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Before Breakfast, the Jamu Seller

A jamu seller with a customer. Indonesia. Photo: Oki sobara / CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Who Gets to Play the Marimba?

Musicians photographed together with their instruments. Canalón de Timbiquí, Bogotá Music Market, 2016. Photo: Betto Arcos / CC BY 3.0.

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How to Invent an Instrument

Some Fulu Miziki performers appear with uncovered faces alongside masked bandmates in this WOMEX image. The source does not identify the individual musicians. Photo: WOMEX / CC BY-ND 4.0.

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The Bus Is the Canvas

An art-covered matatu waits for passengers at a Kenyan bus stage, March 2020. Photo: Loise W. Macharia / CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Months of Work for a Day with the Dead

Families and kite flyers at Sumpango’s giant-kite festival, November 2008. Photo: Salmonnegro / CC BY-SA 4.0.

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A Family History You Can Unroll

An archival photograph of a woman painting barkcloth. Tongatapu, Tonga, 1969. Photo: Ruth Bookman / CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Six Months to Make a Bar of Soap

Soap stacks inside a historic soapworks. Tripoli, Lebanon. Photo: Vincenzo Paterno' / CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Part One A Song Needs Someone to Sing With

Kyiv’s Shchedryk children’s choir at the Summa Cum Laude festival in Austria, 2018. The choir is part of the continuing story of Ukrainian choral music. Photo: Embassy of Ukraine in Austria / CC BY 4.0.

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Part Two The Table We Make Together

People gather at the Borshch in a Clay Pot festival in Opishnia, Poltava region, August 2018. Cooking, pottery, and company share the same space. Photo: Мандрівниця / CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Part Three Rebuilding a Place to Gather

A team clears rubble in Borodianka, Kyiv region, on April 8, 2022, during an emergency operation involving rescuers and volunteers. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine / CC BY 4.0.

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Part Four A Full House in Wartime

Lviv’s Les Kurbas Theatre performs The Forest Song as part of the Cosmogony project, April 2023. Photo: Korsak Museum (Музей Корсаків) / CC BY-SA 4.0.

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The Thread That Holds: Kente, Identity, and the Fight for Survival in Bonwire

Kente weaving in Bonwire, 2019. Photo: Sadads / CC BY-SA 4.0.

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The Weight of the Square: Castells in Tarragona

Castells competition, Tarragona, 2018. Photo: Mikipons / CC BY-SA 4.0.

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The Hands That Remember: Kimjang in a Changing Seoul

Kimjang in Gaemi Village, 2012. Photo: USAG-Humphreys / CC BY 2.0.

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The Star That Wins the Year

The Pleiades (Matariki). Photo: ESO/S. Brunier / CC BY 4.0.

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The Stirring Pot: How Sumanak Anchors Belonging in Dushanbe

Sumanak preparation in Tajikistan, 2018. Photo: Ilhoms / CC BY-SA 4.0.

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The Weight of Blue: Indigo, Labor, and the Living Economy of Tokushima

Furusho dye works, Tokushima, 2009. Photo: Sorrysorry / Public domain.

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The Living Soil of Xochimilco

Canal and chinampas, Xochimilco, 2015. Photo: Emmanuel Eslava / CC BY-SA 4.0.

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The future had a Detroit frequency.

The Belleville Three performing at the Detroit Masonic Temple, 2017. Photo: PeRshGo / CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Before Breakfast, the Jamu Seller

  1. A jamu stall at Simo market in Boyolali, Central Java, December 2009. This is a different market from Nguter, discussed in the text. Photo: Herusutimbul / CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.
  2. Jamu bottles carried beside a motorbike in Solo, Central Java, May 2025. The photograph shows transport equipment, not the named seller Pariyem. Photo: Fitri Penyalai / CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.
  3. Women preparing jamu at a Yogyakarta market, photographed between 1910 and 1930. Wereldmuseum collection; photographer unknown. Photo: Collectie Wereldmuseum (v/h Tropenmuseum), National Museum of World Cultures / CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.

Who Gets to Play the Marimba?

