Khmer dance master and Neak Kru (teacher) Reaksmey “Mea” Lath was born to Cambodian genocide survivors in a Thai refugee camp. She grew up in Long Beach, where she studied Cambodian classical dance from the age of 12 working with master teachers and mentors Sophiline Shapiro, Charya Burt, and Prumsodun…
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Afro-Brazilian Candomblé percussion
Mountain Maidu basketry
Trinidadian Carnival arts and traditions
Trinidadian Carnival costumes and Caribbean foodways
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Tibetan folk music, dance, and opera
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