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  • BURKINA FASO, Bani, 2007. Many of the Muslim devotional singers of Bani are children, enthusiastic in their embrace of the tradition but showing the strain of standing for hours.
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  • Pakistan, Sehwan Sharif, 2004. In the best tradition of Muslim hospitality, Dr. M. Ahsan Siddiqui opened his medical practice and then his Sehwan home to a journalist.
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  • China, Pingyao, 2008. A circular gate welcomes visitors to the inner courtyard of a traditional wealthy merchant's house. A second story lies beyond the gate, where the master of the house held court.
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  • In a pre-Christmas tradition which began in 1957, the Jimenez family of Castroville put on their annual "posada," with friends, family and guests celebrating the holiday season together. Posada” means “inn” in Spanish, and for this occasion, children dressed as Biblical figures reenacted Mary and Joseph's search for shelter during their Biblical journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Moving from house to house, the “peregrinos,” or pilgrims, trade touching verses in song with the “hosteleros,” the innkeepers, inside, until at last, shelter is found.
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  • In a pre-Christmas tradition which began in 1957, the Jimenez family of Castroville put on their annual "posada," with friends, family and guests celebrating the holiday season together. Posada” means “inn” in Spanish, and for this occasion, children dressed as Biblical figures reenacted Mary and Joseph's search for shelter during their Biblical journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Moving from house to house, the “peregrinos,” or pilgrims, trade touching verses in song with the “hosteleros,” the innkeepers, inside, until at last, shelter is found.
    141214 jd posadas13.jpg
  • In a pre-Christmas tradition which began in 1957, the Jimenez family of Castroville put on their annual "posada," with friends, family and guests celebrating the holiday season together. Posada” means “inn” in Spanish, and for this occasion, children dressed as Biblical figures reenacted Mary and Joseph's search for shelter during their Biblical journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Moving from house to house, the “peregrinos,” or pilgrims, trade touching verses in song with the “hosteleros,” the innkeepers, inside, until at last, shelter is found.
    141214 jd posadas08.jpg
  • In a pre-Christmas tradition which began in 1957, the Jimenez family of Castroville put on their annual "posada," with friends, family and guests celebrating the holiday season together. Posada” means “inn” in Spanish, and for this occasion, children dressed as Biblical figures reenacted Mary and Joseph's search for shelter during their Biblical journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Moving from house to house, the “peregrinos,” or pilgrims, trade touching verses in song with the “hosteleros,” the innkeepers, inside, until at last, shelter is found.
    141214 jd posadas05.jpg
  • In a pre-Christmas tradition which began in 1957, the Jimenez family of Castroville put on their annual "posada," with friends, family and guests celebrating the holiday season together on Dec. 15th. Posada” means “inn” in Spanish, and for this occasion, children dressed as Biblical figures reenacted Mary and Joseph's search for shelter during their Biblical journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Moving from house to house, the “peregrinos,” or pilgrims, trade touching verses in song with the “hosteleros,” the innkeepers, inside, until at last, shelter is found.
    131215 jd posadas01.jpg
  • In a pre-Christmas tradition which began in 1957, the Jimenez family of Castroville put on their annual "posada," with friends, family and guests celebrating the holiday season together on Dec. 15th. Posada” means “inn” in Spanish, and for this occasion, children dressed as Biblical figures reenacted Mary and Joseph's search for shelter during their Biblical journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Moving from house to house, the “peregrinos,” or pilgrims, trade touching verses in song with the “hosteleros,” the innkeepers, inside, until at last, shelter is found.
    131215 jd posadas02.jpg
  • In a pre-Christmas tradition which began in 1957, the Jimenez family of Castroville put on their annual "posada," with friends, family and guests celebrating the holiday season together on Dec. 15th. Posada” means “inn” in Spanish, and for this occasion, children dressed as Biblical figures reenacted Mary and Joseph's search for shelter during their Biblical journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Moving from house to house, the “peregrinos,” or pilgrims, trade touching verses in song with the “hosteleros,” the innkeepers, inside, until at last, shelter is found.
    131215 jd posadas01.jpg
  • Josselyn Melanie Cuauhyolotzin, center, during her coming-of-age ceremony. In a colorful indigenous ritual celebrated in Salinas, Aztec teachers, dancers, family and friends gathered together to perform an Aztec “xilonen” ritual for Cuauhyolotzin at the home of her parents. The elaborate ceremony marks the transition from childhood to maidenhood, and is the spiritual basis in Mexican tradition for the “quinceanera.”
