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Ken Burns - DaVinci, the American Revolution and more
Join filmmaker Ken Burns as he unpacks the greatest artist/scientist/seeker of all time and the greatest revolution of all time.
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-- Nov 19, 2025

All Saints' Day in New Orleans - Holt Cemetery
Among the graveyards of  New Orleans, Holt Cemetery is exceptional.  Here, the dead are actually buried in the ground.
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-- Nov 1, 2025

Sounds of All Saints' Day
A gospel song and a graveyard party:  the unique sounds of New Orleans on the Day of the Dead.
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-- Oct 31, 2025

Ritual in the Amazon
For residents of the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon, the souls of the dead are at the center of an annual ceremony of dance and song.
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-- Oct 30, 2025

Reunion in the Amazon
The Kuarup ceremony is cause for reunion among the nine villages which inhabit the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon.
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-- Oct 28, 2025


From Jim Metzner, Producer of Pulse of the Planet
Sacred Mounds, a novel of historical fantasy offering an
exciting glimpse of Native American life in pre-colonial times.
For more information visitsacredmoundsnovel.com

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