folklife
Noun
Meaning
folklife (usually uncountable, plural folklives)
Folklore; those cultural traditions passed down orally or informally.
Examples
He also participated at the Smithsonian's Festival of American Folklife (2008). citation ;Cinema Cinema Hall in Thimphu.
That collection is preserved today as part of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Southern Folklife Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Library.
A version of this article was originally in the online magazine of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
AVP has also performed multiple projects for the Library of Congress American Folklife Center.
Not quite able to come to grips with himself, Alfred wondered aimlessly to New York city looking for a folklife benefactor, where it is presumed he died there or fortunately made his way to Germany.
He is on the Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center and has been a spokesperson for the "Save Our Sounds" audio preservation initiative.