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Like the familiar keyboard command that resets a frozen screen, “Ctrl + Alt + HERITAGE” speaks to a generation seizing control of their cultural narratives.
Across the Festival, cultural pride echoed through performances, each group bringing its own language, history, and movement to life.
Any descriptive label intended to encompass the talents of brother duo Spencer Battiest and Doc Native falls short.
Hip-hop has provided Bolivian artists a platform for telling personal stories, examining sociopolitical issues, asserting their own cultures, and defending the rights of Indigenous peoples.
Davis’s body, voice, and presence channel histories that were nearly lost—stolen by erasure, whitewashing, and cultural neglect.
When Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf walked into the Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium, it wasn’t the first time the musical duo performed on the national stage.
Gregg Lamping has been working every summer at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival since 1976.
At the Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center, interns study the art, rituals, and traditions that permeate our everyday lives.
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