Traditional musician and basket maker Y’Brom Ayun
Cuisine and Cookery Area
Unique foodways
- Margarita Delgado, Salvadoran cuisine
San Salvador, El Salvador (Greensboro) - Judelande Dumé, Traditional Haitian cuisine
Les Cayes, Haiti (Mount Olive) - Lanoy Thammavongxay, Lao cuisine
Savanhakhet, Laos (Morganton)
Masters and Makers Showcase
Old and modern arts and crafts
- Marlene Makita, Hair braiding
Brazzaville, Republic of Congo (Greensboro) - Faustin Dumé, Self-taught painter
Les Cayes, Haiti (Mount Olive) - Ruben Olmos, Custom lowrider cars displayed
Second generation Mexican-American (Burlington)
In addition to the N.C. Folklife Area, themed festival areas include the Family Activities Area and North Carolina Arts Marketplace. The lineup of performers and artists was curated by the North Carolina Folklife Institute and North Carolina Arts Council. The N.C. Folklife Area is a project of the council, an agency of NCDNCR.
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