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Sights & Sounds
With a musical career spanning more than forty years and more than twenty albums, she has traveled the world with her music and art.
Since 2018, Arab American DJs, event planners, and party promoters have cultivated a growing nightlife space for the diaspora to dance and celebrate.
When I visit the Smithsonian’s National Anthropological Archives, I always try to view the same item: NAA.PhotoLot.76, Houma collection.
In a world that often feels on the edge of instability, the 2024 Mother Tongue Film Festival theme is profoundly resonant.
With a ready supply of bamboo across the island, these bands flourished in the late 1800s.
To the hum of electronic synthesizers and the melodic rush of ocean waves, Julian Saporiti brings to life the Oregonian coast and sings an enchanting lesson in its history.
“Nowruz” represents the culmination of a pioneering collaboration between six artists whose music crosses cultures and continents.
In our time, many people are more likely to encounter Yiddish folksongs in an archive rather than sung in the domestic situations that gave rise to them.
Presentamos aquí cuatro videos que fueron presentados en FicWallmapu, que se pueden ver en su totalidad en el catálogo en-línea de FicWallmapu, con subtítulos.
We present five videos that have been screened at FicWallmapu, available in their entirety with English subtitles.
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.