Check out other photos from June 27, 2013, right here on the Smithsonian Folklife blog.
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Day 1 in Pictures. #2013Folklife
For more festival photos, visit the Smithsonian Folklife blog posting.
Day 1: Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Photo by @TheNationalMall
Today, the National Mall in Washington D.C. went from open field to bustling international village as the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival opened to the public.
One of the three major themes this year is “One World, Many Voices,” put on in partnership with the Enduring Voices Project, our collaborative project with National Geographic. Representatives of some of the world’s most endangered languages are gathering in the U.S. capitol for ten days of cultural celebration and dialogue.
K. David Harrison, our Director of Research and one of the curators of the festival, just did a great interview with Nat Geo NewsWatch about the festival! Check it out right here.
Endangered Languages Story Map
Explore the One World, Many Voices story map, encounter speakers of endangered languages from around the world, and learn what they are doing to save their languages.
Produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in collaboration with Esri. Special thanks to Anne Pedersen and Eliot Reiniger, Smithsonian Institution; K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer, National Geographic Society Enduring Voices Project / Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages; Lee Bock and Allen Carroll, Esri.
Map launched as part the Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2013.
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