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Encyclopedia > Duquesne University Tamburitzans

The Duquesne University Tamburitzans is the longest-running multicultural song and dance company in the United States. It is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company's members are Duquesne University students who receive scholarships for their activities. Multiculturalism is a public policy approach for managing cultural diversity in a multiethnic society, officially stressing mutual respect and tolerance for cultural differences within a countrys borders. ... For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... Pittsburgh as viewed from Mount Washington Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. ... Duquesne University of the Holy Ghost is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ...


The Tamburitzans began in 1937. They tour nationally, performing music and dance mainly from Eastern Europe and its neighboring folk cultures. The Tamburitzans are affectionately known as "the Tammies" in some circles. Current division of Europe into five (or more) regions: one definition of Eastern Europe is marked in orange Eastern Europe as a region has several alternative definitions, whereby it can denote: the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Central Europe and Russia. ...


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