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Gean Vincent Almendras

Ann Arbor, MI

Midwest Culture Bearers Award

FY2025

A person with short dark hair and glasses holding two beater sticks, playing the kulintang, an instrument made up of a row of 8 brass gongs suspended on a rope-strung wooden stand.
Photo Credit: University of Michigan Filipino American Student Association (UM-FASA)

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