Smithsonian Folklife Festival

http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2008-07-03/smithsonian-folklife-festival

Listen Thursday, Jul. 3, 2008 at 12:25 p.m. in Arts & Culture, Politics

Guest host: Jennice Fuentes

NASA, Texas, and the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan share more than just Mall space at this year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival. We explore some cultural commonalities -- and find out what we can all learn from the Bhutanese.

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Guests

Richard Kennedy

Acting Director, Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage; and co-curator of Bhutan Programme, Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Kinley Dorji

founding editor of Bhutan's first national newspaper, "Kuensel"

Francoise Pommeret

resident of Bhutan; a French scholar of Bhutanese history

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