Tag: indigenous
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“Without expectation of return”: a glimpse of giving in the Amazon
In the opera house in Manaus, Brazil there’s an organ, gifted from the US in the early 1990s. The instrument sits in the lobby, cordoned off and unused – because no-one in Manaus knows how to either play or maintain it. Maybe you could forgive the Americans for their poor choice of gift. Because, although…
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Enduring pride
Durham Pride has been in the news – mainly because it nearly didn’t go ahead. The event used to get some funding from the local council, but after Reform UK took over last year, the party said it would no longer fund “politics in fancy dress”, as Metro reports. Then trade unions started fundraising to…
