Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/blog/smithsonian-center-folklife-cultural-heritage/RSS feed for Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural HeritageenMon, 25 Mar 2024 13:20:35 +0000This Elven Choir in Sweden Sings Tolkien’s Middle-earth to Lifehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-center-folklife-cultural-heritage/2024/03/25/this-elven-choir-in-sweden-sings-tolkiens-middle-earth-to-life/Happy Tolkien Reading Day! On this day, we're celebrating the Eldandili Fantasy Choir.Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:20:35 +0000A Global Tapestry of Craft: Championing Women Artisans of Central Asia in a New Lookbookhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-center-folklife-cultural-heritage/2024/03/12/a-global-tapestry-of-craft-championing-women-artisans-of-central-asia-in-a-new-lookbook/On Friday, March 8, marking International Women’s Day, we shared the result of a year-long collaboration.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:15:39 +0000How I Visit with Houma Relatives in the Smithsonian’s Archival Collectionshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-center-folklife-cultural-heritage/2024/03/05/how-i-visit-with-houma-relatives-in-the-smithsonians-archival-collections/When I visit the Smithsonian’s National Anthropological Archives, I always try to view the same item: NAA.PhotoLot.76, Houma collection.Tue, 05 Mar 2024 22:18:08 +0000How Living Heritage Heals the Invisible Fractures of the Soul in Eastern Türkiyehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-center-folklife-cultural-heritage/2024/02/27/how-living-heritage-heals-the-invisible-fractures-of-the-soul-in-eastern-turkiye/On February 6, 2023, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake fractured the lives of over 13.5 million people across ten eastern provinces in my home country.Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000Finding Balance Is a Global Experience at the 2024 Mother Tongue Film Festivalhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-center-folklife-cultural-heritage/2024/02/23/finding-balance-is-a-global-experience-at-the-2024-mother-tongue-film-festival/In a world that often feels on the edge of instability, the 2024 Mother Tongue Film Festival theme is profoundly resonant.Fri, 23 Feb 2024 20:52:53 +0000The Millville Rose: Artifacts of Whimsy and Art in Industryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-center-folklife-cultural-heritage/2024/02/16/the-millville-rose-artifacts-of-whimsy-and-art-in-industry/The “Millville Rose” represents the refined skills of factory glassblowers who toiled in an industry in which they had little say in what they made.Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:22:56 +0000