One of the great comeback stories in dance – with one of the longest histories – can be found right here in the Bay Area, in San Jose. On culturally significant days of the year, performers from ...

A travelling musician and teacher turned cultural revolutionary became an icon in his new home of Brixton in England, where his activism combined with his height and powerful build, distinctive ...

The conch shell, also known as shankh, is a sacred thing in Vastu Shastra and Hindu traditions. Shankh has been revered as the divine sound of "Om" that purifies spaces and invites prosperity.

After my parents were revealed as the tooth fairy and Santa Claus, I still held the belief that the ocean was inside a conch shell, even when I pressed my ear to the shell back at home in Raleigh. I ...

It’s said that when you hold a conch shell to your ear, you can hear the roar of the ocean. Now, researchers have proposed that Neolithic people in Spain used conchs to hear each other — by modifying ...

Conch Shell Productions will present the 5th Annual CSP New Works Fest, showcasing five new plays by Caribbean heritage artists. The festival will be held at HB Playwrights Theatre with the support of ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Get out of your shells, the 4th Annual Little Village Conch Shell festival is here! Join the salty crew at Little Village Saturday, November 15 for a full day of funky ...

ST. ANDREWS, Fla. (WMBB) – Grab your conch shells and get ready for a celebration at Little Village on Saturday, November 15 for their 4th Annual Conch Shell Festival. Starting at 11 a.m. and going ...

During a recent inventory of items held at a museum of natural history in Toulouse, a team of archaeological researchers took the opportunity to re-examine a conch (sea snail) shell retrieved in 1931 ...

Buying souvenirs is a fun part of any trip. But some of the best ones aren’t the kind that are purchased. For example, beach trips are the perfect time to collect a few shells. Enter Paige. She’s a ...

A team of archaeologists from universities in New York and Arizona have just published a fascinating new study that reports on the impressive auditory range of conch-shell trumpets used by Native ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Conch shell used for signaling. Has 1 ...