Mexico City native Ricardo Rodriguez Saavedra is the director of De La Chinampa a tu Mesa, an organization devoted to restoring Xochimilco's cultural heritage by connecting the public with the chinampas' pesticide-free agricultural producers.

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The music is drawn from an extensive traditional repertoire named after ethnicities, towns or flowers ( Tu People s ''ling , '' White Peony ''ling'' ), and lyrics are improvised in keeping with certain rules for example, verses have three, four, five or six lines, each made up of seven syllables.

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Tu-160 strategic bombers will launch cruise missiles over the North Atlantic in a pattern typical of an attack on the US mainland, and other bombers will drill over the Arctic.

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McVicar's Bollywood-inspired staging includes highly choreographed dancing for Cleopatra, including "Da Tempste" in jodhpurs and "Tu la mia stella sei (Oh star of my desire)" in a flapper dress with an umbrella.

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