  1. Sound recording inside Genaro Torres’s instrument workshop. Guapi, Colombia. Photo: Juan David Reina-Rozo / CC BY 4.0. Unmodified publisher PNG, Image 3; no cropping, overlays or retouching.
  2. An accordion and a chonta marimba in a 2018 photograph associated with Buenaventura’s La Unión Vallenata del Pacífico. Photo: andres felipe paz taborda / CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.
  3. Nidia Góngora performing in 2009, photographed by Mike Reger. This concert photograph predates the 2022 interview discussed here. Photo: Mike Reger / CC BY 2.0. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.

How to Invent an Instrument

  1. Fulu Miziki with their handmade instruments and costumes, in an image published by WOMEX. The source does not identify the performance date or location. Photo: WOMEX / CC BY-ND 4.0. Unmodified Flickr source JPEG; whole image, no cropping, overlays or retouching.
  2. A handmade guitar in use in Kinshasa, April 2015. The source does not associate it with Fulu Miziki or KOKOKO!. Photo: Jeanne Vu Van / CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.
  3. A masked Fulu Miziki performer holds two beaters, with fellow musicians behind. WOMEX published this image without a named photographer. Photo: WOMEX / CC BY-ND 4.0. Unmodified Flickr source JPEG; whole image, no cropping, overlays or retouching.

The Bus Is the Canvas

  1. Graffiti stretches across a minivan in Kibera, Nairobi, in October 2015. Paint containers stand beside the vehicle; the artist is not identified. Photo: KolanutsKE / CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.
  2. Passengers and DJ equipment inside a Kenyan matatu, October 2017. This is not the Onyx vehicle described later in the story. Photo: Mikenautomobile / CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.
  3. Crew members guide passengers onto a decorated Kenyan matatu in March 2020. Photo: Loise W. Macharia / CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.
  4. Lettering and bright colour cover the rear of an Xperia Sacco matatu, photographed in Kenya in November 2018. Its artist is not identified. Photo: Lebu Ayiga / CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.

Months of Work for a Day with the Dead

  1. A close view of coloured paper and lettering on a Sumpango kite, November 2011. Photo: Josué Goge / CC BY 2.0. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.
  2. A participant beside an exposed kite frame in Sumpango, November 2011. The person's group affiliation is not established. Photo: Josué Goge / CC BY 2.0. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.
  3. Participants support a kite bearing the name Arte Juvenil at Sumpango’s festival in November 2014. This is a different group from Las Orquídeas. Photo: SantiagoGG / CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.

A Family History You Can Unroll

  1. Paper mulberry, the plant used to make ngatu, photographed in cultivation on O‘ahu, Hawai‘i, in 2011. Photo: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA / CC BY 2.0. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.
  2. Nineteenth-century Tongan barkcloth on display at the Musée d’Aquitaine in Bordeaux, with numbers along its margins. Photo: Tylwyth Eldar / CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.
  3. Mourners wearing large woven ta‘ovala at a Tongan funeral, 1986. These waist mats are distinct from ngatu barkcloth. Photo: James Foster / CC BY-SA 2.5. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.

Six Months to Make a Bar of Soap

  1. Stacks of olive-oil soap; the maker is not identified. Source does not identify the maker or location. Photo: Bilal Kamoon / CC BY 2.0. Unmodified Flickr source JPEG; whole image, no cropping, overlays or retouching.
  2. Olive trees at Bterram in northern Lebanon, photographed in May 2012. Photo: Infomasterram / CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.
  3. The courtyard of Tripoli's Soap Khan, photographed in December 2017. This is a trading setting, not a view inside the Awaida soapworks. Photo: Clemens Schmillen / CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia-generated thumbnail; no additional edits.

Part One A Song Needs Someone to Sing With

  1. The Ukrainian Republic Capella, led by Oleksandr Koshyts, in Prague in April 1919, three years before its Carnegie Hall appearance. Photo: Unknown photographer / Public domain. Resized from the Commons original where applicable; no content changes.
  2. DakhaBrakha performs for an outdoor audience in Toronto, July 2017, bringing Ukrainian folk material into a contemporary stage performance. Photo: Mykola Swarnyk / CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized from the Commons original where applicable; no content changes.

