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Winyo is one of over forty musicians from Kenya who have joined us at the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Welcome to the forty-eighth annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival. This year we celebrate the cultures of Kenya and China.
The 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival opened on Wednesday, June 25, with performances by artists from China and Kenya and
Upon entering the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival from the west, visitors are greeted by a 30+ meter bamboo flower plaque.
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.
Eight days before the opening of the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, participants from Hong Kong began construction on the bamboo flower plaque
The 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival celebrates the Republic of Kenya fifty years after its independence.
Band manager Zhu Zhizhong and musicians Baiyinmenghe, Baoyin, and Boerzhijinfu of the group Ih Tsetsn from Inner Mongolia
Meet the China: Tradition and the Art of Living program team preparing for the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.