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The sun creates a "Chicagohenge" effect in Chicago, as the sun rises and falls straight down streets such as Kinzie and Madison one or two days each year, as seen here on Sept. 22, 2017.
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The fall equinox, which arrives Tuesday in the U.S., brings shorter days, and chances to witness alignment between Earth and the sun. It's a modern version of ancient observances of a celestial shift.
"There's times I'm playing the banjo and I just feel the ancestors," Rhiannon Giddens says.
Karen Cox
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Rhiannon Giddens' banjo connects her to her ancestors: 'The spirits come through'
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