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See highlights from the Folklife Festival captured by our photography team.
Often, the best way to communicate a performance is through the perspective of the audience.
Seeing the Folklife Festival coming to life is nothing like seeing a show open.
U.S. National Park Service rangers and Kenyan Wildlife Service rangers met on the National Mall Friday morning as part of the Folklife Festival’s Kenya
China Foodway’s Five Spice Kitchen served up eight different traditional flavors yesterday, ranging from home-style dishes like pancakes with chive filling to regional specialties like Runbing spring rolls and Mongolian yogurt.
Bringing the kids to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this weekend? We have compiled a guide of suggested activities, performances, and foods to try, a youth-oriented introduction to the traditional cultures of Kenya and China!
See highlights from the Folklife Festival captured by our photography team.
Our visitors are catching great moments at the 2014 Folklife Festival. This photo of Festival visitors practicing the art of tai chi was taken in the People’s Park of the China program.
Welcome to the forty-eighth annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival. This year we celebrate the cultures of Kenya and China.
The 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival opened on Wednesday, June 25, with performances by artists from China and Kenya and
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