The Smithsonian Folklife Festival has already taken place earlier in this current year. The website for the Festival gives great details on what was presented at the Folklife Festival, including the dates for the next one, in 2011. This past year, in 2010, the festival's focus was Mexico and Asian Pacific Americans. The Mexico exhibit explored voices and customs that were native to Mexico before Christopher Columbus. The Asian Pacific American exhibit explores diverse Asian Pacific American cultures by showing off the differences in dance, martial arts, language. The website boosts videos one can watch from the actual event, along with a blog to read, and there are plenty of pictures to enjoy. Overall, this looked to be a very significant cultural event that happened in D.C. Since I live in Richmond, VA, I will try to attend the one next year, since I now know about the event.
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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