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Betty Belanus
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Celebrate Earth Day by folding your own 3D model of a native orchid, the Showy Lady’s Slipper!
Ginseng “poaching,” or harvesting illegally, can be extremely lucrative if you disregard the threat of arrest, fines, and jail time.
For generations, hundreds of “hunters” have dug the valuable roots for supplemental income.
The taste of ginseng root is described as earthy and slightly sweet by some, and bitter by others.
American ginseng has linked the Appalachian Mountain region to China since the 1700s.
The New Year marks the end of the holiday season in the United States, but in Armenia they are just getting started.
The anticipation is palpable in the Circus Science tent. Young visitors strain forward from their perches on chairs two sizes too big for them, or from front-row seats on the grass.
We recently heard from Sean Harris, one of the animators in the 2009 Wales Smithsonian Cymru program.
For the past two Smithsonian Folklife Festivals, I have been in charge of “counting and surveying” at the event
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