100 results for: Rites and Ceremonies
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Symbolic objects for Kwanzaa celebration, December 29, 1995
Kwanzaa is a nonreligious celebration of African heritage in African-American culture, usually observed for seven days beginning December 26 and culminating in gift-giving and a big feastThis photo shows a display of symbolic objects used to celebrate Kwanzaa. including a mat (Mkeka) on which other symbols are placed, and a Kikombe cha Umoja (unity cup) for commemorating and giving shukrani…
ID Number:2000.107.19951229.3.10
Date:1995
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Man and woman with Kwanzaa candles and other symbolic items at Langston Hughes Center, Seattle, December 20, 1996
Kwanzaa is a nonreligious celebration of African heritage in African-American culture, usually observed for seven days beginning December 26 and culminating in gift-giving and a big feast.Here, Charles Hargrett and Jo Ann Moton prepare a table setting for a Kwanzaa event at the at the Langston Hughes Center (known since 2013 as the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute). The table…
ID Number:2000.107.19961220.13.14
Date:1996
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Nelson Mandela and Graça Machel at Seattle University commencement ceremony, December 9, 1999
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918-2013) became South Africa’s first Black president in 1994, in the country’s first fully democratic election. His election came after a long struggle against the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa, in which Mandela played a key role and during which he was imprisoned for 27 years.In December 1999, Nelson Mandela and his wife Graça…
ID Number:2000.107.19991209.1.27
Date:1999
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Traditional Indigenous ceremony honoring first salmon of the season, Seattle, November 9, 2002
In November of 2002 the Seattle Post-Intelligencer completed a six-month investigation into the ecological health of the Puget Sound. They published their findings in a series of articles from November 18-22, outlining the ways in which recent efforts to curtail dumping and pollution had failed to negate decades of human-caused damage to sea life and the marine environment.In this image,…
ID Number:2000.107.20021101.CD01.011
Date:2002
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Spectators watch Lion Dance performers at Tet festival at Seattle Center, January 25, 2003
Tet, or Vietnamese Lunar New Year, is celebrated annually at the Seattle Center where festivities begin with a lion dance and continue with cooking demonstrations, music workshops, photo exhibits, martial arts, arts and crafts for kids, and Vietnamese Opera performances. In traditional Vietnamese culture, the first three days of the new year represent what will happen the rest of the…
ID Number:2000.107.20030126.CD02.01.001
Date:2003
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Spectators watch Lion Dance performers during Tet festival at Seattle Center, January 25, 2003
Tet, or Vietnamese Lunar New Year, is celebrated annually at the Seattle Center where festivities begin with a lion dance and continue with cooking demonstrations, music workshops, photo exhibits, martial arts, arts and crafts for kids, and Vietnamese Opera performances. In traditional Vietnamese culture, the first three days of the new year represent what will happen the rest of the…
ID Number:2000.107.20030126.CD02.01.002
Date:2003
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Graduation ceremony at Bethel A.M.E. church, Seattle, circa 1954
Eighteen young people hold diplomas and wear caps and gowns. In their midst, wearing a suit, is a man standing behind a lectern labeled "Bethel A.M.E."
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder16.001
Date:Circa 1954
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Casket and flowers in a funeral parlor, Seattle, circa 1956
Wicker chairs are arranged in rows, and the room is filled with flowers in preparation for Buddy's funeral service at an unidentified location. The ribbon on the wreath to the left says "Stockton Friends."
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder29.002
Date:Circa 1956
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Pallbearers carrying coffin at St. Joe's, Seattle, 1955
Pallbearers carry the coffin of an unidentified person from St. Joseph's Catholic Church on Capitol Hill as mourners look on.
ID Number:2014.49.006.012.0098
Date:1955
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Bride and groom exiting car, Seattle, September 27, 1959
Jimmy Pierre helps new wife Ophelia Pierre, wearing a wedding dress, exit out of a car parked in front of a garage. A woman, possibly a bridesmaid, in formal dress is standing in foreground.
ID Number:2014.49.006.024.0063
Date:Circa 1957