{"id":321242,"date":"2024-04-26T08:10:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T12:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=321242"},"modified":"2024-04-26T08:15:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T12:15:40","slug":"cultural-elder-ras-mo-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/death\/cultural-elder-ras-mo-has-died\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural elder Ras Mo has died"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-321243\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ras-Mo-642x481.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Cultural elder, Ras Mo, has passed away.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>DNO understands he died in the United States on Thursday night.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The circumstances surrounding his death are unknown as this time.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ras Mo, whose real name is Desmond Delmance Marcel Moses, was a Caribbean award-winning performing and recording artist, performance poet, singer, storyteller, playwright, master-drummer, theater director, facilitator and teacher. 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