The Smithsonian Folklife festival
The international exhibition of living heritage held annually in the capital of the world's first power. Festival origin and concept First held in 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival spans two long weeks each year a few days after the national holiday. Organized by the institution, this festival is free to all visitors in order to facilitate cultural exchange. It is usually divided by region, state or theme. Mainly consisting of music, singing, dancing, handicrafts, cooking demonstration and reading, it encourages visitors to interact with the exhibitors. The festival brings together more than 90 nations, every region of the United States, dozens of ethnic communities, more than 100 Native American groups, and some 70 different crafts1. With more than one million visitors annually,...
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The international exhibition of living heritage held annually in the capital of the world's first power. Festival origin and concept First held in 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival spans two long weeks each year a few days after the national holiday. Organized by the institution, this...
Cela fait maintenant 1 an que le monde du cinéma est presqu’à l’arrêt. En effet, en raison de la pandémie du Covid 19, plusieurs films sont passés directement par la case de streaming tandis que d’autres ont tout simplement vu leur sortie être repoussée de plusieurs mois voire même d’1 an...
It is during a documentary in her honor broadcast on February 17 that Demi Lovato revealed that she was raped as a teenager and later sexually assaulted. Obviously, we do not know much about the life of our favorite stars. This is what we learn from the documentary of the American singer Demi...
The city of Paris is known for its legendary Eiffel Tower and its bridge of love where many couples will materialize their love by hanging a padlock and simply throwing the key into the river. A symbolic way to seal their love. Recently, it is something else that attracts more and more visitors to...
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The Smithsonian Folklife festival
The international exhibition of living heritage held annually in the capital of the world's first power. Festival origin and concept First held in 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival spans two long weeks each year a few days after the national holiday. Organized by the institution, this festival is free to all visitors in order to facilitate cultural exchange. It is usually divided by region, state or theme. Mainly consisting of music, singing, dancing, handicrafts, cooking demonstration and reading, it encourages visitors to interact with the exhibitors. The festival brings together...
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The international exhibition of living heritage held annually in the capital of the world's first power. Festival origin and concept First held in 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival spans two long weeks each year a few days after the national holiday. Organized by the institution, this...
Cela fait maintenant 1 an que le monde du cinéma est presqu’à l’arrêt. En effet, en raison de la pandémie du Covid 19, plusieurs films sont passés directement par la case de streaming tandis que d’autres ont tout simplement vu leur sortie être repoussée de plusieurs mois voire même d’1 an...
It is during a documentary in her honor broadcast on February 17 that Demi Lovato revealed that she was raped as a teenager and later sexually assaulted. Obviously, we do not know much about the life of our favorite stars. This is what we learn from the documentary of the American singer Demi...
The city of Paris is known for its legendary Eiffel Tower and its bridge of love where many couples will materialize their love by hanging a padlock and simply throwing the key into the river. A symbolic way to seal their love. Recently, it is something else that attracts more and more visitors to...
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5 novels to read and reread.
These 5 novels by American authors are masterpieces, with the particular style of their author, the authenticity of the stories and the full of adventure. American literature American literature is a picturesque collection of adventure novels, detective stories, autobiography, stories... it includes authors who produced most of their works in America. Indeed, the first American novels were published at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th. These first novels were mostly female productions for a female audience. One of the earliest novels was Susanna Rowson's Charlotte...
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The city of Paris is known for its legendary Eiffel Tower and its bridge of love where many couples will materialize their love by hanging a padlock and simply throwing the key into the river. A symbolic way to seal their love. Recently, it is something else that attracts more and more visitors to...
These 5 novels by American authors are masterpieces, with the particular style of their author, the authenticity of the stories and the full of adventure. American literature American literature is a picturesque collection of adventure novels, detective stories, autobiography, stories... it...
The international exhibition of living heritage held annually in the capital of the world's first power. Festival origin and concept First held in 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival spans two long weeks each year a few days after the national holiday. Organized by the institution, this...
Cela fait maintenant 1 an que le monde du cinéma est presqu’à l’arrêt. En effet, en raison de la pandémie du Covid 19, plusieurs films sont passés directement par la case de streaming tandis que d’autres ont tout simplement vu leur sortie être repoussée de plusieurs mois voire même d’1 an...
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Demi Lovato victim of sexual assault
It is during a documentary in her honor broadcast on February 17 that Demi Lovato revealed that she was raped as a teenager and later sexually assaulted. Obviously, we do not know much about the life of our favorite stars. This is what we learn from the documentary of the American singer Demi Lovato broadcasted during the South by Southwest festival last 16th. Through this film entitled "Dancing with the devil", the singer came back on the most important moments of her career but also of her life. Her overdose It is without taboo and without filter that the singer recalled the difficult...
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The international exhibition of living heritage held annually in the capital of the world's first power. Festival origin and concept First held in 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival spans two long weeks each year a few days after the national holiday. Organized by the institution, this...
Cela fait maintenant 1 an que le monde du cinéma est presqu’à l’arrêt. En effet, en raison de la pandémie du Covid 19, plusieurs films sont passés directement par la case de streaming tandis que d’autres ont tout simplement vu leur sortie être repoussée de plusieurs mois voire même d’1 an...
It is during a documentary in her honor broadcast on February 17 that Demi Lovato revealed that she was raped as a teenager and later sexually assaulted. Obviously, we do not know much about the life of our favorite stars. This is what we learn from the documentary of the American singer Demi...
The city of Paris is known for its legendary Eiffel Tower and its bridge of love where many couples will materialize their love by hanging a padlock and simply throwing the key into the river. A symbolic way to seal their love. Recently, it is something else that attracts more and more visitors to...
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The Smithsonian Folklife festival
The international exhibition of living heritage held annually in the capital of the world's first power. Festival origin and concept First held in 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival spans two long weeks each year a few days after the national holiday. Organized by the institution, this festival is free to all visitors in order to facilitate cultural exchange. It is usually divided by region, state or theme. Mainly consisting of music, singing, dancing, handicrafts, cooking demonstration and reading, it encourages visitors to interact with the exhibitors. The festival brings together...
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The international exhibition of living heritage held annually in the capital of the world's first power. Festival origin and concept First held in 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival spans two long weeks each year a few days after the national holiday. Organized by the institution, this...
Cela fait maintenant 1 an que le monde du cinéma est presqu’à l’arrêt. En effet, en raison de la pandémie du Covid 19, plusieurs films sont passés directement par la case de streaming tandis que d’autres ont tout simplement vu leur sortie être repoussée de plusieurs mois voire même d’1 an...
It is during a documentary in her honor broadcast on February 17 that Demi Lovato revealed that she was raped as a teenager and later sexually assaulted. Obviously, we do not know much about the life of our favorite stars. This is what we learn from the documentary of the American singer Demi...
The city of Paris is known for its legendary Eiffel Tower and its bridge of love where many couples will materialize their love by hanging a padlock and simply throwing the key into the river. A symbolic way to seal their love. Recently, it is something else that attracts more and more visitors to...
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The Smithsonian Folklife festival
The international exhibition of living heritage held annually in the capital of the world's first power. Festival origin and concept First held in 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival spans two long weeks each year a few days after the national holiday. Organized by the institution, this festival is free to all visitors in order to facilitate cultural exchange. It is usually divided by region, state or theme. Mainly consisting of music, singing, dancing, handicrafts, cooking demonstration and reading, it encourages visitors to interact with the exhibitors. The festival brings together...
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