Quilts and Quiltmaking in America showcases materials from two American Folklife Center collections, the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project Collection (1978) and the "All-American Quilt Contest" sponsored by Coming Home, a division of Lands' En
"Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 consists of approximately one hundred sound recordings, primarily blues and gospel songs, and related documentation from the folk festival at Fort Valley State Coll
Somalia adopted light blue flag in honour of the UNO that has the control until the independence. The star has 5 points one for each branch of Somalis: Issas of Djibuti), Somali of Ethiopia, Issak of Somaliland, Somalis of old Italian Somalia and North Ke
Green over white over blue tricolour. It may be noted that the shades of both green and blue are lighter then one might expect (if one consider that British very dark blue is to be expected as the "normal" blue shade here). Source: Album des P
Mauritius has an unusual naval ensign of several unequal red, white and blue stripes. In the middle white panel is set a red anchor with a green cable and a five-pointed white star outlined in yellow on top. The anchor has two bars on the lower right side
From a historical perspective, crabs in general have been viewed with disdain or infamously. William Warner, in his classic book Beautiful Swimmers, noted that crabs have often classified as unpleasant and bellicose animals. The word "crab" has
Mandrills are the most colourful mammals in the world. The skin colours brighten as the animal gets more excited. Males have an orange/yellow beard and an unmistakable bright red and blue snout and rump. Females and juveniles have a duller blue snout and
The redtail is easily recognized by its bright orange-red tail, white nose and cheeks, and its sharp bird-like chirps. It is a smaller relative (3-6 kgs) of vervets and blue monkeys. Throughout its range (covering much of Central Africa) this species inha
A guenon monkey with several colour variations over its range. Females stay with their mothers, forming territorial female-dominated groups with only a single male. A long tailed monkey with a grizzled brown, short coat, a bluish grey mantle over the shou
There are about 20 species of guenons, and they are all found in Africa. Red-tailed guenons have speckled yellow-brown fur, with pale under-parts. They have a black face with blue fur around the eyes and white cheeks. Depending on the subspecies, their no