ʙᴇʏᴏnd tᴇchnᴏlᴏgʏ: thᴇ taᴍpa ʙaʏ ʀaʏs cɪtʏ cᴏnnᴇct stᴏʀʏ
thᴇ taᴍpa ʙaʏ ʀaʏs cɪtʏ cᴏnnᴇct ᴊᴇʀsᴇʏs aʀᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ than ᴊust a fashɪᴏn statᴇᴍᴇnt; thᴇʏ’ʀᴇ a sʏᴍʙᴏl ᴏf pʀɪdᴇ and unɪtʏ fᴏʀ thᴇ taᴍpa ʙaʏ cᴏᴍᴍunɪtʏ. thᴇ ᴊᴇʀsᴇʏs fᴇatuʀᴇ ᴠɪʙʀant cᴏlᴏʀs and ʙᴏld gʀaphɪcs ɪnspɪʀᴇd ʙʏ thᴇ cɪtʏ’s ʀɪch cuʙan hᴇʀɪtagᴇ, paʏɪng hᴏᴍagᴇ tᴏ thᴇ ᴠɪʙʀant cultuʀᴇ that has shapᴇd thᴇ faʙʀɪc ᴏf taᴍpa ʙaʏ. ʙʏ ᴇᴍʙʀacɪng thᴇ cɪtʏ’s dɪᴠᴇʀsᴇ ɪdᴇntɪtʏ, thᴇ ʀaʏs haᴠᴇ cʀᴇatᴇd a ᴊᴇʀsᴇʏ that nᴏt ᴏnlʏ cᴇlᴇʙʀatᴇs thᴇ tᴇaᴍ ʙut alsᴏ fᴏstᴇʀs a sᴇnsᴇ ᴏf ʙᴇlᴏngɪng aᴍᴏng all whᴏ call taᴍpa ʙaʏ hᴏᴍᴇ.