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A group of women dancing outside a Buddhist temple

AFC’s Community Collections Grants: Documenting Lao New Year in Iberia Parish, Louisiana

Posted by: Michelle Stefano

Below is an excerpt of a guest post on the Library’s Of the People blog comprised of notes, observations, and an interview by Sami Haggood (Project Assistant Director) with Phanat Xanamane (Project Director) on their project, the Louisiana Lao New Year Archive, as part of a blog series featuring the 2022 awardees of the AFC’s Community …

Posted in: AFC Awards, Asian American History, Asian Americans, Fieldwork, Louisiana, New Year's Day

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Homegrown Foodways in West Virginia Film Series: “Korean Heritage and Kimchi” Premieres September 1

Posted by: Michelle Stefano

The following is a guest post by West Virginia State Folklorist Emily Hilliard, who directs the West Virginia Folklife Program, based at the West Virginia Humanities Council. AFC staff have been working with Emily, as well as filmmakers Mike Costello and Amy Dawson of Lost Creek Farm, to co-produce the AFC’s Homegrown Foodways in West …

Posted in: AFC Events, Appalachia, Asian Americans, Film, Foodways, Homegrown Foodways Premieres