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Free standing dry-stone-walling at Matendera, and the crown of the kopje from which the granite used to build the monument was sourced.

Traditional performances during the Matendera festival.

Participants showing traditional dishes they have prepared for the cooking competition.

Preparation of traditional foods.

A series of datags and stonewalls rising in a series of terraces in Sitio Cabalawan, Barangay Tabayag.

A paril (stone wall structure) built to collect eroded soil.

A corn farm (in a wide datag) in Sitio Cabalawan, Barangay Tabayag.

Oke Maria site in Oka Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria.https://plus.google.com/100557817261797835372/posts/QUqHp5Haj1J

Charm nailed to the bark of a Milicia excelsa tree in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Osun grove.

The Solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria) was said to ...make a great noise withtheir wings when angry, and the noise is something like thunder in thedistance. (1891)

Whales entering rivers intentionally, possibly to rest or to get rid of marine parasites in fresh water, may have been a more common phenomenon in the past. This humpback whale calf and its mother entered the Sacramento River, California in 2007.

Rock paintings of domestic and wild animals at the World Heritage Site of Tadrart Acacus in Libya. The tangible and intangible properties of the natural species inspired human artists.

The Kagu (Rhynochetos jubatus) is also known as the ‘Ghost of the Forest’. Its calls are echoed in the traditional songs and dances of New Caledonia.

The ‘peculiar manners’ of Erythromachus leguati included the phenomenon that If you offer them anything that is red, they are so angry that they will fly at you to catch it out of your hand. Only its bones survive. (1879)

Whale skeletons found in Wadi al-Hitan, Egypt, give us an insight into these creatures’ anatomy but their behaviour remains unknown to us.

Ornamented wooden panel carved using traditional techniques and tools.

Building master working on the model of the carved-out settlementin tuff stone using traditional techniques and tools.

Ornamental marble column carved using traditional techniques and tools.

Carving motifs on the niche using traditional techniques and tools.

Master and apprentice drawing motifs on the flat wooden panel.

Traditional fireplace embellished with geometricmotifs carved in tuff stone using traditionaltechniques and tools.

Student carving the capital of a marble column using traditional techniques and tools.

De Luca’s Restaurant in Pittsburgh on a Sunday morning.

One of the family chapels of Tolimán: 18th century wall paintings and contemporary stewards.

A memorial in the sidewalk marks the spot where Cecilia Viñas and Hugo Penino lived and were kidnapped and ‘disappeared’ by Argentina’s military dictatorship on July 13, 1997. About 250 victims of oppression have been similarily commemorated by the organisation Barrios X Memoria y Justicia.

Books, coasters, and leaflets are part of the marketing support the government of Buenos Aires provides for bars, cafés, and other establishments judged to have heritage value.

The Peña Bernal, one of the defining natural features of the Otomi-Chichimeca region.

The piña is the fibrous, sugar-filled heart of the agave plant. A pile of them awaits the processing that will turn them into tequila at the historic headquarters of a leading producer. Most of the firm’s production, however, takes place in a modern distillery.

A food stand at Bogotá’s Festival de Chicha offers fritanga, a traditional dish that combines potatoes and plantains with blood sausage and other meats.

The chanting procession, with the women, taking part, going to the exhibition hall of the Don Bosco Museum of Cultures.

Liberio Uiagomeareu, Kleber Meri Tororeu and Orlando Kuira preparing the human remains for the chanting ritual in the entrance hall of the Don Bosco Museum of Cultures.

The chief chanter, Helinho Kuruguga, performing the Roia Kurireu (the great chant).

Agostinho Eibajiwu and Ailton Meri Ekureu sing and dance around the human remains in the entrance hall of the Don Bosco Museum of Cultures.

The moment before the human remains were placed in the ‘path of the souls’ showcase.