Part Two The Table We Make Together

  1. Chebureky at a cultural festival in Donetsk, May 2013. The pastries belong to the Crimean Tatar food traditions explored in this section. Photo: Andrey Butko / CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized from the Commons original where applicable; no content changes.
  2. World Central Kitchen’s Ukraine team packs food in June 2022, another example of the coordinated work behind wartime food assistance. Photo: U.S. Embassy Kyiv Ukraine / Public domain. Resized from the Commons original where applicable; no content changes.

Part Three Rebuilding a Place to Gather

  1. Okhtyrka’s damaged House of Culture, photographed on April 14, 2022. The former People’s House had long provided space for local cultural life. Photo: Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine / CC BY 4.0. Resized from the Commons original where applicable; no content changes.
  2. Books, a toy, and classroom furniture inside Yahidne’s damaged school, June 2023. The building holds both the village’s everyday history and the memory of wartime captivity. Photo: Enno Lenze / CC BY 2.0. Resized from the Commons original where applicable; no content changes.

Part Four A Full House in Wartime

  1. Tetyana Ovsiichuk, Susanna Karpenko, Ivan Uryvskyi, and Yevhen Nyshchuk at the Shevchenko National Prize ceremony, March 2024. Ovsiichuk, Karpenko, and Uryvskyi are among the artists behind The Witch of Konotop. Photo: Press Service of the President of Ukraine / CC BY 4.0. Resized from the Commons original where applicable; no content changes.
  2. Les Kurbas and members of the Berezil studio, 1922. The company’s experiments were made by an ensemble of artists working together. Photo: Unknown photographer / Public domain. Resized from the Commons original where applicable; no content changes.

The Thread That Holds: Kente, Identity, and the Fight for Survival in Bonwire

  1. Kente weaving on a traditional loom in Bonwire. Photo: Andy Carvin / CC BY-SA 2.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  2. A wooden kente loom at the Bonwire workshop. Photo: Mwintirew / CC BY-SA 4.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  3. The Bonwire Kente Festival, 2024. Photo: Baah Badu Kurfass 1 / CC BY-SA 4.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.

The Weight of the Square: Castells in Tarragona

  1. Tarragona's castells competition, 2022. Photo: Pere López Brosa / CC BY-SA 4.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  2. Castellers at Tarragona's 2022 competition. Photo: Pere López Brosa / CC BY-SA 4.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  3. Musicians in a street procession, Tarragona, October 2022. Photo: Pere López Brosa / CC BY-SA 4.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  4. Groups and spectators inside Tarraco Arena Plaça, Tarragona, 2022. Photo: Jordi Gili / CC BY-SA 4.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.

The Hands That Remember: Kimjang in a Changing Seoul

  1. Kimjang in Gaemi Village, Seoul, December 2012. Photo: USAG- Humphreys / CC BY 2.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  2. Salted cabbage prepared for kimchi making. Photo: by Joseph Steinberg (Baltimoron in Korea) at Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  3. Onggi jars in Yangdong Village, Gyeongju, 2008. Photo: Kok Leng Yeo from Singapore, Singapore / CC BY 2.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.

The Star That Wins the Year

  1. The Pleiades star cluster, known as Matariki. Photo: pbkwee / CC BY 2.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  2. Rigel, known as Puanga, photographed at Rutherfurd Observatory, 2014. Photo: Haktarfone / CC BY-SA 3.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  3. Matariki Ahi Kā on Wellington's waterfront, 2023. Photo: L Maule / CC BY-SA 4.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.

The Stirring Pot: How Sumanak Anchors Belonging in Dushanbe

  1. Sumalak prepared for Navruz in Tajikistan. Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Ibrahimjon assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY 2.5. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  2. Navruz celebrations in Dushanbe, 2021. Photo: Шухрат Саъдиев / CC BY-SA 4.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  3. Navruz in Dushanbe, 2024. Photo: Шухрат Саъдиев / CC BY 4.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.

The Weight of Blue: Indigo, Labor, and the Living Economy of Tokushima

  1. Ai no Yakata indigo museum in Aizumi, Tokushima. Photo: Tamago915 / CC BY-SA 3.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  2. The Yoshino River at Higashimiyoshi, Tokushima. Photo: Mti / CC BY-SA 3.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  3. Ai (Indigo), a historical Japanese illustration. Image: Japanese fine prints, pre-1915 / Public domain. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.

