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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. A photograph and a handwritten note on the altar. In the foreground is a traditional orange marigold.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. Traditional paper cutout banners, called papel picado, hang from the tent.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. A woman's portrait is between a candle and a loaf of bread.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. A memorial to a man includes his framed portrait in front of a vase of flowers including orange marigolds. In the foreground is a censor burning copal, sometimes called Mexican frankincense.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. Two skulls, or calaveras, surrounded by orange marigold petals, on the public altar.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. Juan Carlos Aguirre, Executive Director of Mano a Mano, adds copal to a censor in front of the altar. On All Saints' Day, El Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, offerings are placed on an altar in remembrance of deceased family and friends.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. Juan Carlos Aguirre, Executive Director of Mano a Mano, left, speaks to a man in the tent. Mano a Mano, Mexican Culture Without Borders (Cultura Mexicana sin Fronteras), produced the event.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. A woman in face paint stand before the public altar.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. Illustrations by José Guadalupe Posada are on the back wall of the tent. 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of this influential illustrator.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. The tent with the public altar is in the churchyard of St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. A photograph of a woman in a gown is surrounded by orange marigolds, candles, and a basked of bread and fruit.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. A man wafts smoke from burnign copal over himself in front of the public altar.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. A man placed a mobile phone showing a photograph of a boy on the altar, and took a photo of it in front of an ofrenda, or offering, of bread and fruit.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. One of the ofrendas, or offerings, on the public altar commemorates Lou Reed.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. A woman and a boy in front of the public altar in a tent outside St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery on New York City's lower East Side. The black and white illustrations on the back wall are replicas of illustrations by José Guadalupe Posada, creator of the catrina, the woman's skull seen on the left.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. Candles and a photograph on the public altar in memory of the deceased.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. A memorial to a man includes some children's toys.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. Illustrations by José Guadalupe Posada on the back wall of the tent.
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  • The Canebrake Rattlers take the stage at the Brooklyn Folk Festival. The Rattlers play traditional string band music.
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  • Hunter Holmes, from Lauren, South Carolina, plays traditional music, much of which relates to life in the cotton mills in his home state.
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  • Hunter Holmes, from Lauren, South Carolina, plays traditional music from his home state at the Brooklyn Folk Festival.
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  • An enthusiastic crowd listens to the band Cherven Traktor play traditional Bulgarian music.
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  • New York band Cherven Traktor played traditional Bulgarian music.
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  • Joey Arbata plays the uilleann pipes, the traditional bagpipe of Ireland. Uilleann pipes are powered by a bellows.
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  • The Canebrake Rattlers on stage at the Brooklyn Folk Festival. The Rattlers, based in New York City, play traditional string band music.
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  • After the concert, Happy Traum, on the right, has a chat with Izzy Young, founder of the Folklore Center in New York, the former center of the folk revival of the 1950s and 60s.
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  • Peter Yarrow, holding the mic, leads in a song as Happy Traum plays guitar beside him. On the far right, playing banjo, is Pete Seeger.
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  • Oscar Brand, considered a founding father of the American folk music revival, takes the stage with Josh White, Jr. Brand is now 93, and still hosts the radio show "Folksong Festival."
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  • Composer and musician David Amram playing pennywhistle. To is right are Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza and Peter Yarrow.
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  • David Broza, an Israeli singer-songwriter, with Peter Yarrow behind him, at the Folk City benefit concert. The concert was held to support a forthcoming exhibit on the folk msusic revival in New York in the 1950s and 60s.
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  • Singer-songwriter Langhorne Slim performs at the Folk City benefit concert. The concert was held to support a forthcoming exhibit on the folk msusic revival in New York in the 1950s and 60s.
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  • Peter Stampfel's playing and singing style is expressive.
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  • Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob at the Brooklyn Folk Festival. Ether frolics were a 19th century amusement involving the recreational use of ether.
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  • Mamie Minch and Tamar Korn (left to right) singing  at the Brooklyn Folk Festival.
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  • "Shaky" Dave Pollack of Alex Battles & The Whisky Rebellion playing harmonica into a vintage microphone.
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  • "Shaky" Dave Pollack of Alex Battles & The Whisky Rebellion playing harmonica into a vintage microphone.
