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Healing and Remembrance
Healing and Remembrance

A small shrine structure made of bamboo with a red curtain.  Flowers placed at the bottom.

Shrine, Mekong Delta

On their visit to Vietnam, Tracy and her mother left flowers and photographs at a shrine that villagers had assembled at the spot where her father’s boat had landed.

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Colorful graffiti spray painting, an homage to a young Latina woman, Suly - R.I.P.

Memorial Walls, New York

Graffiti artists create memorials for victims of violence and tragedy. These memorial walls offer a place close to home for community members to gather and grieve their lost relatives and friends.

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Ariel shot of hundreds of panels from AIDS Memorial Quilt  laid out on the grass.

AIDS Memorial Quilt

Each of the more than 44,000 colorful panels in the AIDS Memorial Quilt memorializes the life of a person lost to AIDS.

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Colorful image of  framed photo, sugar skulls and other offerings atop a bed of gold  marigolds.

Offerings for Day of the Dead

A ritual the indigenous people had been practicing for 3,000 years, Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a three-day Mexican holiday to honor and celebrate loved ones who have died.

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