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  • Details from the elaborate altars constructed for a unique “xilonen” coming-of-age ritual for Josselyn Melanie Cuauhyolotzin at the Salinas home of her parents. Dancers from throughout the Aztec community in California came together on Saturday, February 9th, 2013, to celebrate her passage from childhood to maidenhood. The ritual is one of the spiritual bases in Mexican tradition for the “quinceanera.”
    130827 JD eaglewarrior41.jpg
  • In a colorful indigenous ritual celebrated in Salinas, Aztec teachers, dancers, family and friends gathered together to perform an “xilonen” ritual for Josselyn Melanie Cuauhyolotzin, at the home of her parents. The elaborate ceremony on Saturday, February 9th, 2013, marked the transition from childhood to maidenhood. It is also one of the spiritual bases in Mexican tradition for the “quinceanera.”
    130827 JD eaglewarrior03.jpg
  • In a pre-Christmas tradition which began in 1957, the Jimenez family of Castroville put on their annual "posada," with friends, family and guests celebrating the holiday season together on Dec. 15th. Posada” means “inn” in Spanish, and for this occasion, children dressed as Biblical figures reenacted Mary and Joseph's search for shelter during their Biblical journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Moving from house to house, the “peregrinos,” or pilgrims, trade touching verses in song with the “hosteleros,” the innkeepers, inside, until at last, shelter is found.
    131215 jd posadas02.jpg
  • Josselyn Melanie Cuauhyolotzin, seated, is purified during her coming-of-age ceremony. In a colorful indigenous ritual celebrated in Salinas, Aztec teachers, dancers, family and friends gathered together to perform an Aztec “xilonen” ritual for Cuauhyolotzin at the home of her parents. The elaborate ceremony marks the transition from childhood to maidenhood, and is the spiritual basis in Mexican tradition for the “quinceanera.”
    130827 JD eaglewarrior50.jpg
  • Victor Juarez, one of the founders of Yaocuauhtli, preparing for a unique “xilonen” coming-of-age ritual for Josselyn Melanie Cuauhyolotzin at the Salinas home of her parents. Dancers from throughout the Aztec community in California came together on Saturday, February 9th, 2013, to celebrate her passage from childhood to maidenhood. The ritual is one of the spiritual bases in Mexican tradition for the “quinceanera.”
    130827 JD eaglewarrior42.jpg
  • Josselyn Melanie Cuauhyolotzin, center, during her coming-of-age ceremony on February 9th. In a colorful indigenous ritual celebrated in Salinas, Aztec teachers, dancers, family and friends gathered together to perform an Aztec “xilonen” ritual for Cuauhyolotzin at the home of her parents. The elaborate ceremony marks the transition from childhood to maidenhood, and is the spiritual basis in Mexican tradition for the “quinceanera.”
    130827 JD eaglewarrior51.jpg
  • BURMA (MYANMAR),Shan State, Peinnebin, 2006. The village chief ensures everything is in place the night before the wedding. Palaung tradition allows separation if the marriage does not work out.
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  • Scenes from the Jimenez Family Posadas on December 18th, 2016 in Castroville. In a pre-Christmas tradition they began in 1957, friends, family and guests celebrate the holiday season together.  Posada” means “inn” in Spanish, and for this occasion, children dressed as Biblical figures reenacted Mary and Joseph's search for shelter during their Biblical journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Moving from house to house, the “peregrinos,” or pilgrims, trade touching verses in song with the “hosteleros,” the innkeepers, inside, until at last, shelter is found.
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  • China, Beijing, 2001. A boy surveys his "hutong," or traditional neighborhood. These low-slung communities are fast disappearing, as streets are widened, and concrete and steel construction replaces bricks in cities all over China..
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  • Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, October, 2010. Mexico's Yucatan peninsula holds treasures both above and below its verdant surface, with Mayan ruins, Christian churches, azure "cenotes" deep in limestone caverns, and pristine stretches of beach for spectacular coastal properties. Home to traditions both indigenous and colonial, this area of southern Mexico encompasses the states of Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Tabasco. Photographs commissioned by SECTUR.
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  • Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, October, 2010. Mexico's Yucatan peninsula holds treasures both above and below its verdant surface, with Mayan ruins, Christian churches, azure "cenotes" deep in limestone caverns, and pristine stretches of beach for spectacular coastal properties. Home to traditions both indigenous and colonial, this area of southern Mexico encompasses the states of Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Tabasco. Photographs commissioned by SECTUR.
