Living life in limbo

"If you set the bar low enough, everyone is exceptional." 5/5/18 Shemika Campbell hails from a long line of limbo. Both her mother and her grandmother were limbo dancers, carrying on the traditionally Trinidadian form of dance. Shemika is keeping up the family legacy, taking limbo to a whole new low. China's Village of Real-Life Rapunzels For thousands of years, the Yao women of Huangluo Village have been keeping up an incredible beauty regimen, growing long, luxurious locks. Believed to symbolize beauty, wealth and longevity, long hair is considered sacred, and women in the village only cut their hair once in a lifetime. The Man Making Hasidic Music Pop He's been called the Hasidic Lady Gaga, the Jewish Elvis, but soon, you'll know him as just Lipa. Raised in a close-knit community, Lipa Schmeltzer grew up with no radio and no television. After he heard his first non-Hasidic song at age 21, Lipa's life changed. Searching for China's Ancient Tea Leaves Shunan Teng is on a mission to experience tea in its most authentic, historic form. Her love for it knows no bounds, as she travels halfway around the world in search of the world's oldest tea trees. Germany's Oasis for Humanity In the heart of Magdeburg, Germany is a mosaic superstructure known as the Green Citadel. Equipped with residential apartments, shops, cafes, hotels and a preschool, the complex was built to be an oasis for all mankind.  Copyright © 2018 Great Big Story, LLC, All rights reserved.You are receiving this message because you subscribed to the Great Big Story newsletter. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list