An Update on the 2024 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Since 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has taken many shapes. It has traversed the entire length...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Fotos y Recuerdos from the Tree of Life & Ceramics Workshop with Verónica Castillo
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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...
“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...
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...
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....