The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is an experience of the senses, an invitation to see, taste, and smell.

During the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Makadem, a genuine entertainer, amused audiences with his “Anglo-Ohangla” style

Throughout the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, events took place on and off the National Mall.

Roughly one million visitors attend the Folklife Festival each year, engaging with tradition bearers from the United States and around the world.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the privilege of interning for the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and have been given the opportunity to film and experience the amazing cultural exhibition that is the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

The 2014 Folklife Festival has now officially come to an end for the participant staff.

If you attended the 2014 Folklife Festival, you may have seen a group of stately, rainbow-ribbon-bedecked Kenyan men getting stopped often for photographs

Under the simple white tent labeled “Adornment Arts” in the Kenya: Mambo Poa program area, three women concentrated intensely on their work.

Today’s pick from the Five Spice Kitchen is a vegetarian dish that blends fresh sweet and sour flavors. In some Chinese cities, summers are hot and humid, leaving people with little to no appetite.

Huaiyang cooking is considered one of the four great traditions in Chinese cuisine, along with Cantonese, Shandong, and Sichuan.