The Silk Road: Connecting Cultures, Creating Trust - Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2002 36th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the National Mall, Washington, D.C.
Map of Festival Site on the Mall, Washington, D.C. Schedule of Events: June 26-30 & July 3-7, 2002


Schedule updates:

July
7th: last updated at 9:30am (EST) on July 7th.

June 26 | June 27 | June 28 | June 29 | June 30 | July 3 | July 4 | July 5 | July 6 | July 7
 
In addition to programs on each daily schedule, these other events will take place each day.
Near Aitys stage Demonstrations nearby the Aitys stage of felt making, stone carving, instrument making, and nomad hospitality by participants from Kazakhstan. Daily demonstrations of the construction and dismantling of a yurt are highlighted by the loading and transport of the yurt on a Bactrian camel.
Paper Garden Demonstrations by paper makers from Japan, China, Turkey, and Italy; Assyrian, Chinese, Uyghur, and Turkish calligraphy; Tibetan thangkas; Iranian, Armenian, and Hindu devotional paintings; Italian masks; Indian kites; and paper prayer making. Cooking demonstrations in the Paper Garden Kitchen of Armenian, Indian, Persian, Turkish, and Uzbek foods.
Ceramics Courtyard Demonstrations of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain and tea pots; Japanese porcelain; tea bowls, and figurative pottery; Turkish çini pots and tiles; and Hindu devotional icons from Bangladesh.
Silk Grove Demonstrations of Bangladeshi jamdani weaving, Uzbek and Indian ikat dyeing and weaving, tussah silk spinning, Syrian brocade weaving, Uzbek and Gujarati embroidery, and Indian block printing, as well as velvet cutting by the International Silk Association. Activities in the Tree of Life Area include the construction of a sand mandala by the monks of Drepung Monastery. Demonstrations in the Silk Grove Fashion Court of draping, piecing, construction, and fashion sketching, by designers from Japan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. Fashion runway presentations feature the work of Silk Road designers.
Family Oasis Demonstrations by carpet weavers from Tibet, Afghanistan, Turkey, and the United States.
Jewel Garden Demonstrations of Bangladeshi and Damascene metalwork; Indian and Syrian jewelry; Buddhist figurative carved stones from Pakistan; stone carving by artisans from the Tuvan Autonomous Republic in Russia; Turkmen and Italian beads; Syrian and Turkish blown glass; and Syrian inlay furniture. Cooking demonstrations in the Jewel Garden Kitchen of Afghan, Azerbaijan, Chinese, Italian, and Syrian foods.
Freer and Sackler Galleries For additional exhibitions, talks, tours, concerts and storytelling, visit the Freer and Sackler Galleries.
Lotus Bazaar Sales areas offer craft demonstrations and performances.
All schedules subject to change.
June 26 | June 27 | June 28 | June 29 | June 30 | July 3 | July 4 | July 5 | July 6 | July 7