparro, one of the farm owners at Tainasoy, gave a tour of the land, including the site where the first earthship construction in Puerto Rico would be begin to be built in the coming months.

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Noah's Flood, by Joseph Ursulo, a found object sculpture on display at the reception for the Water Is Life group exhibit.

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St. Thomas University VISIONS program participant Tobias Knight preparing holes for transplanting seedlings into the steep slopes on a terraced planting area of Plenitud’s organic permaculture farm. Tilling would weaken the soil structure on this…

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There was no help from Rural District council

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Night time at Masikandoro

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Head of State Obasanjo, second from left, went to visit the Epe General Hospital where Mohammed Talukder on the right with his back turned is speaking about how the surgical skills were improved at the hospital as well as how there was more…
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