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Visual Rhythms

  • Dancers perform at the musical and cultural event at the Inyanza Twataramye Cultural and Sports Festival. The festival is a two-day event celebrating Rwandan culture and heritage.
  • An actor performs in 'La Tarumba', a non-traditional circus, which is a mix of Peru's Andean and black cultures.
  • Nat King Cole's piano and Frank Sinatra's microphone are setup inside Studio B at Capitol Studios for recording.
  • Legendary R&B artist Ray Charles plays the Blue Note.
  • Usher rehearses his act for the American Music Awards.
  • Stevie Wonder pays tribute during the funeral service for Grammy award-winning jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard.
  • Rap artist/dancer Willie Puckett dances at a block party as fans chant {quote}Go Willie Puckett Go.{quote}
  • Two Argentines practice their Tango movements during an antiques fair in San Telmo.
  • Several Zulus perform Mangwe, a traditional Zulu warrior dance.
  • An Afro-Bolivian dance troupe performs for churchgoers during a celebration marking a religious festival ('Fiesta de San Benito').
  • Bo Dollis, chief of the Wild Magnolias, struts on Mardi Gras Day.
  • Linda Blinn, left, uses a computer to find the words to 'Take Me Out To The Ballgame' while Erik Schulke, 5, foreground, sings a verse.
  • Nancy Brown, center, along with other Billy Graham crusade volunteers and local pastors sing during a birthday celebration for Graham Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004, at the Rose Bowl.
  • Jazz legends Herbie Hancock, left, and Wayne Shorter perform in honor of musical genius Carlos Santana who received the first annual, {quote}Humanity in the Arts Peace Award{quote} from the Int'l Committee of Artists for Peace.
  • Carlos Santana performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
  • A Sundanese dancer performed before Pope John Paul II during a canonization ceremony.
  • Members of Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, center, Eddie Van Halen, right, and Michael Anthony perform Aug. 19, 2004.
  • Hip-hop artist Lauren Hills performs at the Essence Music Festival.
  • Women dressed in traditional purple capes watch and sing as a procession carrying a painting adorned with the image of Our Lord of Miracles arrives.
  • Several young women greet the morning light after an all night partycontinues to go strong.
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