For Armenians around the world, religion plays a large role in daily life and cultural identity.
Whether it’s some larb loving, hymn humming, or square-dance swaying, there’s something for everyone at the Folklife Festival!
In 2022, UNESCO declared the iconic sour soup Ukrainian “cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.”
Catch some cashew chicken, master the martial arts, and sow some seeds at the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival!
Many Slavic peoples—like Polish, Ukrainians, Czechs, and Slovaks—shared pierogies as a staple food.
With their natural sense of curiosity, kids are some of our favorite visitors to the Festival!
We need more spaces to listen to and learn from each other with humility, curiosity, and vulnerability.
The student performers from Pueblo High School in Tucson, Arizona, promise a stunning performance of Mexican hits.
This may be the first year since 1967 that our outdoor event was impacted by wildfire smoke, blowing south from Canada and turning D.C. skies hazy.