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Originally posted by lord of the mark
Smithsonian Folklife Festival featured Alberta this year. We got to see First Nation, Meti and cowboy crafts, Blackfoot Nation dancing, ate bison burghers, etc, heard a generic folksinger sing songs of the Alberta labor movement from the 20s' and 30s, and got to experience an oil sands simulator. Good-- I had seen the hype in our local papers but wondered if this type of stuff got noticed . Didn't they bring one of the oil sands big trucks? Now those things are impressive |
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Originally posted by Flubber
Good-- I had seen the hype in our local papers but wondered if this type of stuff got noticed . Didn't they bring one of the oil sands big trucks? Now those things are impressive the Smithsonian folk life festival is a big deal every year. It features one "foreign country", one American regions, and one "broader theme". This year the region was "latino Chicago" and the "country" was Alberta. The theme area was "native basketry" (yeah, I know, boooring, we skipped it) Alberta definitely made the biggest splash this year. The festival is right before and during the 4th, so it gets lots of Washingtonians, tourists, etc. Yes, the oil sands truck was suitably impressive -even more was that they said there are trucks 4 times as big used in the oil sands. Some enviros made a stink about the energy industry involvement in a festival thats usually more focused on cultural survival and stuff - but the response, IIUC, is that the oil industry IS part of Albertas culture. Oh, there was also an interesting tent about the pottery industry. |
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