The Living Soil of Xochimilco

  1. Tomasa at a chinampa she helps cultivate. Photo: Frigoletti / CC BY 4.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  2. Women caring for chinampas in Xochimilco. Photo: Frigoletti / CC0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  3. Canals in Xochimilco. Photo: Gael Simon / CC BY-SA 3.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.

The future had a Detroit frequency.

  1. The WGPR broadcast building in Detroit, where the Electrifying Mojo found his voice on radio. Photo: Andrew Jameson / CC BY-SA 4.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  2. Model 500 performs for an audience at DEMF, Detroit, 2007. Photo: Dave Walker / CC BY 2.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  3. The Belleville Three performing at the Detroit Masonic Temple, 2017. Photo: PeRshGo / CC BY-SA 4.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  4. A Roland TR-909 drum machine's front panel. Photo: User:909 bd / CC BY-SA 3.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  5. The Detroit Electronic Music Festival main stage after dark, May 2002. Photo: Myself248 / CC BY-SA 4.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  6. The stage and audience at Detroit Electronic Music Festival, May 2002. Photo: Myself248 / CC BY-SA 4.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.

A city finds its voice.

  1. Fado at A Baiuca in Lisbon. Photo: Vernaccia / CC BY 2.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  2. Coimbra and Lisbon models of the Portuguese guitar. Photo: TenIslands / Public domain. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  3. Records displayed at the Museu do Fado, Lisbon. Photo: Matt Kieffer from London, United Kingdom / CC BY-SA 2.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.

The city that dances together.

  1. Stooges Brass Band and a marshal at the Ladies & Men of Unity second line, New Orleans. Photo: Derek Bridges / CC BY 2.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  2. A To Be Continued Brass Band trumpeter at the Valley of Silent Men parade. Photo: Derek Bridges / CC BY 2.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  3. Abramson Sci Academy Brass Band at WWOZ, 2019. Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans / CC BY-SA 4.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.

A living language of color.

  1. A weaver working on a rug in Teotitlán del Valle. Photo: Thelmadatter / CC BY-SA 3.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  2. A small training loom at the Gutiérrez family workshop. Photo: Thelmadatter / CC BY-SA 4.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.
  3. Cochineal on an opuntia cactus. Photo: Jengod / CC BY-SA 4.0. Displayed proportionally using the source-provided preview; no editorial crop.

Audio

Fado sung live at the Saligão Institute — Recorded by Frederick Noronha — CC BY-SA, via the source archive

5o Concurso de Fado, contestant performance — Recorded by Aren Noronha — CC BY-SA, via the source archive

5o Concurso de Fado, second evening — Recorded by Aren Noronha — CC BY-SA, via the source archive

Students learning fado, Don Bosco — Recorded by Aren Noronha — CC BY-SA, via the source archive

Fado students at the Saligão Institute — Recorded by Frederick Noronha — CC BY-SA, via the source archive

The full live fado performance (plays at the source) — Recorded by Frederick Noronha — CC BY-SA, via the source archive

Audio

When The Saints Go Marching In (1945) — Unknown — CC0, via the source archive

Original Dixieland One-Step (1962) — Unknown — CC0, via the source archive

Avalon (1960) — Unknown — CC0, via the source archive

I Must Be Dreaming (1946) — Unknown — CC0, via the source archive

Hallelujah (1929) — Unknown — CC0, via the source archive

Audio

Juan Atkins, live set (excerpt) — Unknown — CC0, via the source archive

Derrick May at Geométrika (excerpt) — Unknown — CC0, via the source archive

Cybotron — Clear (1983) — Cybotron (Juan Atkins & Richard Davis) — Platform stream (official player), via the source archive

Model 500 — No Ufo's (Original Version, 1985) — Model 500 (Juan Atkins) — Platform stream (official player), via the source archive

Inner City — Good Life (1988) — Inner City (Kevin Saunderson & Paris Grey) — Platform stream (official player), via the source archive

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