Miz Mead received such honors because she added greatly to public knowledge of cultures and traditions in developing countries.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

But critics of national standards say the idea goes against one of America's oldest traditions -- local control of education.

VOA: special.2011.06.09

It is very nice,you know?" The Cerqueiras say many Christmas traditions are the same in Portugal and America.

VOA: special.2010.12.20

The Kuwaiti artist Farah Behbehani uses different traditions of Arabic writing to illustrate "The Conference of the Birds,"

VOA: special.2009.03.11

They are painted in bright colors. These traditions are just a few of the examples of Mexican ceramics.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

Europeans started to copy the fine traditions of Japanese and Chinese ceramics as early as the eighteenth century.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

Her travel writing showed a sense of adventure and love of the art and traditions of other cultures.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

Visitors can hear the music, eat the food and learn about the many traditions of these cultures.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Spain,Greece,Italy and Morocco were recognized for their collective cooking traditions, described by UNESCO as the Mediterranean diet.

VOA: special.2010.12.01

Then,four days later, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival brings American musical traditions to the high mountains of Colorado.

VOA: special.2009.06.08

And finding ways to help those voices,those songs, those stories, those craft traditions make it into the lives of a much broader public."

VOA: special.2010.01.25

The newcomers from Britain shared the same language with the Americans and many of the same traditions.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life did a study in two thousand seven on major religious traditions in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

They were breaking with past traditions to create a new look for a new decade,the sixties.

VOA: special.2009.08.09