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Creative Encounters
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The artists discussed how their beliefs inform their respective artistic traditions and how they commemorate the people who came before them.
For Guatemalan alfombra de aserrín (sawdust carpet) artists, the physical act of creating their art far surpasses its short-lived ephemeral reality.
The Shahnameh is the over 1,000-year-old compilation of famous Persian histories, myths, and legends.
Every culture, every nation, every person has woven their histories into narratives.
Use the sliders to get a glimpse of how elements of sport, religion, and agriculture have always been present here.
What story does music tell about the flexibility and resiliency of African-derived religious practices?
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