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When brainstorming ideas for China program activities at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, I think we all had the same idea: bike ride!
See highlights from the Folklife Festival captured by our photography team.
The flower plaque at the entrance to China: Tradition and the Art of Living at the 2014 Folklife Festival prominently features a character named Tian Tian.
The Folklife Festival is a sensory overload. Craftsmen yell out to each other in multiple languages, musicians groove on all corners of the Mall
For forty-eight years, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has gathered people from around the globe on the National Mall to celebrate the best of the human spirit.
Eight days before the opening of the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, participants from Hong Kong began construction on the bamboo flower plaque
The staff, interns, and volunteers in the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections are striving to make the Archives a more visible
Kenyan music is as diverse as its landscapes, ethnic communities, and cultures. While folk music, reflective of the nation’s various ethnic groups
Join us on Wednesday, June 25, for the opening ceremony of the 2014 Folklife Festival.