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promoting the innovative reuse of all
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Gamelan
Nyai Saraswati - instrumental ensemble
of Javanese gamelan |
Gamelan Nyai Saraswati arrived in Chapel Hill from Central
Java in December of 2000. Wrapped in Indonesian newspapers,
clove cigarette packing boxes, plastic "raffia"
twine, and blackened by three months at sea, a small group
of devoted polishers met on a daily basis in January of 2001
to polish and prepare for playing the nearly 70 bronze instruments
which comprise Gamelan Nyai Saraswati.
The instruments of a Central Javanese gamelan are conceived
as an ensemble and then forged, cast, and tuned in the workshop
of one gong maker. The ensemble was cast and forged nearly
20 years ago, long enough for the bronze to stop "shifting"
which means that the tuning has settled. The ensemble's tuning
has the highly valued and much sought quality referred to
as "manis" or "sweet" in the Javanese
language. |
Oxford
Orphanage - history and imagery of
the Oxford Orphanage
In December of 1872, John H. Mills suggested that St. John's
College, a former Masonic college, be made into an asylum
for the protection, training and education of indigent orphan
children. The institution admitted 136 children the first
year, with 109 remaining at the year's close. The Grand Lodge
raised its donation to $1,000 the second year.
On a cold, bleak Saturday afternoon in February 1873, Robert
L. and Nancy Parrish and Isabelle Robertson, who all lived
in Granville County, were received into the home. Past Grand
Master Francis D. Winston recalled the scene: "I was
a student at Oxford in the Horner [Military Academy] and saw
[Mills] receive the first orphan at this institution. I shall
not forget the scene. I had gone there to carry a bundle of
clothing collected from my fellow students. It was on Saturday
afternoon. A dull cloud hung in the sky. A man with a one-horse
wagon drove to the door. Mr. Mills, with gruff voice, asked
his mission. He told it. The gigantic form of our friend shook
with emotion. He lifted the pale youth from the wagon with
the paw of a lion. He raised him in the air, and with melting
pity and tears, let him drop upon his heart and kissed him.
It was indeed the caress of the lion, but it was truly the
caress of love." |
SouthNow
- Southern Politics, Media and Public
Life |
SouthNow, the flagship publication of the Program
on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life, packages commentary
and analysis of trends and issues common throughout the region
and provides insight into Southern politics on the state and
national level.
SouthNow is connecting the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill to Southern leadership through its research brokerage,
and by providing a patch of common ground on which civic,
business, journalistic and political leaders from diverse
backgrounds can exchange ideas about their common challenges.
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Henriette's
Plant Pictures
3,988 plant
pictures and a couple hundred other pics
This is an archive of photographic images for plant identification
with a focus of medicinal usage. Categories include:
Plants, by Latin
name
Landscapes,
Fauna etc.
The
Unidentifieds
Fungi
People (herbalists,
including Henriette herself) |
Roger
McGuinn's Folk Den |
The purpose of this page is to
use the medium of the World Wide Web to continue the tradition
of the folk process, that is the telling of stories, and singing
of songs, passed on from one generation to another by word
of mouth.
In this electronic era, such a process is in danger of being
overwhelmed by the commercial mass media. This page and others
on the 'net are working to preserve the folk songs that have
chronicled our global heritage for centuries. In the Folk
Den there will be a "new" folk song uploaded every
month as a "Global Community Service." |
Shared
Sounds Project
The shared sounds project seeks to provide composers and producers
of music with a repository where their collections can be
maintained free of copyright infringement.
OpenPhoto
- An Open Source photographic archive
The Open Photo Project is a four year (and counting) experiment
in digital photography, open-source programming and licensing.
Studio
for Recording
Dedicated to replenishing our precious Public Domain . . .
- Community-Based Recording Studios
- Free Recording Services for community Residents
- Recording Merchandising for Community Activism
- Multi-Media Resources for Community Arts & Culture Groups
- Technology resources for schools and related educational
programs
Guylhem's
World Photo Gallery
Here you will soon find pictures from France, Spain, Italy,
Germany, Denmark, Norway, England, Austria, Switzerland, Brazil,
Canada and the US. |
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