How a Spanish Basilica Defied the Vatican to Keep Its Medieval Flying Machines
Suspended from a cathedral dome in southeastern Spain, mechanical clouds and wooden flying machines have lowered singing angels every August since the 1400s.
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Shashmaqam: The Classical Court Music of the Silk Road Oases
Preserved in the ancient courts of Bukhara and Samarkand, this classical modal tradition weaves Sufi poetry and plucked lutes into six complex musical suites.