One World, Many Voices presenter Ka‘ai McAfee-Torco and her uncle Earl Kawa‘a, a taro farmer and therapist, explain the central role of the taro plant in the Hawaiian creation story and the importance of storytelling to the preservation of the Ha

During a “cross-program” presentation at the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, participants demonstrated the influence of nature on their musical traditions.

Speakers of the Isthmus Zapotec language from Juchitán de Zaragoza in Oaxaca, Mexico, form a procession through the One World, Many Voices program space at the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

On the last day of the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, we are delighted to bring you our tenth gallery of visitor photos.

After ten days of extraordinary performances, workshops, and demonstrations, the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival is officially over.

Ati Janey Mestre Izquierdo is an Arhuaco poet, storyteller, and basket- and mochila-weaver from the northern part of Colombia.

What’s your favorite word or phrase, in English or any language?

Putting together daily galleries of visitor photos of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival is always a pleasure, and this gallery is no exception.

It’s 9 pm, and the musicians are still playing away at the Dance Barn of the Hungarian Heritage program. It was a day of good conversations, interactions, and collaboration.

At the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Andris Padilla Julio, a Palenque percussionist and community youth leader, has an impromptu musical conversation with Alexandro Hernández