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Curated and moderated by folklorist Millie Rahn

Whether you call them lavash, tortillas, naan, hoe cakes, ployes, matzo, lefse, johnnycakes, or something else, flatbreads are found in many cultures. Almost all are made with flour, water, and salt, then shaped into flattened dough, heated or baked, and served with sweet or savory toppings or stu�ngs, or used to scoop up other foods. Watch home cooks assemble a recipe while sharing family stories and taking about how they’ve adapted their flatbread traditions over time and place. Sample the finished fare. And be sure to catch the noon demonstrations where you might try your hand at flipping crepes with a Franco teacher from Lowell High School.

flatbreads: plain & fancy

Noon: Franco crepes – Jeannine Ameduri1pm: Lithuanian pancakes – Irena Malasauskas2pm: Greek hortopita – Eleni Zohdi3pm: Asian Indian flatbread – Swati Chalke4pm: Penobscot frybread – Nicholas Bear

foodways

JFK PlazaArmenian - Armenian Relief Society Greek - Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Laotian - Lao United Church Of Lowell Polish - Lowell Polish Cultural CommitteePortuguese - Portuguese American Veterans Jamaican / Indian - The Seed Laotian - Wat BuddhabhavanaCameroonian - ESSOH-ATTAH Development Association

Market StreetHispanic - Hope Dove New Orleans Style - RBFJ Chapter of B.I.G.Filipino - ANCOP Akinto Travel Water

Boarding House ParkGreek - Hellenic American Academy PTAFilipino - Iskawelahang Filipino Hispanic - Lowell Latin Catholic Community of St. Patrick Parish Jamaican / Indian - The Seed Middle Eastern - St. George Antiochian Church Laotian - Wat Lao Mixayaram

Dutton Street Dance Pavilion Southeast Asian - Buddhachak Mixed African - Christ Jubilee International Ministries Liberian - Emmanuel Temple Of Hope Brazilian - Fealma Burmese - Saydanar Community Development Center

ethnic foodsWhere to find them

Hungry?find your favorite foods usingour handy dandy map!

Demo scheduleSaturday & Sunday

This year’s folk craft area draws attention to four basic techniques underlying the work of traditional master artists – painting, plaiting, pounding, and pulling. These ways of working result in craft that is functional, decorative, spiritual, and musical. See how icons and church interiors are painted to enhance spiritual practice. Observe how the plaiting of birch bark creates baskets and shoes. Learn how the black ash splints of finely woven baskets are harvested and prepared. Notice how the pulling of yarn through burlap creates the looped pile of a hooked rug. Hear how the pounding of metal creates di�erent pitches on steel pan drums. Watch how pounding red hot iron transforms a rod into a chisel. You can even try your hand on some these techniques, too.

FOLK CRAFT traditions

MASTER artistssee what they create!

This year’s themes to celebrate

Jewish Ritual Garments Amy Lassman Iconography Christopher GoseyLiturgical Painting & Restoration Geo�rey Kostecki Rug Hooking Pam BartlettNorwegian Rosemaling Linda MillerBlack Ash Splint Basketmaking JoAnn Kelly Catsos & Steve CatsosFinnish Birch Bark Basketry Elaine MoeMi’kmaq Wooden Flutes David Lonebear SanipassSteel Drums Jason RosemanZimbabwe Mbira Solomon MurunguHammersmith Studios Carl Close Jr.Mithila or Madhubani Art Sunanda Sahay & Anindita Lal

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performance schedule

Boarding House Park 6:30 - 6:55 PM PARADE—Sharde Thomas & the Rising Star Fife & Drum (African American fife and drum), Puppeteers Cooperative (giant puppet pageants and parades)6:55 - 7:15 PM Festival kick-o� 7:15 - 8:00 PM Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac (Cape Breton song and fiddle)8:15 - 9:00 PM Kahulanui (Hawaiian swing)9:15 - 10:15 PM Tribu Baharú (Colombian champeta)

Dutton Street Dance Pavilion7:15 - 8:30 PM Kyle Huval & the Dixie Club Ramblers (Cajun)9:00 - 10:15 PM Orquesta SCC (salsa dura)

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Boarding House Park12:00 - 12:45 PM Big Country Bluegrass (bluegrass)1:00 - 1:45 PM Cora Harvey Armstrong (gospel)2:00 - 2:45 PM Mariachi Mexico Antiguo (mariachi)3:00 - 3:45 PM Neuza (Cabo Verde)4:00 - 4:45 PM Kahulanui (Hawaiian swing)5:00 - 6:00 PM Bernard Allison Group (blues)7:10 - 7:30 PM PARADE—Sharde Thomas & the Rising Star Fife & Drum (African American fife and drum), Puppeteers Cooperative (giant puppet pageants and parades)7:30 - 8:15 PM Iberi Choir (Georgian polyphonic singing)8:30 - 9:15 PM Sidi Touré (Songhaï guitar music - Mali9:40 - 10:30 PM Orquesta SCC (salsa dura)

JFK Plaza12:15 - 1:00 PM Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac (Cape Breton song and fiddle)1:15 - 2:00 PM Iberi Choir (Georgian polyphonic singing)2:15 - 2:45 PM Rahzel (beatboxing)3:00 - 3:45 PM Cora Harvey Armstrong (gospel)4:00 - 5:00 PM Kyle Huval & the Dixie Club Ramblers (Cajun)5:15 - 6:00 PM Tony Blazonczyk’s New Phaze (polka)6:15 - 7:10 PM Tribu Baharú (Colombian champeta)

