APSon Rising: A Food Tour through Agua Prieta, Sonora
by Kimi Eisele, photos by Nieves Montaño Most folklorists know food as a gateway into culture, place, and tradition. Sometimes, though, it’s just what gets … Read more
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The Swimming Pool
Summer is swim time! What are your pool memories and rituals? “Summer Swimming,” a sound piece recorded and complied from collected memories of pool time. … Read more
At the Iftar Table: Lessons in Friendship and Tolerance from Ramadan
Every year, the Foundation for Inter-Cultural Dialogue (FID), a non-profit organization founded by Turkish Arizonans to promote dialogue, mutual respect, and cooperation among different cultures … Read more
Marketplace Becomes Folkway
There’s festive interweaving of culture and learning, storytelling and artful performance, when gatherings connect onlookers to tradition. So it was at the Oro Valley Meet … Read more
Storytelling & Banamichi Reflections, Part I
by Kate Simer On family traditions of storytelling My father immigrated to the States from Turkey when he was in his thirties. He told stories … Read more