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Liang Xiaoying from Leishan in the Guizhou Province, sings two traditional Miao songs, "Song of Spring" and "Date When We Are Young"
Whenever I hear Joan Jett’s “Bad Reputation,” I think of the opening credits of the movie 10 Things I Hate About You.
I recently received an invitation from Dr. Wang Hangguang, director general of Guizhou Province Department of Culture, to join him and his colleagues in Guiyang
Beijing, once capital of the Mongol-ruled Yuan Dynasty in the thirteen and fourteenth centuries, has become a center of Mongolian music in China
Okinawa Island’s subtropical location in the East China Sea is its greatest asset and greatest downfall.
The Folklife Festival hosted a program on Bhutan in 2008 that was the largest and most comprehensive celebration of Bhutanese life and culture ever hosted outside the remote Himalayan Kingdom.
The world lost a major figure in American arts and activism on January 27. Pete Seeger, who revolutionized through music, passed away at the age of ninety-four.
The China Folklife Festival program team is deep in the process of preparing for this summer’s activities.
The Passamaquoddy Wabanaki Indians of northern Maine have gone to great lengths to restore and revitalize the cultural knowledge and traditions of their ancestors.
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