Her group Varttina, with roots reaching back to her toddler days, is now garnering an international reputation for its unique blend of contemporary folk music and Karelian and Finno-Ugric “runo songs.” When she’s not performing, she’s teaching and passing on regional musical traditions to local kids.
She came to Mongolia planning to teach yoga, but the children in the streets of Ulaanbaatar had another mission in mind…
This “cruising crusader” is on a mad-as-hell race to help cancer sufferers all over the world.
It all started with a couple pet monkeys in Brooklyn, New York… these days, primatologist Patricia Wright is more likely to be found in the rain forests of Madagascar.
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