Market St.12:00 - 1:00 PM Guitar Masters—Boris Nelson, Huit-Kilos Nseka (Tribu Baharú); Pablo Giménez (Corazón de Granada); Sidi Touré; Bernard Allison1:15 - 1:45 PM Burnurwurbskek Singers & Dancers (Penobscot drummers and singers)2:00 - 2:45 PM Percussion Traditions—Oscar Gamboa (Tribu Baharú); Jose Vazquez-Cofresi, Charles Dilone (Orquesta SCC); Salar Nader3:05 - 3:45 PM Salar Nader & Mustafa Saeed (Afghan tabla and rubâb)4:00 - 4:45 PM Corazón de Granada: Flamenco Joven y Jondo (flamenco)5:00 - 5:45 PM Songs of Praise—Cora Harvey Armstrong, Big Country Bluegrass6:00 - 6:45 PM Greek Rebetiko Trio (Greek rebetiko music)

Saint Anne’s Churchyard12:00 - 12:45 PM Salar Nader & Mustafa Saeed (Afghan tabla and rubâb)1:00 - 1:45 PM Don Roy Trio with Rossby & Elsie Arnott (Franco-American)2:00 - 3:00 PM Fiddle Masters—Tim Laughlin (Big Country Bluegrass), Don Roy, Wendy MacIsaac, Joel Savoy (Kyle Huval & the Dixie Club Ramblers)3:15 - 3:45 PM Burnurwurbskek Singers & Dancers (Penobscot drummers and singers)4:00 - 4:45 PM Greek Rebetiko Trio (Greek rebetiko music) 5:00 - 6:00 PM Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac (Cape Breton song and fiddle)

Dutton St. Dance Pavilion12:15 - 1:15 PM Kyle Huval & the Dixie Club Ramblers (Cajun) 1:30 - 2:30 PM Kahulanui (Hawaiian swing)2:45 - 3:45 PM Tony Blazonczyk’s New Phaze (polka)4:00 - 4:45 PM Rahzel (beatboxing)5:15 - 6:15 PM Orquesta SCC (salsa dura)7:30 - 8:30 PM Bernard Allison Group (blues)9:00 - 10:00 PM Tribu Baharú (Colombian champeta)

Street (John & Merrimack)1:45 - 2:05 PM Sharde Thomas & the Rising Star Fife & Drum (African American fife and drum)4:45 - 5:05 PM Sharde Thomas & the Rising Star Fife & Drum (African American fife and drum)

Boarding House Park12:00 - 12:45 PM Cora Harvey Armstrong (gospel)1:00 - 1:45 PM Corazón de Granada: Flamenco Joven y Jondo (flamenco)2:00 - 2:45 PM Iberi Choir (Georgian polyphonic singing)3:00 - 3:45 PM Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac (Cape Breton song and fiddle)4:00 - 5:00 PM Sidi Touré (Songhaï guitar music from Mali)5:15 - 6:15 PM Bernard Allison Group (blues)

JFK Plaza12:00 - 1:00 PM Global Voices—Neuza, Mary Jane Lamond, Rahzel, Iberi Choir, Lena Naipo (Kahulanui)1:15 - 2:00 PM Kyle Huval & the Dixie Club Ramblers (Cajun)2:15 - 3:00 PM Greek Rebetiko Trio (Greek rebetiko music)3:15 - 4:00 PM Tony Blazonczyk’s New Phaze (polka)4:15 - 5:00 PM Kahulanui (Hawaiian swing)5:15 - 6:00 PM Neuza (Cabo Verde)

Market St.12:15 - 1:00 PM World Strings—Mustafa Saeed, Saul Olivas (Mariachi Mexico Antiguo), Dimitris Mann (Greek Rebetiko Trio), Duke Tatom, Dwight Tokumoto (Kahulanui)1:15 - 1:45 PM Burnurwurbskek Singers & Dancers (Penobscot drummers and singers)2:00 - 3:00 PM Big Country Bluegrass (bluegrass)3:15 - 4:00 PM Mariachi Mexico Antiguo (mariachi)4:15 - 5:00 PM Corazón de Granada: Flamenco Joven y Jondo (flamenco)

Saint Anne’s Churchyard12:15 - 1:00 PM Big Country Bluegrass (bluegrass)1:15 - 2:00 PM Wind Power: Accordion, Pipes & Flutes—Tyler Zawatski, Tim Jagodzinski (Tony Blazonczyk); Sharde Thomas; Matt MacIsaac (Lamond & MacIsaac)2:15 - 3:00 PM Salar Nader & Mustafa Saeed (Afghan tabla and rubâb)3:15 - 3:45 PM Burnurwurbskek Singers & Dancers (Penobscot drummers and singers)4:00 - 4:45 PM Don Roy Trio (Franco-American)

Dutton St. Dance Pavilion12:00 - 1:00 PM Don Roy Trio (Franco-American)1:15 - 2:15 PM Sidi Touré (Songhaï guitar music from Mali)2:30 - 3:30 PM Neuza (Cabo Verde)3:45 - 4:30 PM Rahzel (beatboxing)4:45 - 6:00 PM Tribu Baharú (Colombian champeta)

Street (John & Merrimack)2:00 - 2:20 PM Mariachi Mexico Antiguo (mariachi)4:45 - 5:15 PM Mariachi Mexico Antiguo (mariachi)

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