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  • Alex Battles and Kari Denis sing a duet.
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  • Kari Denis, on fiddle, accompanies Alex Battles.
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  • Kari Denis, on fiddle, accompanies Alex Battles.
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  • Sammo tunes his steel guitar,setting up to play with lex Battles and The Whisk Rebellion. The label on his guitar reads "This Tin Can Eats emo Bands."
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  • The Cactus Blossoms, a western band. From left to right, Mike "Razz" Russell, and brothers Jack Torrey and Page Burkum.
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  • Fiddler Mike "Razz" Russell playing with The Cactus Blossoms, a western band from Minnesota.
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  • Attendance at the fifth Brooklyn Folk Festival was near the venue capacity, and little seating was available. Kristin Adreassen and friends are on the stage.
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  • Fidddler with Kristin Andreassen.
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  • Jackson Lynch played old time music on the fiddle, banjo and guitar.
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  • Ayan-ool Sam of the Tuvan throat-singing group Alash at the Lowell Folk Festival, 25 July 2009.
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  • Bady-Dorzhu Ondar of the Tuvan throat-singing group Alash at the Lowell Folk Festival, 25 July 2009.
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  • Bady-Dorzhu Ondar of the Tuvan throat-singing group Alash at the Lowell Folk Festival, 25 July 2009.
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  • A group of French-Canadian musicians gather for an evening of Quebecois music at a restaurant in Burlington, Connecticut.
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  • Fiddler Daniel Boucher leads a group of French-Canadian musicians as they gather for an evening of Quebecois music at a restaurant in Burlington, Connecticut.
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  • A group of French-Canadian musicians gather for an evening of Quebecois music at a restaurant in Burlington, Connecticut.
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  • A group of French-Canadian musicians gather for an evening of Quebecois music at a restaurant in Burlington, Connecticut.
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  • A group of French-Canadian musicians gather for an evening of Quebecois music at a restaurant in Burlington, Connecticut.
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  • A group of French-Canadian musicians gather for an evening of Quebecois music at a restaurant in Burlington, Connecticut.
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  • A group of French-Canadian musicians gather for an evening of Quebecois music at a restaurant in Burlington, Connecticut.
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  • A group of French-Canadian musicians gather for an evening of Quebecois music at a restaurant in Burlington, Connecticut.
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  • A group of French-Canadian musicians gather for an evening of Quebecois music at a restaurant in Burlington, Connecticut.
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  • A group of French-Canadian musicians gather for an evening of Quebecois music at a restaurant in Burlington, Connecticut.
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  • A group of French-Canadian musicians gather for an evening of Quebecois music at a restaurant in Burlington, Connecticut.
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  • A group of French-Canadian musicians gather for an evening of Quebecois music at a restaurant in Burlington, Connecticut.
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  • A group of French-Canadian musicians gather for an evening of Quebecois music at a restaurant in Burlington, Connecticut.
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  • Grammy award-winning musician Tom Chapin plays 12-string guitar at the concert's end. The concert was held to support a forthcoming exhibit on the folk msusic revival in New York in the 1950s and 60s.
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  • From left to right, Oscar Brand, Josh White, Jr., Pete Seeger, and Tom Chapin at the Folk City benefit concert at the Museum of the City of New York. The concert was held to support a forthcoming exhibit on the folk msusic revival in New York in the 1950s and 60s.
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  • Pete Seeger, left, honorary chair of the concert, cups his ear to get the audience to sing louder. On his right is Tom Chapin.
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  • Peter Yarrow, founder of the revival group Peter, Paul and Mary, performing at the Folk City benefit concert. The concert was held to support a forthcoming exhibit on the folk msusic revival in New York in the 1950s and 60s.
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  • Peter Yarrow, on the right, and David Broza, perform together at the Folk City benefit concert. Yarrow is best known as a founder of the group Peter, Paul and Mary, and Broza is an Israeli singer-songwriter.
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  • Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, waits to go on stage at the Folk City benefit concert. The concert was held to support a forthcoming exhibit on the folk msusic revival in New York in the 1950s and 60s.
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  • David Amram playing the pennywhistle. Langhorne Slim and John Wesley Harding are to his right.
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  • Singer-songwriter Langhorne Slim performs at the Folk City benefit concert. The concert was held to support a forthcoming exhibit on the folk msusic revival in New York in the 1950s and 60s.
