Gemmaindia - Gemma India

“Somewhere Between” is a documentary by Linda Goldstein Knowlton about the story of four teenage girls who were adopted from different parts of China. According to the documentary’s trailer, about 80,000 girls have been adopted from China since 1999, due to factors such as the one-child policy and a cultural preference to having male children. The four girls, Haley, Jenna, Ann, and Fang, go through a journey of self-identity of belonging, race, and gender through different means. Some go back to China they were born in to delve in deeper to their Chinese culture; they all meet and bond with other adoptees. Through this documentary, they try to answer the universal question of “Who am I?”

For more information on this documentary, read their website.

From Scorched Earth To Palm Beach: The Maya Are Coming To Florida

“Everything has been transformed by the narcotráfico,” says O’Laughlin, who has often traveled to Huehuetenango, where most of Florida’s Maya residents are from. “The entire fabric of life has been destroyed.” YUUUPPPP ...Mendez, herself a Guatemalan-born Maya, concedes that integrating Maya newcomers can be a challenge as well. As indigenous people, for example, they’re not always accepted as part of mainstream Latino culture. And that points to another big obstacle.... I wish that integrating Mayan people into mainstream Latino culture wasn't a goal. Indigenous Guatemala is it's own category and culture. 

Mixed Media Paintings and Drawings by Mary Ann Wakeley.

Rachel Brice IS this song!

Chinese New Year decorations are displayed on a window at a shopping mall in Hong Kong on Feb. 3, 2013, to celebrate the Year of the Snake as the Chinese lunar New Year starts on Feb. 10.

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Devendra Banhart - Mi Negrita

Body parts in Kaqchikel!