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Join
Smithsonian Folkways in celebrating Asian Pacific Heritage
Month throughout May. Expanded from a weekly celebration by
the United States Congress in 1992, Asian Pacific Heritage
Month commemorates the contributions of people of Asian and
Pacific Islander descent in the United
States.
The
Smithsonian Folkways collection features dozens of albums by
artists from Asia and the Pacific Islands. Browse
here or visit one of these
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In
addition, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival presents Asian Pacific
Americans: Local Lives, Global Ties, one of
the three programs for 2010. Held June 24-28 and July 1-5 on
the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the 44th annual
Smithsonian Folklife Festival will also present México,
and Smithsonian Inside Out. |
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Subscriber
Discount:
Enter code APAHMFW and save 20% off retail price on all
volumes from the Music of
Indonesia Series through June
1st. |
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lucky 6,000th fan will receive a custom-curated box set based
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Smithsonian
Folkways Trivia!
Each
month we'll ask a trivia question; email your
answer, name, and address with the subject "May
Trivia" to SmithsonianFolkways_at_si_dot_edu
by June 1st, and a randomly selected entrant with the correct
answer will win a free CD of his or her choice!
May
Question: This style of chanting, performed solo or in
groups with instruments, is practiced in Hawai'i as a means of
remembering history and recording daily life. What is it
called?
Congratulations to last month's winner,
Robert, from Concord, MA, who correctly answered
"Azerbaijan" to this question: The tar, a plucked lute
featured on the Music of Central
Asia, Vol. 8, is widely considered the
national instrument of what country?
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