Faisal’s dancers were fantastic—poised, graceful, athletic, and conscious of the stories they were telling.
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They played differently from the way Danny taught me. Their melodic accents and sticking patterns had a Cotabato swing I had never heard before.
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I gazed wistfully at those unvisited shores receding in the distance and thought of one day returning.
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We came to witness cultural and traditional practices and quickly saw that the living actual examples are more rich and complex than our ideas of them.
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The melodies borne by interlocking percussion drew in the vastness of ocean and sky as they floated up into the dusk.
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“The long arms of the industrial system that we live in as Americans, that affords us much, reaches all the way here and so the people find themselves with all kinds of things. Mostly disposable plastic things.”
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It felt as close to being blessed by the waters as a person could feel.
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You ponder the effect all of that has upon the cultures and traditions of the people, their knowing, and you are filled with awe.
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