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Not every Smithsonian staff meeting ends in ceremonial fire.
The khanga, a vibrantly colored East African cloth, was created on the island of Zanzibar in the mid-1880s.
Band manager Zhu Zhizhong and musicians Baiyinmenghe, Baoyin, and Boerzhijinfu of the group Ih Tsetsn from Inner Mongolia
This year, the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage partnered with the education company ePals to develop its first joint Junior Folklorist Challenge.
Meet the China: Tradition and the Art of Living program team preparing for the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Though the Southern Californian world of suburbs and culs-de-sac can often blend into a stucco haze of sameness
Paraskevidekatriaphobes everywhere are quaking in fear today—not over pronouncing the word that describes them, but at what their calendars currently read: Friday the Thirteenth.
Sea turtles worldwide face endangerment due to pollution, poachers, fishing bycatch, beachfront development, and much more.
As the first new media projects employee for the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, I’ve been excited to introduce to our followers all the amazing content and hard work that goes on within these walls.
Liang Xiaoying from Leishan in the Guizhou Province, sings two traditional Miao songs, "Song of Spring" and "Date When We Are Young"
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