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CONTENTS | NOVEMBER 2015

features

22 | NAPLES ZOO

Although leopard coats are out of fashion in the West, they are
growing in popularity among members of South Africa’s Shembe
community since they practice the Zulu custom of wearing spotted
cat fur during their religious celebrations. Although trade in
leopard skins is illegal, Panthera’s Leopard Program Coordinator,
Tristan Dickerson, estimates that nearly 1,000 leopard skins are
either worn or sold at every major Shembe gathering.This becomes
an even more sobering number when put in the context of the
Shembe’s five million members.

32 | NAPLES ART ASSOCIATION

One of the founding members of The Naples Art Association, E. George
Rogers, was fond of saying “Educators cannot by a blessing inject knowledge
into their pupils, but rather by stimulation draw out what is inside.” Similarly,
The Naples Art Association (NAA) does not seek to inject a love of art into
a person or a community, but rather seeks to provide the opportunity to
experience visual art in a meaningful and personal way to every member of
our community.

JOHN SIMMS - HOPE & DREAMS II

68 | WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON

In my travels I can only begin to understand the genuine
poverty and challenges that people must endure as they go through
their daily routine. Let me tell you about Isotopo.

UNIDENTIFIED CHILDREN CATCH SMALL FISH IN A Life in Naples | November 2015
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