Russians celebrated the end of winter and the start of spring at a festival by setting fire to a giant wooden structure at an ...

Years of Imagining the City Through Music,” a new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, celebrates a century of New York’s ...

The stalls from countries such as Egypt, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Belarus, Myanmar ... their live craft demonstrations, tribal art displays, and vibrant folk performances. The culinary section ...

EAST SHIP HARBOUR — Having garnered much recognition for his unique folk art creations – not only locally, but also across Canada and the United States – East Ship Harbour resident Barry ...

What is Gondhali art form? Gondhali is a folk art that involves singing and narration of mythical tales by a group of artistes before festivals and family functions, like marriages. The songs are ...

CHENGDU, 25 February (BelTA - Xinhua) - Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is a traditional Chinese folk art inscribed in UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2011.

This article previously appeared in Yiddish. I recently learned that between 1928 and 1938, a Soviet-Jewish musicologist, ethnographer and folklorist named Sofia Magid gave the Jewish world a precious ...

Ancient practice with deep roots. Performing arts organization nurtures authentic voices. Chelsea Cellar is a teacher, costumer and artist. She works in a medium that dates back to pre-Christian ...

After years of the U.S. trying to isolate Russia’s closest ally, a meeting with Belarus’s president points to better relations, raising hopes of loosening his repression and his embrace of Moscow.

As everyone knows, China has a rich history and culture involving art. Chinese people first developed folk art between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago. Famous folk art such as paper tearing, shadow play ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Art is a form of expression. A Jefferson County folk artist is on a mission to use her art to tell stories of hope and faith. Folk Artist Mary Proctor has been creating ...