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    Do the Crane Dance

    Oct 01, 2020 2 minutes
    by Erin K. Schonauer and Jamie C. Schonauer

    Youthful eyes sparkle from under a beaked hood. Graceful arms flap like soaring wings. Squawk-like calls fill the Gangtey (gahn-tay) Monastery courtyard as dozens of Bhutanese schoolchildren perform the black-necked crane dance. It’s the highlight of the Black-necked Crane Festival, which celebrates the annual migration of these endangered cranes—a bird of sacred and spiritual

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