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Annual festival in New Orleans honors the memory of jazz musicians who have passed on The 41st annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is taking place in the city where jazz was born. Over a period of seven days the Festival will be visited by
VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. The Environmental Film Festival in Washington, D.C., has been bringing movies to America's capital for seventeen years. This year, the twelve-day
Crowds Enjoy Pitchfork Music Festival Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English! Im Steve Ember. On the show today, we play songs from artists who performed at last weekends Pitchfork Music Festival. We also visit an independent craft brew
By Kurt Achin Geumsan, South Korea 01 October 2007 Have you heard about the health benefits of ginseng? It is pretty likely you have, as marketers in both the East and the West have long promoted the root's healthful properties to build athletic str
Chinese authorities are anticipating a significant boost to the national tourism sector during this year's Spring Festival holiday. A new survey suggests that 83% of the people in China are willing to travel through the first quarter of the year, wit
Railways across China are under pressure after the Spring Festival travel rush began on Thursday. To help ensure people make it home for the holiday, the railway authority has added more trains and launched a special ticketing service for migrant wor
It was field trip day last week for Robert who is in third grade. He was particularly excited because it wasn't going to be the ordinary kind of field trip that schools make, you know, to a park, or the fire station, or a bakery. It was to the town o
By Joseph Mok and Wang Yiru Washington, DC 25 July 2006 watch Red Earth Festival report The 20th Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival was held last month in Oklahoma City, in the western United States. The festival's art and dance competition
At Smithsonian Festival, Art and Music from Black DC Neighborhoods One group at the festival performs using song and dance to showcase African traditions that are deeply rooted in Washington's black Southeast neighborhoods. The group is performing Ta
Lantern Festival Shines Light on Chinese Culture Even though the Saint Louis, Missouri area has a small Chinese population, the midsize city on the Mississippi River is going Chinese in a big way. The Missouri Botanical Garden, an urban oasis of plan
Smithsonian Folklife Festival Showcases Vanishing Languages As soon as she heard the music, festival goer Patricia Joseph knew she had to dance. I always felt like dancing when I heard this kind of music, and I always felt restrained. But this was so
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The Route 91 Harvest festival, the target of last night's shooting, is one of country music's biggest events. It's nicknamed the neon sleepover. The three-day event attracts big-name artists and more than 20,000 fans. NPR's Eliza
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Reservoir Dogs, Memento, The Blair Witch Project and the Coen brothers' debut film, Blood Simple, all have one thing in common. They premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. My co-host Kelly McEvers has more. KELLY MCEVERS, HOST:
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: People from across the country gathered this weekend in a small North Carolina manufacturing town to celebrate Bigfoot. The first-ever Bigfoot Festival in Marion, N.C., brought everyone out from Sasquatch skeptics to yeti e
It's hoped the new festival will encourage cooperation in the film sector, and make Chinese and African films more available in one-another's regions. 00:01/02:01 China Radio International, the Beijing Film Academy, Global Max Media Group and the Cap
By Elaine Lu Washington 17 April 2008 The annual Smithsonian Kite Festival celebrated the art and history of Chinese kites at this year's event. Kites large and small; kite fliers professional and amateur; Washingtonians as well as visitors from arou
Thursday marks a traditional Chinese festival, called Xiao Nian, or Little Spring Festival, which is celebrated on the 23rd day of the last lunar month. According to Chinese tradition, Xiao Nian is a day for people to offer sacrifices to the Kitchen
The Silverdocs film festival is widely regarded as one of the most important film festivals in the country. Each year, the festival offers independently-produced non-fiction films from around the world, attracting filmmakers and moviegoers alike. The
-The annual Accordion Fiddle Festival mainly concentrates on music provided by Shetland's two most popular instruments - the accordion and the fiddle. The festival, currently in its 12th year, takes place over a hectic four-day period in mid-October.
It's estimated nearly 6 million overseas trips are going to be made by Chinese people during this Spring Festival. Leading online Chinese travel agency Ctrip has released its tourism outlook for the holiday, suggesting over 60 percent of its customer