Wassailing is a collection of folk traditions designed to bring communities together in mid-winter and encourage a good ...

NEW ORLEANS - The Folk Alliance International 38th Annual Conference (FAI2026) will take place Jan. 21- 25 at the Sheraton ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - In the Smith gallery at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library last month, people pressed their ears to the door to hear Marie Svirgova, 83, singing as she worked on a custom ...

Sep. 27—Walk a mile in other cultures' shoes at the Albuquerque Folk Festival. Hosted at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, the Albuquerque Folk Festival is the culmination and celebration of folk ...

When you wake up on January 1, tradition dictates you should eat a lucky number of meals; seven (for the unadventurous), nine, 12 (if you can stomach it), or whatever your personal lucky number is (as ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - An old tradition from Slovakia has new life in an art exhibit on display at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library now through April 19. 'Party in the 21st Century” centers on the ...

During the first weekend of September, folk music fans from around Chicagoland and beyond dusted off their flannels, dug up merchandise from their local breweries, and donned their Carhartt overalls ...

“I found a special bond. I felt as though I was meant to be the voice that glued everybody together, highly influential, but behind the scenes. I loved that. I even wrote my college entrance essay ...

Q:Must traditional folk practices in Africa be abandoned for the scientific culture to flourish? ODHIAMBO: I don’t think so. In fact, if you analyze folklore, particularly storytelling, there’s a ...

Álvaro Lafuente is part of a generation that grew up with access to a lot of information. The 24-year-old musician from Benicàssim, Spain, says the internet's never-ending references and influences ...

Omens for Christmas Eve are an ancient part of folk culture, which is closely intertwined with the Orthodox traditions of the ...