An Array of Utopian Flowers
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Big Noise from Big Band Drummer Gene Krupa
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Loose Nuts: Edison Reveals Huge Gap in Safety at San Onofre
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The US Shame of My Lai in Vietnam
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The Lucrative and Violent Curse of Coltan Mining in Congo
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Iannis Xenakis and the Notion of a Cosmic Utopia
Posted on February 21, 2018 | No Comments
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Traditional Healing Among the Highland Maya
Posted on August 2, 2016 | 1 CommentTraditional Mayan healers, bone-setters, herbal curanderos, and spiritual guides or shamans, provide good physical and mental health options for poor indigenous Guatemalans.Maximón: The Underground Great Grandfather of Western Guatemala
Posted on November 23, 2012 | 10 CommentsMaximón is a folk saint of the Maya of Guatemala, associated with pre-Columbian earth lords who provide money or economic opportunity to client-petitioners. He is an opener of the way, a bringer of rain and symbolizes male sexual power.