UNUKUPUKUPU is a hula curricula that teaches students to better understand their place in the community through performance and study

The Taratibu Youth Association Steppers from the D.C. show off powerful footwork that sound out traditional African rhythms.

The Taratibu Youth Association creates a space for young performers interested in African and African American culture and history.

UNUKUPUKUPU, which means “Shrine of Ferns [Rooted in Fresh Lava]," is an earth-centric hula group from Hawai`i Community College that aims to bring an awareness of the role and the spirit of hula as a sacred dance into a modern global context.

We are happy to share this wonderful video of the June 30 Soul Train Dance Party.

The Opika Performance Group from Perechyn, Ukraine, reconnects local orphaned children with their region’s culture and heritage through performances of Ukraine’s diverse song and dance traditions

Participants in the Colombia program included ritual leaders, musicians, weavers, potters, carvers, and other skilled tradition bearers from the Amazonian region on the eastern side of Colombia

The final World Stage evening concert on July 10 featured Peruvian music and dance

On El Rumbiadero Stage at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, in front of over 200 spectators and eager participants, stood Luz Aydé Moncayo Giraldo and Deyvi Johan Zúñiga Jiménez

The Amazon rainforest covers more than one third of Colombia and contains approximately fifty-two ethnic groups, many are indigenous communities