Month: September 2021
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
Marriage, Berber Style
Sights and sounds at an annual festival in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
September 29, 2021Time Capsule of an Ancient Practice
In the rituals performed by the Coptic Church, a Christian denomination with roots in Egypt, little has changed in eighteen hundred years.
September 28, 2021Festival of St. Lazarus
In the Brazilian state of Bahia, St. Lazarus day is a celebration that blends European and African heritages.
September 27, 2021Watch a Launch at the Cape
Witness a genuine E Ticket ride – into space!
September 24, 2021Vegas Was a Blast
They used to stand on the rooftops of the casinos and watch the mushroom clouds.
September 23, 2021Statues of Wonderland
Alice merits two statues in the park, and the caterpillar gets a make-over!
September 22, 2021Gabra – Well Songs
Amongst the Gabra people of northeastern Africa, the dry season provides an opportunity for a ritual gathering of work and song.
September 21, 2021Gabra – Dikhir
Dikhirs are spiritual chants intended to maintain harmony in world of the Gabra people.
September 20, 2021Gabra – Out is Out
For the men of the Gabra, nomadic life demands separation from their families but it also affords an opportunity for friendship and freedom from social pressures.
September 17, 2021Gabra – Order and Disorder
In the traditions of the nomadic Gabra people, order is kept through strict attention to ritual observances.
September 16, 2021Gabra – Small Dry
Songs sung by these nomadic herders reflect a joy shared in togetherness amidst a harsh environment that demands separation.
September 15, 2021Gabra – Night Music
In the east African Desert, women of a nomadic tribe fill the evening air with song.
September 14, 2021Kuarup- Remembrance and Wrestling
The highlight of the 2-day Kuarup festival is a much anticipated but surprisingly non-competitive wrestling match.
September 13, 2021Kuarup- Ritual
For residents of the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon, the souls of the dead are at the center of an annual ceremony of dance and song.
September 10, 2021Kuarup- Reunion
The Kuarup ceremony is cause for reunion among the nine villages which inhabit the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon.
September 9, 2021Casting Off Our Misdeeds
This ancient Jewish New Year’s tradition is an exercise in shedding the spiritual debris of the past year.
September 8, 2021A Blast of the Ram’s Horn
The call of the shofar marks the start of the Jewish New Year and reminds observers to look inward.
September 7, 2021High Holy Days
The week following Rosh Hashanah is when Jews repent for their transgressions of the previous year.
September 6, 2021Bullfrogs – Menace
Catching bullfrogs is no longer child’s play.
September 3, 2021Celebration for a Nation of Immigrants
A festival imported to America from Ghana is a way of remembering the past, while contributing to the future.
September 2, 2021Sound and Silence
The Ga people of Ghana remember the pain of famine and the celebration of harvest.
September 1, 2021Tobacco Auction – Thumbs Up
A veteran auctioneer explains the intricacies of his craft.