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Have you ever wanted to meet a Folklife Festival photographer? On the closing weekend of the Festival you’ll have a chance to do just that.
It’s Friday—the end of the work week! There are only two remaining days of the Festival. We enjoyed sunnier, drier weather today.
Smithsonian Folklife Festival stage manager Jeanette Buck speaks about life backstage and her experience working the Festival.
Festival participants aren’t the only ones sharing languages in One World, Many Voices.
Kihei Nahale-a remembers celebrating the Fourth of July as a child. Watching fireworks, eating hot dogs, and enjoying Independence Day in the quintessential American fashion.
At the heart of this year’s One World, Many Languages program is a number of wonderful musical groups. Hatun Kotama hail from a small town in Ecuador and sing in Kichwa, a UNESCO-declared endangered language.
Ifor ap Glyn, Welsh poet and broadcaster, came to the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival to talk with audiences about the power of language in culture.
On the end of day seven of the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, we are happy to be able to share another gallery of brilliant visitor photos.
We enjoyed a great, lively day of big crowds, fabulous performances, and blue sky.
Today’s “Day in the Life” features Jason Morris, the Warehouse Coordinator for the Folklife Festival.