Festival Blog

March 1 is St. David’s Day which is celebrated in Wales with daffodils, children dressed in a version of what is considered the national costume of Wales, and, of course, Welsh cakes

On the evening of Sunday, March 2, millions of television viewers will have their sets tuned to the annual Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences awards show, affectionately known as the Oscars.

For a lot of people who read these words, it may be a bit difficult to understand the real plight of endangered languages around the world.

Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation opens at the National Museum of Natural History on February 27, 2014, and runs through August 16, 2015.

As the most important traditional Chinese holiday, Spring Festival is the biggest time for family reunions.

In fifth grade, in the midst of Lunar New Year festivities, I spent hours and hours after school with my friend working on our lantern to enter in a contest held by my elementary school in Taiwan.

On a hot day this past summer, I had the opportunity to capture footage, help direct, and edit videos about the Smithsonian Folklife Festival

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.