Bees; Bees in art; Masks; Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America; Potlatch; Kwaguilth Indians; Kwaguilth Indians -- Social life and customs
Among tribes of the Northwest Coast, masks are worn during winter ceremonies (called "Potlatch"), a community event that hosts a series of songs, dances and rituals. During these ceremonies, masks are danced in ceremonial houses to...
China; China -- Social life and customs; Crickets; Insect cages
Cricket Culture in China encompasses a 2000 year history of both singing and fighting insects and can be divided into three eras. Before the Tang Dynasty (500 BC - 618 AD), people appreciated the cricket's melodic chirping in its natural habitat....
Guitar; Musical instruments; Dylan, Bob, 1941-; Autographs; Music -- History; Folk music -- History; Music -- United States -- History
Bob Dylan's influence on popular music is immeasurable. Throughout his career, he changed the face of many different genres of music, including folk, rhythm and blues, rock, pop and country. Born in 1961 as Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth,...
Headgear; Bambara (African people); Bambara (African people)--Social life and customs; Mali
This headdress, called Chi-wara, represents the half-human, half-antelope spirit who taught the Bamana people of Mali how to farm long, long ago. Farming is very important among the Bamana, providing their main source of food and income. Each year,...
Indians of North America; Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America; Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies; Indian dance -- North America; Indians of North America -- Folklore; Masks; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwakiutl art;...
This mask was created by contemporary Kwagiulth artist Buddy George. Called “Moon with Snakes” mask, it depicts a cosmological theme, as many Northwest Coast legends do. It embodies the moon, a celestial being that was, according to legend,...
In the early 1970s, "The Osmonds" were a five-brother pop "bubblegum" music sensation whose lead singer, 12-year-old Donny, was the main attraction for thousands of American pre-teenage girls. Older brothers-Jay, Alan, Wayne,...
Puppets; Bamana (African people); Bamana (African people) - social life and customs; Mali; Nineteen hundreds (Decade)
The Bamana are members of the Mande culture, a large and powerful group of people from the Republic of Mali, located in northwestern Africa. Throughout the Segou Region in Mali, the Sogo bo, or puppet masquerades, are performed by the young men’s...
Puppets; Vietnam; Vietnam -- Social life and customs; Puppets -- Vietnam
Due to its climate, Vietnam is a very humid and wet country. For hundreds of years, Vietnamese people have raised crops of rice in fields of water, fished and tended animals to make a living. Water is very much a part of their world and is often...
