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May 07, 2019 A German - Native American Musical Hybrid
The Waila music of the Tohono O'odham Native Americans in southern Arizona sounds surprisingly like polkas, and there's a good reason why.
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4 min
May 06, 2019 Dawn Chorus Day
It's a day to celebrate birds' remarkable singing and listening abilities.
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3 min
May 03, 2019 Waila - A Party With Deep Roots
When the Tohono O'odham Native Americans dance to Waila, their traditional social music, the party lasts all night.
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May 02, 2019 Waila - the Desert People Celebrate
The Tohono O'odham Native Americans of southern Arizona believe that everything in the desert - humans, animals and plants - must be treated with reverence.
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May 01, 2019 Cueva De Villa Luz - Extreme Cave
Snot-tites and sulfur. Could this be a preview of what Mars is like?
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April 30, 2019 Cueva De Villa Luz - Lethal But Healthy
If the rotten egg smell doesn't get to you, then maybe the bats, spiders, or dripping sulfuric acid will.
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April 29, 2019 Ceremony at a Sacred Cave
Every Spring in Mexico's Cueva de Villa Luz, descendants of Zoque and Mayan Indians hold a rather remarkable ceremony.
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April 26, 2019 Greek Orthodox Easter - Touchstone to a Culture
For Greeks throughout the world, Easter Sunday is the most important holiday of the year.
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April 25, 2019 Greek Orthodox Easter
In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, this is Holy Week, culminating in Easter Sunday.
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April 24, 2019 Easter on Mt. Athos
Mt. Athos, in Greece, has been home to Greek Orthodox monks for thousands of years.
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Each weekday, Pulse of the Planet provides its listeners with a two-minute sound portrait of Planet Earth, tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide and blending interviews and…