Smithsonian Folklife Festival

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival has been celebrating living cultures since 1967.

This year’s festival features the Ozarks and Living Religions in the U.S. It runs from June 29th to July 4th, and July 6th to 9th. More info on the Smithsonian site

There’s always so much to learn and enjoy at the Festival. Over the past decade, here are some of the featured countries and cultures that we have seen:

United Arab Emirates

©Miki Jourdan
©Miki Jourdan

Go-go

The Royal Pocket. ©Miki Jourdan

Peru

©Angela N.
©Miki Jourdan

Circus Arts

©Victoria Pickering
©Miki Jourdan

Hungary

©Miki Jourdan
©Victoria Pickering

Bhutan

©Angela N.
©Angela N.

China

©Angela N.
©Victoria Pickering

Basque

©Angela N.
©Angela N.

AIDS

©Victoria Pickering

Art East of the Anacostia

Catalonia

©Angela N.
©Victoria Pickering

Kenya

©Angela N.
©Angela N.

Mexico

©Victoria Pickering
©Victoria Pickering

Colombia

©Victoria Pickering
©Victoria Pickering

Hawaii

African American Will to Adorn

Armenia

©Victoria Pickering
©Victoria Pickering

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