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  • David Hajdu, author of "Positively 4th Street," a book about the lives of Joan Baez, Mimi Fariña, Bob Dylan and Richard Fariña, reading an excerpt relating to New York.
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  • Happy Traum, an early participant in the Washington Square folk scene, and the first artist to record Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind."
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  • A. C. Newman, founder of the group The New Pornographers, sings at the Folk City benefit concert. The concert was held to support a forthcoming exhibit on the folk msusic revival in New York in the 1950s and 60s.
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  • Singer-songwriter Lucy Kaplansky, who came to the New York folk scene in the 1980s on stage at the Folk City benefit concert at the Museum of the City of New York. The concert was held to support a forthcoming exhibit on the folk msusic revival in New York in the 1950s and 60s.
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  • Singer-songwriter Lucy Kaplansky, who came to the New York folk scene in the 1980s on stage at the Folk City benefit concert at the Museum of the City of New York. The concert was held to support a forthcoming exhibit on the folk msusic revival in New York in the 1950s and 60s.
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  • Folk and blues singer Josh White, Jr. on stage at the Folk City benefit concert at the Museum of the City of New York. The concert was held to support a forthcoming exhibit on the folk msusic revival in New York in the 1950s and 60s.
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  • Folk and blues singer Josh White, Jr. on stage at the Folk City benefit concert at the Museum of the City of New York. The concert was held to support a forthcoming exhibit on the folk msusic revival in New York in the 1950s and 60s.
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  • Izzy Young, founder of the Folklore Center in New York, and owner of the Folklore Centrum in Stockholm, speaks of the early days of the folk music revival in New  York City.
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  • Emcee John Wesley Harding performing at the Folk City benefit concert at the Museum of the City of New York. The concert was held to support a forthcoming exhibit on the folk msusic revival in New York in the 1950s and 60s.
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  • John Platt, radio host at WFUV, on stage at the Folk City benefit concert at the Museum of the City of New York. The concert was held to support a forthcoming exhibit on the folk msusic revival in New York in the 1950s and 60s.
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  • Peter Stampfel singing and playing at the Brooklyn Folk Festival.
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  • Tuning a banjo at the Brooklyn Folk Festival.
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  • Peter Stampfel laughing after a song at the Brooklyn Folk Festival.
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  • Guitar accompanist in The Ether Frolic Mob.
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  • Peter Stampfel playing banjo with the Ether Frolic Mob at the Brooklyn Folk Festival. Stampfel has long sought to preserve and desconstruct old music.
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  • Peter Stampfel displaying high energy at the Brooklyn Folk Festival. Stampfel has been in bands including the Holy Modal Rounders and the Clamtones,
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  • Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob at the Brooklyn Folk Festival. Stampfel has been performing for over 50 years.
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  • Peter Stampfel and his daughter Zoe on stage with the Ether Frolic Mob at the Brooklyn Folk Festival.
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  • Pat Conte of the Canebrake Rattlers finishing a song at the Brooklyn Folk Festival.
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  • Tom Legenhausen playing banjo for the Canebrake Rattlers at the Brooklyn Folk festival.
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  • Tom Legenhausen, left, and Major Contay of the Canebrake Rattlers.
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  • The standing room crowd at the Brooklyn Jazz Festival applauding Mamie Minch and Tamar Korn.
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  • Mamie Minch and Tamar Korn (left to right) singing  at the Brooklyn Follk Festival. The duo included songs from the jazz era in their set.
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  • Mamie Minch and Tamar Korn (left to right) singing blues and old time duets at the Brooklyn Follk Festival. Minch is playing a steel guitar.
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  • Hunter Holmes playing the guitar at the Brooklyn Folk Festival.
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  • "Shaky" Dave Pollack of Alex Battles & The Whisky Rebellion playing harmonica into a vintage microphone.
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  • Harmonica player "Shaky" Dave Pollack smiles as he takes a break.
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  • Alex Battles and Kari Denis.
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  • Alex Battles on stage.
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  • "Skay" Dave Pollack's harmonicas arranged by song keys.
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  • The Whisky Rebellion's "Shaky" Dave Pollack, right, with fiddler Kari Denis.
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