Even among the new breed of fado singers, which has dared to deviate from a rigid tradition, Ms. Moura is a distinctly worldly superstar: stylish, expressive, determinedly open-minded.
An art-rock provocateur, Mr. Eno managed to patronize two cultures in a single blow, fetishizing a free-floating independence in African art that he found lacking in rigid European traditions.
Washburn, after all, is a town of "fragilely rigid postwar traditions," where a woman wearing a backless black dress to a party offends "communal decorum" because all the other women are in bows and plaid taffeta; so it wouldn't take much to bring social retribution.
By participating in marriage, LGBT folks are finding kindred experiences with many straight folks who share in a queer approach to marriage, one that celebrates individuals and individual couples rather than a rigid position, tradition, or dogma.
Page C5 DINING BUILDING LAYERS On a Vietnamese Staple A rising generation of American cooks of Vietnamese descent are tinkering with a once-rigid culinary tradition.
