Creeping through traffic in the heart of Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro’s largest slum, our van hesitated beside piles of trash cooking in the sun. I watched a man pick through it. The air was thick with the smells of exhaust and garbage.
As we inched forward, our guide Alfredo told us about the last police operation […]
The situation: You’re a guest in a French home and are in the final stretch of a perfectly paced meal. You’ve managed to keep your hands visible, atop the table—elbows off! You’ve daintily raised bite-sized pieces of hand-torn bread to your mouth instead of biting directly from a whole slice of bread, placing the remainder […]
Each summer, nearly every band with the buzz, the means and new music to peddle hits the road. This year, many of those bands are playing songs that incorporate African, Asian, Polynesian or Latin rhythms, melodies and instrumentation. Call it world music or global pop, or just call it good stuff. If you’re looking for […]
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