Bookmarks (15)

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    An Update on the 2024 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

    Since 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has taken many shapes. It has traversed the entire length...

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    Black Queer Sunshine: Cory Perry’s Textile and Performance Art

    On the last day of the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the clouds hang low in the...

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    With Love and Dumplings: Chef Tim Ma on Chinese New Year and the Power of Food

    Chef Tim Ma took a bite of the Chinese New Year dumpling he made at the...

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    For a Better Journey: Losang Samten’s Mandala of Medicine for a Healing World

    On the final day of the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Venerable Lama Losang Samten faced the...

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    Women and Water: Connections in Caribbean Music and Spirituality

    “Y ahora, que he vencido, porque he sido vencida, comprendo vagamente que mi mujer de aire,...

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    The Creek Rocks Meld Past and Present with Ozarks Folk Tunes

    At the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, The Creek Rocks, composed of married duo Mark Bilyeu and...

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    The Elevation of the Ephemeral Art of Flower Carpets in Catalonia

    Llegiu aquest article en català On August 26, 2023, in the English Yard of Barcelona, the...

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    How Felicia Montes’s Botanica del Barrio Harnesses Herbs as a Tool for Connection

    “Right now, with the disrespect or imbalance of so many things in the world, it’s really...

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    Praying to Tengri: A Demonstration of Traditional Kazakh Rituals

    For more than 5,000 years, Kazakh nomads worshipped Tengri, an all-encompassing god and a personification of...

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    The Soul of Tengri Fashion Show: Celebrating and Reviving Kazakh Couture

    As I walked through the dressing room, the excitement was palpable. Around me, models tried on...

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    Fotos y Recuerdos from the Tree of Life & Ceramics Workshop with Verónica Castillo

    Leer este artículo en español. En las fotos, haga clic en + para ver los subtítulos...

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    The Sounds of Ozarks Religion, Beyond the Bible Belt

    The Ozarks have been called an Evangelical Epicenter, the Buckle of the Bible Belt, and, only...

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    “Tengri Is a Worldview”: How Artisans Are Reviving Kazakhstan’s Cultural Heritage

    “We start our day with rituals. We thank the spirits of this great land. We greet...

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    Singing for the Dying: A Conversation with the Threshold Singers of Washington DC

    On an especially hot summer day during the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the Threshold Singers of...

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    Why Taiko Feels Like Home: Japanese American Diaspora in Nen Daiko

    On the seventh day of the seventh month of the year, taiko drums beat throughout Japan....