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This sculpture of a female head was modeled by Nok artisans. The Nok people inhabited central Nigeria between 500 BC and AD 200.
The art of the Yoruba
people, who live in southwest Nigeria, emphasizes qualities such as symmetry,
straightness, and visibility, as seen here in the beaded crowns. These and other
beaded objects are traditionally used by Yoruba kings. The Yoruba are known for
their crafts, especially woodcarving and bronze casting, an art form they have
practiced since about the 13th century. 711 Performing Arts, Spectator Sports
African-American playwright
August Wilson has won a number of major awards for his plays, including Pulitzer
Prizes for Fences and The Piano Lesson. In this excerpt from Fences, Wilson
reads the part of Troy Maxson, an excellent baseball player ignored by the major
leagues who makes his living as a garbage collector. In the play, Troy struggles
with his duty to support and protect his family, his desire for something more,
and the specter of death he constantly senses around him.
The southern Indian kathakali is a dance drama that dates from the 17th century and is rooted in Hindu mythology. Male dancers perform kathakali at religious ceremonies and in exhibitions for tourists. The rhythmic cycle and melodic scale of traditional southern Indian music direct the dancer's movements. This performer wears ceremonial makeup and dress that includes a large, circular headdress made of wood.
Most of the people in Yemen are of Arab descent, and the country is predominantly Islamic. Religious and cultural traditions are important part of the country's history. Here, onlookers at a wedding celebration enjoy a folk dance.
Dance in Africa is an
important method of communication, and art is practiced in various styles. Many
dancers express traditions and cultural and historical influences through their
dress and different patterns of movement. This Zambian dancer wearing ceremonial
attire performs to drum music.
Singer and dancer Josephine
Baker won fame in New York City nightclubs in the early 1920s. In the mid-1920s
she moved to Paris, France, where she helped introduce European audiences to
African American dances and music.
American singer, dancer, and songwriter Michael Jackson performs during a 1993 concert tour in Asia. Jackson began his career as a child performing with his brothers in the group known as the Jackson 5, and achieved worldwide fame as a solo performer, largely due to his highly personal style of singing and dancing. Jackson's 1982 album Thriller won an unprecedented eight Grammy Awards and produced a record-breaking seven Top Ten hits.
Dancing/drumming continue to be an important part of traditional religious ceremonies. 71119 Other Performing Arts Companies 7112 Spectator Sports
Italy's Salvatore Schillaci, bottom left, kicks toward Uruguay's goal during a 1990 World Cup soccer game in Italy. The World Cup, soccer's most prestigious international event, takes place in a different country every four years. One of the most popular sports in the
world, the game of soccer spread worldwide after the English standardized the
rules of the game in 1848. Soccer proved slow to catch on in the United States,
but has become one of the fastest growing American team sports.
Soccer fields vary in size, but they are always rectangular.
This picture of Olympic Stadium in
Rome was taken during 1990 World Cup tournament, which Italy hosted.
711212 Racetracks
Ridden by jockey Ron Turcotte, who is
looking back at the rest of the field of horses, Thoroughbred racehorse
Secretariat gallops down the stretch at the Belmont Stakes in 1973. Secretariat
won the race by an extraordinary 31 lengths. The victory, added to his earlier
wins that year at the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, made Secretariat
only the ninth horse ever to win the Triple Crown of horse racing.
Dashes in track and field require athletes to run a specified distance in the fastest possible time. The event is demonstrated here by Olympic heptathlon champion (1992) Jackie Joyner-Kersee. 7113 Promoters of Performing Arts
In order to capture certain mood for even thirty-second film clip, this crew may spend hours manipulating curtains & lamps, positioning cameras, and re-shooting for effects. A scene is filmed with
different cameras at various heights and angles; these alternate perspectives
are spliced together to give an audience a stronger sense of movement and
interaction of characters.
71151 Independent Artists, Writers
The Los Angeles
metropolitan area acts as a center for the motion picture, radio and television
broadcasting, and music recording industries. Many large corporations and
financial institutions also use Los Angeles as their headquarters.
712 Museums, Historical Sites, and
The Dogon of Mali are known for their elaborate wood carving. This piece is a door for a granary. The stylized images of human figures and animals are symbols that protect the stored grain. Believing that the tree from which the wood came contains a spirit that must be kept satisfied, the Dogon perform the act of carving as a ritual.
Tombouctou, Mali, is a
regional trade center for salt and other basic commodities. Nomads founded the
town, situated on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, in 1100 as a seasonal
camp, and today it remains most easily accessible by boat or camel.
71212 Historical Sites
The Sankoré mosque in
Tombouctou, Mali, rose to prominence as an Islamic house of worship during the
Mali Empire, one of the great empires of the western Sudan, in northern Africa.
The empire originated in the 11th century, reached its peak in the 14th century,
and subsequently declined, but the mosque continued to play an important role in
the country's culture and society. Leading Islamic scholars from all over the
Middle East taught at a school established in the mosque during the 16th
century. 71213 Zoos and Botanical Gardens 71321 Casinos
Bright neon lights shine through the night
in Las Vegas, Nevada, advertising casinos, hotels, clubs, bars, and other
businesses. Las Vegas was a small town until gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
changed the city's character forever by constructing its first lavish
hotel-casino in 1945. Now known as the "Entertainment Capital of the World," Las
Vegas attracts tourists from all over the world.
721 Accommodation
7211 Traveler Accommodation
The opening of a McDonald's fast-food chain
in the Soviet Union, in January 1990, marked a change in the government's
economic policy regarding foreign investment. Here, people line the streets
waiting to eat at the Moscow McDonald's. The fast-food chain served a record
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Wearing
elaborate wooden headdresses, Dogon tribesmen in Mali leap in a funeral dance.
A
soccer field has a rectangular shape, is marked along its borders, and has a
goal at the center of each end.
A
number of outstanding achievements and records have made Jesse Owens one of the
most famous athletes in history. His paramount victory at the 1936 Olympic Games
in Berlin was made even more memorable when Adolf Hitler refused to award Owens
his four gold medals because he was black. 
American entrepreneur P. T. Barnum created
"The Greatest Show on Earth" in 1871. Ten years later he formed a partnership
with James Anthony Bailey, and Barnum and Bailey's Circus, one of the United
States' first three-ring circus companies, was born. This scene shows an
elephant act being staged under the Big Top of a three-ring circus in
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 
