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Cultural Transmission
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Like the familiar keyboard command that resets a frozen screen, “Ctrl + Alt + HERITAGE” speaks to a generation seizing control of their cultural narratives.
When waves of Irish immigrants arrived in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century, they carried their music, dance, and customs with them.
Across the Festival, cultural pride echoed through performances, each group bringing its own language, history, and movement to life.
ShaVolla and Nayeli Rodriguez will join SAVA in the Streetwise tent at the 2025 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
For Indigenous artists like McGilton, ancestral knowledge can only be maintained with the intention to uphold and use it within Indigenous communities.
By the time Boxley was born, Tsimshian traditions involving song, art, dance, and regalia had been outlawed or almost forgotten for nearly a century.
In Yup’ik culture, the phrase “breaking trail” is typically used to describe exactly what Pamyua has achieved: making the way easier for those who follow.
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