Music
The setting is New Orleans, circa 1880. A lone trumpet player blows his horn on the side of a dirt road. But soon a fuller melody overtakes his and as it gets louder, a brass band appears around the corner, playing a funeral march as it trails behind a wooden casket. He falls in step with the procession, its line consisting of four other men, and he plays along.
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Beirut
It’s Independence Day, when Lebanese of all religious, political, and ideological backgrounds sing the National Anthem. However the differences arise when we’re asked what that means.
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