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Kwon Myoung-Won is a Korean American calligrapher. Kwon demonstrated his skills by creating a 150-foot-long scroll.
Grupo de Fandango de Artesa Los Quilamos come from the southern coastal region of Oaxaca. The music and dance they perform is a blend of Indigenous, African, and Spanish elements.
Paul F. Johnston is a scientific diver and curator at the National Museum of American History. His passion is hunting down and excavating shipwrecks.
Rebecca Andina was born in Korea in the 1970s and adopted at seven months by an American family. Here she discusses with her adoptive mother and the difficulties of growing up Asian in a predominantly white community.
The Grammy-nominated, Boukman Eksperyans, performs in honor of the Haitian people affected by the devastating earthquake of January 2010.
Joni L. Jones (Olorisa Omi Osun Olomo) of Austin, Texas, performs a narrative in honor of a storyteller who had recently fallen ill.
The "Presenters Video" complements the guidelines and features good and bad presenting examples taken from different Festival programs.
Highlights from the Opening Ceremonies of the 2009 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
A couple of years ago, Welsh rocker, Gai Toms, built a drumkit from junkyard scraps. He uses it in concert to share his environmental concerns.
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