    JDunn yucatan_062.jpg
  • Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, October, 2010. Mexico's Yucatan peninsula holds treasures both above and below its verdant surface, with Mayan ruins, Christian churches, azure "cenotes" deep in limestone caverns, and pristine stretches of beach for spectacular coastal properties. Home to traditions both indigenous and colonial, this area of southern Mexico encompasses the states of Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Tabasco. Photographs commissioned by SECTUR.
    JDunn yucatan_060.jpg
  • Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, October, 2010. Mexico's Yucatan peninsula holds treasures both above and below its verdant surface, with Mayan ruins, Christian churches, azure "cenotes" deep in limestone caverns, and pristine stretches of beach for spectacular coastal properties. Home to traditions both indigenous and colonial, this area of southern Mexico encompasses the states of Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Tabasco. Photographs commissioned by SECTUR.
    JDunn yucatan_059.jpg
  • Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, October, 2010. Mexico's Yucatan peninsula holds treasures both above and below its verdant surface, with Mayan ruins, Christian churches, azure "cenotes" deep in limestone caverns, and pristine stretches of beach for spectacular coastal properties. Home to traditions both indigenous and colonial, this area of southern Mexico encompasses the states of Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Tabasco. Photographs commissioned by SECTUR.
    JDunn yucatan_030.jpg
  • China, Taiyuan, 2003. A female Chinese opera performer waits in the wings for her entrance. Traditional costumes can often be quite heavy, and makeup elaborate.
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  • BURMA / MYANMAR. Shan State, Kalaw, Peinnebin Village, 2003. Women in the lead, Wan Tha's wedding procession arrives in Peinnebin after a full day's journey, dressed in their finest "longyis," or traditional skirts.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_010.jpg
  • USA, Illinois, West Chicago, May 28, 2009.  Community within a community, Zapotec speaking Mexican-Americans and immigrants maintain their connection to San Pablo Guila in their native Oaxaca through religion, cultural traditions and food. A significant group lives in the Illinois suburb of West Chicago.
    JDunn zapoteca_0144.jpg
  • China, Pingyao,2008. Shanxi's traditional drummers can be heard from miles away, as they perform intricately choreographed routines for both rhythm and dance.
    China.JDUNN.36.stranger.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_020.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_013.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_011.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_005.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_042.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_040.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_037.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_032.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_030.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_028.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_027.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_023.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_021.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_020.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  Professional instructor Ruben Pachas, who is Peruvian, at work with his students during a dress rehearsal. For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student.  Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_019.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_016.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  Professional instructor Ruben Pachas, who is Peruvian, helps a dancer put on her costume before a dress rehearsal. For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student.  Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_015.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_011.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_003.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_002.jpg
  • USA, Illinois, Chicago, June 13, 2009. Never less than original, Mexican painter Hector Duarte's pointedly beautiful "Murallas sobre lienzo" at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago is a classical lesson in muralist traditions, blending art, current events and politics in a dream-like commentary on borders and the influence and importance of immigrants.
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  • USA, Illinois, Chicago, June 13, 2009. Never less than original, Mexican painter Hector Duarte's pointedly beautiful "Murallas sobre lienzo" at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago is a classical lesson in muralist traditions, blending art, current events and politics in a dream-like commentary on borders and the influence and importance of immigrants.
    JDunn duarte_021.jpg
  • USA, Illinois, Chicago, June 13, 2009. Never less than original, Mexican painter Hector Duarte's pointedly beautiful "Murallas sobre lienzo" at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago is a classical lesson in muralist traditions, blending art, current events and politics in a dream-like commentary on borders and the influence and importance of immigrants.
    JDunn duarte_019.jpg
  • USA, Illinois, Chicago, June 13, 2009. Never less than original, Mexican painter Hector Duarte's pointedly beautiful "Murallas sobre lienzo" at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago is a classical lesson in muralist traditions, blending art, current events and politics in a dream-like commentary on borders and the influence and importance of immigrants.
    JDunn duarte_010.jpg
  • USA, Illinois, Chicago, June 13, 2009. Never less than original, Mexican painter Hector Duarte's pointedly beautiful "Murallas sobre lienzo" at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago is a classical lesson in muralist traditions, blending art, current events and politics in a dream-like commentary on borders and the influence and importance of immigrants.
    JDunn duarte_005.jpg
  • USA, Illinois, Chicago, June 13, 2009. Never less than original, Mexican painter Hector Duarte's pointedly beautiful "Murallas sobre lienzo" at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago is a classical lesson in muralist traditions, blending art, current events and politics in a dream-like commentary on borders and the influence and importance of immigrants.
