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The mural was a visual representation of a Catalan proverb: Llaurada fonda fa bon blat. “A deep tillage brings good wheat.”
Competing with the Catalan giants and the human towers, the “Gateway to Culture” stood tall on the National Mall.
The wonder continues at the Festival Marketplace this week as we resume our pop-up International Folk Art Market.
With multilayered family legacies, dyeing is more than a business: “o kɛra ciyɛn.” "It is heritage.”
The pop-up International Folk Art Market will feature jewelers, basket makers, weavers, textile designers, woodcarvers, and other artisans from over fifteen countries.
These photographs feature Armenian artisans, their education, craft, and artistry, from before 1915 to the present day.
It was a clear and quiet autumn morning when we visited Ruben and Karen during our fieldwork visit for this summer’s Folklife Festival Marketplace.
The Festa Major de Gràcia in Barcelona begins on August 15 and continues for a full week of cultural events, street decorations, and late-night partying.
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