I’d like to call your attention to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival taking place on the Mall from June 26-30 and July 3-7. Hungary is the featured country, hence my interest. Other components are One World, Many Voices: Endangered Languages and Cultural Heritage which pairs cultural arts with language, and The Will to Adorn: Aftrican American Diversity, Style and Identity.
I am a volunteer at the Hungarian section mainly translating for crafts persons so visitors can interact with them. Maybe I’llk also be assigned to the food, wine, or other tents. The Festival promises to be a great one, and while I know little about the Language and African American venues they promise to be interesting interactive opportunities as well, judging from our Volunteer Orientation today. I will be a volunteer from June 26-30 and on July 3.
Items created by the craftpersons (made in advance) will be sold in the Marketplace; Hungarian food will be served in the Budapest Bistro and the Tokay Tavern has received permission to serve wine and beer. The Danubia Stage will present music and information and the Dance Barn will not only feature Hungarian ethnic dances from the Carpathian region but will also hold dance classes (the traditional Táncház). The emphasis of the Festival is on interaction with the visitors and Hungary is geared up for this. Some of the buildings reflects traditional Hungarian folk architecture and you will be able to experience rural life which is probably no longer familiar even to urban Hungarians. Of course, there will be lots of music and dance as well.
The Festival runs from June 26-June 30 and from July 3-7. See http://www.festival.si.edu for more information.
Hope to see you there, or if you come later maybe we will run into each other—I will do my own sightseeing and photos once I am no longer working.
Eniko
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