The fast-paced card game found footing in the Pennsylvania’s Dutch Amish and Christian communities, particularly among Mennonites.
While these Ozark boating traditions vary in materials, styles, and geographies of origin, they were brought together at the Folklife Festival.
Faith in Blackness celebrates afrolatinidad across a range of spiritual traditions, including Buddhism, Catholicism, Ifa, Sephardic Judaism, Lukumí, Pentecostalism, Islam, and the Charismatic Orthodox Church.
The Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building afforded ideal acoustics for a one-time-only round robin of a cappella ballads.
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