NYSCA Living Traditions

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Living Traditions is an initiative of the Folk Arts Program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) in partnership with City Lore, which produces and administers this site. NYSCA’s Folk Arts Program supports activities designed to sustain local traditions and broaden opportunities for general audiences to experience folklife. It funds non-profit organizations to produce public programs, document traditions, carry out apprenticeships, operate folk arts organizations and engage in statewide initiatives.

Videos from NYSCA Living Traditions

Yaad Piya Ki Aaye

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NYSCA Living Traditions 04:16 • Performing Arts

A rendition of a popular thumri song.

Nicolas Carter

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NYSCA Living Traditions 03:27 • Performing Arts

Nicolas Carter plays the Paraguayan harp.

Nicolas Carter on the Harp

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NYSCA Living Traditions 03:14 • Performing Arts

Nicolas Carter provides a tutorial about the Paraguayan harp.

LAM Inspirational Choir

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NYSCA Living Traditions 04:30 • Performing Arts

Two women perform two timeless traditional spirituals.

Lalajik

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NYSCA Living Traditions 02:28 • Performing Arts

A traditional lullaby song in the Wakhi language.

Yaad Piya Ki Aaye

Nicolas Carter

Nicolas Carter on the Harp

LAM Inspirational Choir

Lalajik

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New York State is home to countless traditions thriving in its ethnic, regional, occupational and religious communities. NYSCA Living Traditions is an online portal to video and photographic documentation of folklife practiced throughout the state. Through this portal, community members and folklorists documenting these traditions are invited to share their work and introduce their organizations.