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Article: Nations of Folkmoot: Canada.
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- The Mountaineer (Waynesville, NC)
- Article date:
- July 21, 2006
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Jul. 21--The nations Folkmoot participants hail from all corners of the globe; some countries have cultures and histories that will be familiar to Americans; others are diametrically opposite. Here's a look at the nations of Folkmoot. Quick: can you name the president of our neighboring country to the north? Can't do it? You're not alone. A recent poll found some 91 percent of Americans could not do so either. America's ignorance of Canada is nothing new; perhaps because this country so closely parallels the U.S. --both in look and feel -- we think it gives us a license to not care. Too bad. Canada's emblematic psyches are born of both its wild frontier, its ...
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