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Take a sneak peek at Earth Optimism short films in the Festival’s Pocket Cinema.
Celebrate Earth Day by folding your own 3D model of a native orchid, the Showy Lady’s Slipper!
Chef Theresa Lin has been called a food ambassador and a culinary diplomat.
How do the personal photographs of American American visitors at the 2018 Festival affect our understandings of cultural preservation?
In the summer of 2002, 1.6 million people came to the National Mall for a Folklife Festival program celebrating cultures across Central Asia.
This short, annotated playlist—or “spiritual soundtrack”—are songs that connect to religious identity.
Samgyetang is a small chicken stuffed with sweet glutinous rice, ginseng root, and garlic, cooked in an herbal broth.
All Palestinians agree that the ka’ak breads made in Jerusalem taste better than those made anywhere else in the country.
This year, with Earth Day occurring during the holy month of Ramadan, I want to take a closer look at what Islam says about the environment.
Growing up, I felt like these pieces of ginseng, suspended and unable to root myself to one place.
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