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The Will to Adorn: Introducing Januwa Moja


For forty years, Januwa Moja has created wearable art in celebration of the African diaspora. In this video, Moja discussesRead More

May 14, 2013   No Comments

Singing Tradition: Welsh Plygain Carol


We are looking forward to welcoming several Welsh artists as part of the upcoming One World Many Languages: Endangered LanguagesRead More

May 9, 2013   1 Comment

A Corrido of Struggle: Remembering Roberto Martínez and the Black Berets through “El Corrido de Córdova y Canales”


Inspired by the Black Panthers and Latin American revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara, and formed in 1969, Las Gorras Negras (TheRead More

March 16, 2013   No Comments

Meredydd Evans: The Power of the Welsh Language and Cultural Identity


Meredydd Evans, Professor of Philosophy, writer, and performer has long been an advocate for the Welsh language. In this 2008Read More

February 20, 2013   No Comments

Quetzal: On Their Own Terms


After listening to the band Quetzal’s album Imaginaries (Smithsonian Folkways, 2012), it comes as no surprise that they have been nominatedRead More

February 8, 2013   No Comments

Dydd Santes Dwynwen: An Icy Day for Lovers


January 25 is Dydd Santes Dwynwen, or Saint Dwynwen’s Day, the Saint Valentine’s Day of Wales. According to one versionRead More

January 25, 2013   2 Comments

Roberto Martínez: In Appreciation of a Musical Life


Roberto Martínez (1929-2013) was raised in the small northern New Mexican town of Mora, in the region where the heartRead More

January 14, 2013   No Comments

Senator Justin Morrill at the 2012 Festival


Longtime Festival volunteer Robert Scow shares this 26-minute video he produced of Jon Vrana’s interpretation of Senator Justin Morrill atRead More

January 3, 2013   No Comments

Remembering Senator Daniel K. Inouye


As members of the public pay their last respects to Senator Daniel K. Inouye, the Center for Folklife and CulturalRead More

December 20, 2012   3 Comments

Hula: Preserving Native Hawaiian Language and Culture


UNUKUPUKUPU is the name of the rigorous hula curricula of Dr. Taupōuri Tangarō at Hawai‘i Community College, University of Hawai‘iRead More

December 12, 2012   1 Comment