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Fashion Designer Daniel "Dapper Dan" discusses the development of african american fashion during the birth of hip hop. 

 

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Wakhi speaker Rahila Babar, originally from Upper Hunza in Pakistan but now living in New York, sings a famous Wakhi song, accompanied by musician Shahid Ahmed Khan.

 

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"Slava Tebye Bozha (Glory to You Lord)" - a call-and response field song ending in a wedding ceremony. Valentina Kvasova adds to the description in an interview at Brooklyn Arts Council 

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Wakhi speaker Rahila Babar, originally from Upper Hunza in Pakistan but now living in New York, sings a Khowari song, accompanied by musician Shahid Ahmed Khan

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"Kolechko (Ring)" - a lyrical tune about a ring symbolising the strained relations between two lovers is shared by Cossack singer Valentina Kvasova at the Brooklyn Roots Festival 2019. 

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Tour the Staten Island neighborhood of Port Richmond with young traditional dancer Jesus Almedo

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Tafsut Imazighen, meaning "Berber Spring" is a dance group of young women who perform traditional Kabyle dance with touches of contemporary choreography. They are performing here for annual Yennayer celebration held at Murmrr Theater in Prospect heights, Brooklyn. Yennayer is the indigenous new year for North Africans.

 

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Toshie Kenney creates a work in 書道 (Shodō) or Japanese calligraphy, of the Daoist proverb, 井の中の蛙大海を知らず (The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean).

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Material Culture

Eva Walker, a native of Suzhou, performs 山居吟 (Shan Ju Yin), in English: "Chant (Ode) to Living in the Mountain".

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Eva Walker performs 醉漁唱晚 (Zui Yu Chang Wan), or Evening Song of the Drunken Fisherman, on the gǔqín.

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This is a series of public performances organized by Long Island Traditions. 

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Dance

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