    JDunn duarte_001.jpg
  • USA, Illinois, West Chicago, May 28, 2009.  Community within a community, Zapotec speaking Mexican-Americans and immigrants maintain their connection to San Pablo Guila in their native Oaxaca through religion, cultural traditions and food. A significant group lives in the Illinois suburb of West Chicago.
    JDunn zapoteca_0316.jpg
  • USA, Illinois, West Chicago, May 28, 2009.  Community within a community, Zapotec speaking Mexican-Americans and immigrants maintain their connection to San Pablo Guila in their native Oaxaca through religion, cultural traditions and food. A significant group lives in the Illinois suburb of West Chicago.
    JDunn zapoteca_0309.jpg
  • USA, Illinois, West Chicago, May 28, 2009.  Community within a community, Zapotec speaking Mexican-Americans and immigrants maintain their connection to San Pablo Guila in their native Oaxaca through religion, cultural traditions and food. A significant group lives in the Illinois suburb of West Chicago.
    JDunn zapoteca_0285.jpg
  • USA, Illinois, West Chicago, May 28, 2009.  Community within a community, Zapotec speaking Mexican-Americans and immigrants maintain their connection to San Pablo Guila in their native Oaxaca through religion, cultural traditions and food. A significant group lives in the Illinois suburb of West Chicago.
    JDunn zapoteca_0269.jpg
  • USA, Illinois, West Chicago, May 28, 2009.  Community within a community, Zapotec speaking Mexican-Americans and immigrants maintain their connection to San Pablo Guila in their native Oaxaca through religion, cultural traditions and food. A significant group lives in the Illinois suburb of West Chicago.
    JDunn zapoteca_0227.jpg
  • USA, Illinois, West Chicago, May 28, 2009.  Community within a community, Zapotec speaking Mexican-Americans and immigrants maintain their connection to San Pablo Guila in their native Oaxaca through religion, cultural traditions and food. A significant group lives in the Illinois suburb of West Chicago.
    JDunn zapoteca_0152.jpg
  • USA, Illinois, West Chicago, May 28, 2009.  Community within a community, Zapotec speaking Mexican-Americans and immigrants maintain their connection to San Pablo Guila in their native Oaxaca through religion, cultural traditions and food. A significant group lives in the Illinois suburb of West Chicago.
    JDunn zapoteca_0137.jpg
  • USA, Illinois, West Chicago, May 28, 2009.  Community within a community, Zapotec speaking Mexican-Americans and immigrants maintain their connection to San Pablo Guila in their native Oaxaca through religion, cultural traditions and food. A significant group lives in the Illinois suburb of West Chicago.
    JDunn zapoteca_0115.jpg
  • USA, Illinois, West Chicago, May 28, 2009.  Community within a community, Zapotec speaking Mexican-Americans and immigrants maintain their connection to San Pablo Guila in their native Oaxaca through religion, cultural traditions and food. A significant group lives in the Illinois suburb of West Chicago.
    JDunn zapoteca_0069.jpg
  • China, Beijing, Chaoyang, San Jian Fang, 2008. Students note a neighborhood restaurant's cry for help. The wreath in the window is traditionally reserved for funerals.
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  • China, Taiyuan, 2008. A traditional drum and cymbal troupe performs their thundering music before the great triumphalist monument at Taiyuan's Wuyi Square, named for the May 1st Worker's Day.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. Using traditional hand tools - saws, planes, and chisels, this village carpenter can make a finely-crafted door in one day.
    Ghana.JDUNN.18.volta.jpg
  • China, Guoluo, 2005. The symphony of colors and shades present in a Tibetan man's traditional clothing.
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  • China, Xiahe, 2005. Relatives wait outside for the bride and groom to arrive. Participants were welcomed to a traditional Tibetan ceremony and a Chinese dinner..
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  • Niger,Agadez,2007. Halimata Ixa-Graille in the doorway of Fatima Ixa's traditional handicrafts shop in the center of Agadez.
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  • Pakistan, Northwest Frontier Province, 2004. Traditional building structures in the Kalash village of Birir. Each level utilizes common walls, floors and roofs, minimizing the use of materials necessary.
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_023.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_022.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_018.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_017.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_015.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_010.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_007.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_006.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_004.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_003.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_036.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_035.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  Professional instructor Ruben Pachas, who is Peruvian, looks on from the wings during a performance. For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_033.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_026.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_024.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_018.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.  Professional instructor Ruben Pachas helps one of his dancers with a devil mask. For almost 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here. Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student.  Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn garcia_017.jpg
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