{"id":218,"date":"2010-08-30T19:14:39","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T19:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmdc.wcu.edu\/?p=218"},"modified":"2023-06-20T13:20:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T13:20:54","slug":"folkmoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/2010\/08\/30\/folkmoot\/","title":{"rendered":"Folkmoot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1187\" title=\"1.331548341_be90af3637_z\" src=\"http:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1.331548341_be90af3637_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1.331548341_be90af3637_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1.331548341_be90af3637_z-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1.331548341_be90af3637_z-400x284.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/4x4jeepchick\/331548341\/sizes\/z\/in\/photostream\/\"> Creative Commons Image Obtained Through Flickr <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Appalachia has long been appreciated as a reservoir of traditional culture. But every July, Folkmoot USA brings the world\u2019s traditional cultures to Appalachia. Folkmoot USA, one of the world\u2019s largest international folk dance festivals, is held in and around Waynesville, NC. Folkmoot is an Old English word meaning \u201cmeeting of the people,\u201d and that surely is the goal of this festival. Over a hundred groups from about a hundred countries gather to share their culture and to teach their traditional musical folkways. The first festival was held in 1984. Each one begins with a Parade of Nations. In addition to daily performances, there are children\u2019s activities, a one-day street festival, and a candlelight closing ceremony. To see the world in Appalachia, come to Waynesville in July.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Multimedia:<\/h3>\n<h2>Below is the Digital Heritage Moment as broadcast on the radio:<\/h2>\n[audio:http:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/FolkMoot60Mx.mp3|titles=FolkMoot60Mx]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appalachia has long been appreciated as a reservoir of traditional culture. But every July, Folkmoot USA brings the world\u2019s traditional cultures to Appalachia. Folkmoot USA, one of the world\u2019s largest international folk dance festivals, is held in and around Waynesville, NC. . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[274,307,559],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-haywood-county","tag-international-dance","tag-waynesville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8823,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions\/8823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}