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On a hot June afternoon at the Pickin’ Parlor, Cherokee singer-songwriter Kalyn Fay crooned into the microphone.
If you come to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, you're bound to hear a surprising range of stories.
From rocking out with the Ozark Mountain Daredevils to dancing to Ukrainian folk songs of resistance, visitors enjoyed many different ways of celebrating the Fourth of July at the Folklife Festival!
Whether it’s some larb loving, hymn humming, or square-dance swaying, there’s something for everyone at the Folklife Festival!
In 2022, UNESCO declared the iconic sour soup Ukrainian “cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.”
Catch some cashew chicken, master the martial arts, and sow some seeds at the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival!
We need more spaces to listen to and learn from each other with humility, curiosity, and vulnerability.