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Dance
12:00 am
Tue September 18, 2012

So you think you know bellydance?

Credit Allison Friedman, WMUK
Joette Sawall teaching a class at West Michigan School of Middle Eastern Dance
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By Allison Friedman

  • Hear from the three Kalamazoo belly dance studios

There’s only one studio that holds public belly dance classes in Grand Rapids, a city with a population of almost 190,000 people. Less than half as many people live in Kalamazoo, yet there are three belly dancing studios.

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Culture
12:00 am
Thu August 30, 2012

Kee-Boon-Mein-Kaa Pow Wow celebrates the harvest and the Pokagon way of life

Credit Rebecca Thiele, WMUK
Jason Wesaw
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Musician Jason Wesaw says the Pokagon band of the Potawatomi has gathered around this time of year for generations to celebrate the harvest and all that the land provides to help them maintain their way of life. And for 27 years, the Pokagon have held the Kee Boon Mein Kaa Pow Wow, which takes place this weekend in Dowagiac. 

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