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Deep Dive
The power of words in African American culture is the power to affect the heart and head, ideas and ideals, to disclose the truth, to change lives.
The musical traditions of New Orleans are among the most joyous, passionate, and influential sounds to be found in America.
You would never know from his bashful laugh, but Shide Nyima is one of the most recognizable faces on Tibetan television.
I am Japanese and white—and have often been self-conscious of being both simultaneously. In most of my college classes, I am the only student of color.
¡Aparato! The word conjures up imagery of mechanization, of machine-man música, perhaps a throbbing techno beat punctuated by a bilingual binary code.
Against the backdrop of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival last June, the Center hosted Intangible Cultural Heritage: An International Dialogue, a gathering which brought together scholars and professionals working on issues of cultural heritage p
No doubt about it, Los Angeles is a place infamous for its fractures—pulled apart across an expansive geography by forces of nature and disparities in its social and political economy.
Folklife Magazine explores how culture shapes our lives. We publish stories about music, food, craft, language, celebrations, activism, and the individuals and communities who sustain these traditions.