It’s not every day you see a five-year-old boy in a white tuxedo walking a tightrope twenty feet in the air.
We bring our traditions with us as we move through life, and those traditions change on our path—sometimes in surprising ways.
D.L. Menard performed twice at the Folklife Festival, in 1976 for the bicentennial celebration and in 1985 for the Louisiana program.
Depending on your chocolate needs, enjoy chocolate waffles at any meal or snack time. It’s okay to indulge.
Does an injury end a career in the circus? For Danny Rodriguez, a fifth-generation circus performer born to aerialist parents, nothing would stop him.
Twelve-year-old Sara Estrada is one of America’s newest citizens, sworn in at a special ceremony during the 2017 Folklife Festival.
The thought process, symbolism, and history behind a clown’s makeup is far more complicated than meets the diamond-shaped eye.
“A beautiful thing happens when I get the opportunity to bring genres and communities together around music,” says Washington, D.C., hi-hop artist Christylez Bacon.
Watch a video of Listo Trapèze Volant, an aerialist team formed specifically for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival to showcase some of the best flying trapeze artists from around the world.
As people migrate, they take their music with them. The sound of the accordion, a traditional European instrument, has traveled the world and been incorporated into the Cajun music of BeauSoleil and conjunto music of Los Texmaniacs.