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Miami Story: My grandmother is the one who got me into music. (Angee Griffin)

Griffin talks about singing at her grandmother's church and the local businesses and people that propelled her singing career.

Tags: belief, Christianity, Florida, Miami, music, performers, religion, singing

Artifact: Junkanoo headpiece

Bahamian junkanoo, traditionally a Christmas season parade, features dancing, lively music, and colorful handmade costumes. Made by members of local ensemble Bahamas Junkanoo Revue, this costume’s design and colors represent the ocean, sky, and…

Tags: Bahamas, Caribbean, clothing, festival, Florida, Junkanoo, material culture, Miami, music, parade, performers, West Indies

Miami Story: Once upon a time in Miami there was a multicultural dream which spread. (Carl Rachelson)

Rachelson talks about when he feels “like a Miamian” which is especially when dancing salsa, at the ventanita, and every time he hears Spanish.

Tags: dance, Florida, foodways, language, material culture, Miami, music, performers, salsa dance, Spanish

Miami Story: I dreamt of my great-grandfather and he told me how to fix this drum (Carlos Gonzalez)

Carlos Gonzalez talks about Garifuna history and identity while mapping his own lineage. He describes his drum, its importance in Garifuna ceremonies, and how he fixed the instrument with the help of his great-grandfather who came to him in a dream.

Tags: Florida, Garífuna, Miami, music, performers

Meet-the-artist video: Clarita Filgueiras

Interview with Clarita Filgueiras, a performer and choreographer who has spent a lifetime mastering the art of flamenco dance. Her passion for this Spanish tradition originates with her father and grandmother (both flamenco singers) and her mother,…

Tags: dance, Europe, flamenco, Florida, Miami, Spain

Image: Cory Osceola and a white woman examine Seminole patchwork

Cory Osceola and a white woman examine Seminole patchwork at Musa Isle, 1927.

Tags: fiber arts, Florida, material culture, Native Americans, patchwork, Seminole, textile arts

Miami Story: The way they live, the food they eat, it's a totally different culture for me. (Echo Zhou)

Zhou, originally from China, talks about what makes Miami unique culturally and her love for Latin music.

Tags: Chinese Americans, Florida, foodways, Latin music, material culture, Miami, music, performers

Miami Story: MLK Parade really shaped my childhood, my identity as a Miamian and black woman. (Kyandreia Jones)

Jones reminisces about the Miami events that shaped her identity growing up including the MLK parade.

Tags: Black Americans, festivals, Florida, history, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Miami, parade

Meet-the-artist video: Bahamas Junkanoo Revue

Video interview with Langston Longley co-leader and co-founder of the Bahamas Junkanoo Revue. Based in South Florida, Bahamas Junkanoo Revue practices junkanoo, a Bahamian parade tradition that occurs on Boxing Day (December 26) and New Year’s Day.

Tags: Bahamas, Caribbean, clothing, festival, Junkanoo, parade, performers, West Indies

Meet-the-Artist Video: Leandro Rojas

Interview with Leandro Rojas, a master musician and instrument builder who specializes in the tres, a guitar-like instrument with three pairs of strings, and the primary instrument in the Cuban son genre.

Tags: Caribbean, Cuba, guitar, instrument making, material culture, music, musical instrument, West Indies

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