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LOUISIANA FOLKLIFE
PROGRAM


The Louisiana Folklife Program, within the Division of the Arts, offers aids to planning and funding folklife projects, and resource lists of books, music and videos.

Past & Current Folklife Projects

Key Folklife Definitions

Planning and Funding Folklife Projects

Folklife Update

Regional Folklife Program

Resources

Louisiana Folklife Bibliography

Recommended Reading




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LOUISIANA'S
LIVING TRADITIONS


Louisiana's Living Traditions encompasses a virtual exhibit of Louisiana cultural traditions, photos, virtual books, articles and essays, and maps.


Louisiana's Traditional Cultures

The Creole State Exhibit

Virtual Books

Articles and Essays

Self-Taught Artists

Louisiana Folklife Photo Gallery

Resources

Maps




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LOUISIANA VOICES
EDUCATOR'S GUIDE


Louisiana Voices An Educator's Guide to Exploring our Communities and Traditions is a pioneering set of study guides for 4th through 8th grades, integrating state educational standards for social studies and English Language Arts


Getting Started

Louisiana Voices Milestones

Unit I Defining Terms

Unit II Fieldwork Basics

Unit III Discovering the Obvious: Our Lives as "The Folk"

Unit IV The State of Our Lives: Being a Lousiana Neighbor

Unit V Oral Traditions: Swapping Stories

Unit VI Louisiana's Musical Landscape

Unit VII Material Culture: The Stuff of Life

Unit VIII The Worlds of Work and Play

Unit IX The Seasonal Round and the Cycle of Life

Links

Glossary

Acknowledgements & Credits


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National Endowment for the Arts.
 
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