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The World in Tune: Music Traditions From Mexico to Mongolia

Communities around the world celebrate with music.

Couples dance to salsa music in Transparencia Plaza in Mexico City.

Mar García, GPJ Mexico

Bayanmunkh Odgarig, left, 14, and Shinekhuu Sukhbaatar, 14, rehearse morin khuur, or horsehead fiddle, backstage at a festival in Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi province, Mongolia.

Uranchimeg Tsogkhuu, GPJ Mongolia

From left, Ponnuthurai Mayavan, Kirushnakumar Mohan and Tharmarajah Vijayarasa play traditional musical instruments at a food festival in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Vijayatharsiny Thinesh, GPJ Sri Lanka

Members of Banda La Parralense perform at the Samalayuca dunes in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Lilette A. Contreras, GPJ Mexico

Lino Piloto assembles a marimba for teaching and performing in Mutare, Zimbabwe.

Evidence Chenjerai, GPJ Zimbabwe

Frente Cumbiero, a band from Colombia, performs at a public plaza in San Francisco, Nayarit, Mexico.

Maya Piedra, GPJ Mexico

Tilak Sunar, left, and Arjun Baraili perform at a bar in Birendranagar, Surkhet, Nepal.

Chandani Kathayat, GPJ Nepal

From left, Domingo Linares, Misael Rodríguez and Rogelio Hernández, members of La Marimba de Jaltenango La Paz, perform for a living in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.

Adriana Alcázar González, GPJ Mexico

Eugenia Martín makes a Lakota drum, a shamanic instrument used for healing, at Boedo Workshop in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Lucila Pellettieri, GPJ Argentina

Joackim Hansumbo tries out a traditional drum he has made in Lusaka, Zambia.

Prudence Phiri, GPJ Zambia

Newari people sing to Red Machhindranath, god of rain, to ask for the blessing of enough food in Lalitpur district, Bagmati province, Nepal.

Yam Kumari Kandel, GPJ Nepal

Kamate Malili makes drums at his modern instrument workshop in Kirumba, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Merveille Kavira Luneghe, GPJ Democratic Republic of Congo

Mexican singer-songwriter Vivir Quintana, who wrote “Canción Sin Miedo,” a popular anthem for the women’s movement, performs in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.

Marissa Revilla, GPJ Mexico

Budha Rai Murmu, right, and his friends relax after performing at a festival in Surunga, Kankai municipality, Nepal.

Mayamitu Neupane, GPJ Nepal

Students play the morin khuur, also known as horsehead fiddle, at an art and sports festival in Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia.

Odonchimeg Batsukh, GPJ Mongolia

Aisha Namwanje, left, and Nakanywagi Amina perform the Kiganda, a traditional dance, at an annual birthday run for the king of Buganda, in Lubiri, Kampala, Uganda.

Nakisanze Segawa, GPJ Uganda

Independent musician Jack Clemente, who performs in bars and cafes while he produces his album, plays guitar in Tonanitla, State of Mexico.

Aline Suárez del Real, GPJ Mexico

Temuulen Namkhainyambuu, 15, tunes her morin khuur, also known as a horsehead fiddle, in Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia.

Khorloo Khukhnokhoi, GPJ Mongolia

Mona Viléus helps her son, Noah, 5, practice recorder at their home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Anne Myriam Bolivar, GPJ Haiti

Newari men play flutes during Biska Jatra, which is celebrated to mark the new year on the Bikram Sambat calendar, in Bhaktapur, Bagmati province, Nepal.

Sunita Neupane, GPJ Nepal