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Deborah on a research trip to Thrissur in 2009 with Argentinean composer Oscar Edelstein to meet chenda artist Peruvanam Kuttan Marar
THE EXPAT EXPERIENCE
Women expats share how they have imbibed and are taking forward the traditions of both their birth countries and adoptive ones
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By Kay Newton
iving in Mallorca for 30 years as an expat, I became aware of the children’s poem La Balanguera by Joan Alcover i Maspons written in the late 19th century, which was adapted to become
the national anthem of the Balearic Islands in 1996. It is a story about a woman who works as a weaver. Not only does she spin cloth, she also spins and weaves the threads and memories of the local culture: tradiNOV-DEC 2018