Sentences with phrase «folkloric practices»

The artist, who won the High Museum's David C. Driskell Prize in 2010, explores contemporary hoodoo (also known as hexing and spell - casting), an amalgam of African folkloric practices and the folk magic of the African Diaspora, by means of an alter - ego named Fatima Mayfield.

Also known as «conjure» or «rootwork», hoodoo is a term used for a certain kind of African - American folkloric practice and belief.

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Touted throughout history in folkloric medicines practiced around the world, mushrooms are naturally energizing, immune - boosting, inflammation reducing and can be a great source of vitamin D.

Finally, all folkloric elements that are explored and which are minimally allocated to products, give space to artisans to be creative with handmade embroideries, hand - loom yarn weaving and a plethora of handcrafted practices which offer a uniqueness to the end products.

As we passed the main square, an impromptu carnival parade danced past us, a practice for part of the folkloric gatherings that take place every 31 August and 31 December.

Support for travel to Japan to participate in the Takayama Festival at the Hida Folk Village in Gifu and research folkloric performance practices toward the creation of a new performance.

«Grande dame,» «sex,» «Dieter Roth,» «femininity,» «proximity,» «censored,» «folkloric»: these are but a handful of platitudinous words that often describe American Dorothy Isnnone's decade - long practice.

Born at the end of the 19th century in Moscow to an affluent family (of Germanic Baltic ancestry), Kandinsky had been practicing law and economics when, at age 30, he became enamored of the folkloric art of the Vologda province and the French modern art exhibited in Russia (including the works of Claude Monet).