A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts. Folk festivals may also feature folk dance or ethnic foods.
Inuit dance near Nome, Alaska, in 1900
Handicrafting has long been exhibited at such events and festival-like gatherings, as it has its roots in the rural crafts. Like folk art, handicraft output often has cultural, political, and/or religious significance. Folk art encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople. In contrast to fine art, folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic, and is often sold at festivals by tradespeople or practicing amateurs.[1] As at folk festivals, such art and handicraft may also appear at historical reenactments and events such as Renaissance fairs.
^"KAUSTINEN FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL". KAUSTINEN FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL.
^"El Grande de Grandes". Ballet Folklórico de Honduras Oro Lenca. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
^Gisler, Margaret (2004). "Feast of the Hunters' Moon". Fun with the Family Indiana (5th ed.). Globe Pequot. pp. 177–178. ISBN978-0-7627-2978-4.
Further readingedit
Coffin, Tristam P.; Cohen, Hennig, (editors), Folklore in America; tales, songs, superstitions, proverbs, riddles, games, folk drama and folk festivals, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1966. Selections from the Journal of American folklore. Cf. chapter on "Folk Drama and Folk Festival", pp. 195–225,
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A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music This list includes folk festivals worldwide except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts Folk festivals may also feature folk dance or ethnic foods Inuit dance near Nome Alaska in 1900 Handicrafting has long been exhibited at such events and festival like gatherings as it has its roots in the rural crafts Like folk art handicraft output often has cultural political and or religious significance Folk art encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople In contrast to fine art folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic and is often sold at festivals by tradespeople or practicing amateurs 1 As at folk festivals such art and handicraft may also appear at historical reenactments and events such as Renaissance fairs Contents 1 Africa 1 1 South Africa 2 Asia 2 1 Bangladesh 2 2 India 2 3 Israel 3 Europe 3 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 Belgium 3 3 Bulgaria 3 4 Denmark 3 5 Estonia 3 6 Finland 3 7 France 3 8 Germany 3 9 Ireland 3 10 Lithuania 3 11 Netherlands 3 12 Russia 3 13 Spain 3 14 United Kingdom 4 North America 4 1 Honduras 4 2 Canada 4 3 United States 4 3 1 Alaska 4 3 2 California 4 3 3 District of Columbia 4 3 4 Florida 4 3 5 Illinois 4 3 6 Indiana 4 3 7 Maine 4 3 8 Massachusetts 4 3 9 Montana 4 3 10 New Jersey 4 3 11 New York 4 3 12 North Carolina 4 3 13 North Dakota 4 3 14 Oklahoma 4 3 15 Oregon 4 3 16 Pennsylvania 4 3 17 Rhode Island 4 3 18 Tennessee 4 3 19 Texas 4 3 20 Traveling 4 3 21 Washington 4 3 22 Wisconsin 5 Oceania 5 1 Australia 5 2 New Zealand 6 References 7 Further readingAfrica editSouth Africa edit Misty Waters Music FestivalAsia editBangladesh edit Dhaka International Folk Fest India edit Gavari Sacred Dance Drama Festival Israel edit Jacob s Ladder 2 Europe edit nbsp Dancers on the Europeade 2015 in Helsingborg in Sweden Europeade held each year in a different European country Bosnia and 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Festival Owen Sound TD Canada Trust Sunfest London United States edit Alaska edit Alaska Folk Festival California edit Big Sur Folk Festival Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival District of Columbia edit Smithsonian Folklife Festival Florida edit Florida Folk Festival Illinois edit Fox Valley Folk Music And Storytelling Festival Indiana edit Feast of the Hunters Moon 7 Maine edit American Folk Festival Massachusetts edit Lowell Folk Festival New England Folk Festival Montana edit Montana Folk Festival New Jersey edit New Jersey Folk Festival New York edit Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Old Songs Festival North Carolina edit Folkmoot USA North Dakota edit Norsk Hostfest Oklahoma edit Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Oregon edit Sisters Folk Festival Pennsylvania edit Flood City Music Festival Philadelphia Folk Festival Pittsburgh Folk Festival Rhode Island edit Newport Folk Festival Tennessee edit The Americana Folk Festival Texas edit Kerrville Folk Festival Traveling edit National Folk Festival Washington edit Northwest Folklife Wisconsin edit Great River Folk Fest Holiday Folk Fair Mile of MusicOceania editAustralia edit National Folk Festival Woodford Folk Festival New Zealand edit Whare Flat Folk Festival held over the New Year period at Whare Flat near Dunedin run by Dunedin s New Edinburgh Folk ClubReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Folk festivals West Shearer general editor The Bullfinch Guide to Art History page 440 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United Kingdom 1996 ISBN 0 8212 2137 X Harman Danna 19 April 2013 Jacobs Ladder the Friendly Festival for Everyone TheMarker via Haaretz English Boombalfestival Archived from the original on 5 October 2016 Retrieved 19 September 2016 BALKAN FOLK FESTIVAL BALKAN FOLK FESTIVAL KAUSTINEN FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL KAUSTINEN FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL El Grande de Grandes Ballet Folklorico de Honduras Oro Lenca Retrieved 30 July 2018 Gisler Margaret 2004 Feast of the Hunters Moon Fun with the Family Indiana 5th ed Globe Pequot pp 177 178 ISBN 978 0 7627 2978 4 Further reading editCoffin Tristam P Cohen Hennig editors Folklore in America tales songs superstitions proverbs riddles games folk drama and folk festivals Garden City N Y Doubleday 1966 Selections from the Journal of American folklore Cf chapter on Folk Drama and Folk Festival pp 195 225 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of folk festivals amp oldid 1215486124, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
