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Perspectives
Steve Kaslov sought to improve the civic status and rights of Romani people in the United States.
We reached out to directors of several 2022 Mother Tongue Film Festival selections to ask their thoughts about how film connects us to the past.
In May 1990, we traveled to Ukraine to participate in the second International Folklore Festival and a scholarly symposium on folklore in the contemporary world.
The term “legacy” rings differently in the consciousness of each individual—and has different meanings in a range of cultural traditions and mother tongues.
It was not until my twenties that I questioned why we went all out with celebrating someone so distant to our mejicano reality.
Luxembourgish is a West Germanic language with many loan words from French and about 600,000 speakers worldwide.
Learn how Williams designed her project, about the social life of cups, and the importance of changing expectations about who can be a potter.
The celebrated Peruvian filmmaker passed away in November at the age of thirty-four.
El célebre cineasta peruano falleció el mes pasado, a la edad de treinta y cuatro años.
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.