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  These tastemakers want Black food to be more than a side dish

  The Guardian - Pervaiz Shallwani

  Few food personalities enjoy as high a profile as Joseph Johnson. “Chef JJ”, as the New York chef is known to his fans, has a colossal social media following, a long-running cooking show and a name that’s a staple of the who’s who lists that appear in major food publications. Trained at the Culinary …

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  The glam makeovers of Pakistan's tractors show how much farmers cherish them

  NPR - Diaa Hadid

  DHOUL RANJHA, Pakistan — There's a cache of Pakistani songs that celebrate the enormous tractors that are ubiquitous throughout the country, like this boppy tune by musician Mehboob Hussain Naaz, "I plough my field with my Russi tractor and then I meet you, my beloved." These cheery, cherry-red …

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  Chile hospital integrates Native medicine, birth to death

  Associated Press

  OSORNO, Chile (AP) — In labor with her first child last month, Lucia Hernández Rumian danced around her hospital room while her husband played the kultrun, a ritual drum. She turned down pain medication from the hospital’s staff to get massages and oil rubdowns instead from her cultural liaison, who …

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  Minneapolis artist's Día de los Muertos designs break new ground as Postal Service stamps

  mprnews.org - Vicki Adame

  Día de los Muertos has figured in Luis Fitch’s art for the past 25 years — at about the same time he moved to Minneapolis. Now his Day of the Dead …

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  The Thorny Ethics of Displaying Egyptian Mummies to the Public

  Undark Magazine - Doug Struck

  Mummy exhibits are big draws for museums, but curators are grappling with issues of cultural and racial sensitivity. In 1823, the chief surgeon at …