Aine Minogue Celebrates Hope In Celtic Holiday Traditions
Irish harpist Aine Minogue shares stories of mid-winter traditions like visiting friends, decorating with evergreens, and summoning longer days. She also plays traditional tunes of the season and sings about a creature from the Land Beneath the Sea.
Sparky and Rhonda Rucker Celebrate Hope in the Traditions of Slaves
During this season of short days, people from around the world gather together with family and close friends, telling tales of hope for the new year. It’s a tradition that became especially important to slaves in the antebellum South. Husband and wife duo Sparky and Rhonda Rucker share old-time spirituals and stories of what slaves could expect during the holiday season.
Stories of Hope from Noa Baum
Israeli-American storyteller Noa Baum shares a couple of stories that she believes keep hope alive: a traditional, Eastern European tale about the importance of stories, and the true recollection of a Pakistani who discovers that his family tree includes people from all over the world and of all faiths.
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December 20, 2024
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Aine Minogue Celebrates Hope In Celtic Holiday Traditions
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Irish harpist Aine Minogue shares stories of mid-winter traditions like visiting friends, decorating with evergreens, and summoning longer days. She also plays traditional tunes of the season and sings about a creature from the Land Beneath the Sea.
Sparky and Rhonda Rucker Celebrate Hope in the Traditions of Slaves
listen / download
During this season of short days, people from around the world gather together with family and close friends, telling tales of hope for the new year. It’s a tradition that became especially important to slaves in the antebellum South. Husband and wife duo Sparky and Rhonda Rucker share old-time spirituals and stories of what slaves could expect during the holiday season.
Stories of Hope from Noa Baum
listen / download
Israeli-American storyteller Noa Baum shares a couple of stories that she believes keep hope alive: a traditional, Eastern European tale about the importance of stories, and the true recollection of a Pakistani who discovers that his family tree includes people from all over the world and of all faiths.
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