Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In daily sessions at the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall, folklorist and past president of the International Storytelling Center Kiran Singh Sirah led “kitchen table”-style conversations that explored stories as living expressions of culture, faith, and tradition that help us make meaning as we move through the world.

Read more in the Festival Blog: https://festival.si.edu/blog/stories-kiran-singh-sirah

Camera: Mykal Bailey, Sonia Harnish
Editor: Sonia Harnish
Interviewer: Bana Ghezai

Catalog No. CFV11490; © Smithsonian Institution, 2023