Sebastian Barajas

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A group of smiling performers wearing colorful, ornate traditional costumes with large feather headdresses dancing in a festival parade.

Cultural Transmission, Dance

Honoring Bolivian and Hawaiian Heritage through Dance

December 12, 2025 | Sebastian Barajas

Across the Festival, cultural pride echoed through performances, each group bringing its own language, history, and movement to life.

A group of people walk into the open doors of a concrete building, with words above the doorway: Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center.

Language, Work Life

A Visit to the Smithsonian Archives: Native Representation and Memory Preservation

November 26, 2025 | Sebastian Barajas

The day after the Festival, Indigenous participant groups visited the Cultural Resources Center and National Anthropological Archives.

A young child wearing large black earphones bangs on some drums under a festival tent.

Social Justice, Work Life

Youth and the Future of Accessibility: Celebrating Disability Pride Month and the Anniversary of the ADA

July 30, 2025 | Sebastian Barajas

Our team implements accessibility services into the Festival from the early stages of the production process.

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The Festival Soundtrack: Five Songs Created in the New Sounds Lab
Honoring Bolivian and Hawaiian Heritage through Dance

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