Smithsonian Folklife Festival

family activities guide to the smithsonian folklife festival

2005

Smithsonian Folklife Festival Welcome to the 2005 Smithsonian Folklife Festival! Grab a pencil, and get ready for a challenge! With this guide, you can find mystery ingredients in the Food Culture USA program; become a Junior Forest Ran ger in the Forest Service, Culture, and Community program; and follow Sindbad the Sailor across the oasis, desert, Food Cultu re USA and sea in the Oman program. Along the way, you’ll learn where your food comes from, find out how to identify animals by their tracks, watch camel decorating, and a lot more. This guide includes activities to earn different rewards in all three programs. Pick one, two, or all three. Each part of the guide tells you where to bring your answers and get your reward for that program. To learn more when you get home, visit www.folklife.si.edu. You’ll find lots of information there — and be sure to Om an: Desert, Oasis, and Sea visit the Smithsonian Global Sound section for music from around the world!

Thanks for coming to the Festival. Have fun!

Forest Service, Cultu re, and Community the edible explorer’s guidebook quesadillas appetizer welcome to food c ulture usa! area to explore easy qu esadillas How much do you really know about your favorite foods? Tradition and Adaptation ingredients Do you know where the y come from? Do you know how Cooking oil for greasing the pan 8 flour or corn tortillas the y grow? Do you know what makes some foods taste mystery ingredient hint 12 ounces Monterey 4 spicy and others taste sweet? Did you ever wonder how This great dairy product Jack ______recipes are invented? makes Made from curds — toss the whe y, 1 cup tomato salsa Hot chili peppers or sweet red Well, here’s your chance to find out! Can be hard, so ft, or crumbly, peppers; cilantro (optional) This section is filled with tasty treats that you’ll have fun making And called “Blue” or “Montere y.” directions at home. There’s only one problem — some o f the essential 1. Grate the ______. ingredients are missing! The only way to start fixing the meals the mystery ingredient is 2. Heat a lightly oiled cast-iron pan is to solve the recipe riddles inside. ______. or griddle over medium heat. Clues are all around Food Culture U SA : 3. Arrange 4 tortillas on a large baking sheet and spread Read signs for hints about where to go. fun food fact ______over each one. Spoon Talk to the farmers to hear what the y grow. The world’s largest quesadilla some salsa on the ______Speak to the spice suppliers to learn what the y know. was made in Oaxaca, Mexico, and top with the tortillas — like you make a sandwich. For a on April 29, 2000, to celebrate spicier flavor, add chili peppers when you’re done, visit the the city’s 464th anniversary. The and cilantro. potting shed to claim your prize. quesadilla measured 14 feet wide 4. Using a spatula, slip each tortilla and was made o f 70 pounds o f sandwich into the hot pan. Cook ______, 70 pounds o f beef, for 2-3 minutes or until the bot - 45 pounds o f beans, and 5 gallons tom is golden brown, then flip o f salsa. ¡Olé! and cook another minute or so until the ______is melted. Is there a dairy farm near you? Remove with a spatula and cut Go to www.farmaid.org and search into quarters. 5. Repeat with the rest of the for dairy or ______. tortilla sandwiches.

Get to it! cooking tools grater baking sheet cast-iron pan or griddle spatula green salad firs t course stir-fry main course area to explore The E dible Sc hoolyard areas to explore Soy Tent, Tradition and Adaptation mystery ingredient hint the mystery ingredient mystery ingredient hint the mystery ingredient is F rom a fruit with a pit is ______. This block-shaped ingredient ____ . That g ets picked and then pressed, (two words) Begins life as a bean. It mixes with vinegar You can drink its cousin soy milk So the salad can be “dressed.” To keep your body lean. cooking tools frying pan wooden spoon fun food fact fun food fact More than 3,000 different It’s always best to cook with local produce that’s “in season.” varieties of t omat oes are now cooking tools The longer vegetables are out of the ground, the more they grown around the world! la rg e sa lad bowl lose their nutrients and their taste! To fin d o ut whi ch on es grow n ear s ma l l m ixi n g bowl To find out what fruits and vegetables are in season, ask a farmer yo u, g o to www. farm ai d.o rg an d wo o d en sp o o n in the Tradition and Adaptation area or go to www.farmaid.org and s earch f o r to m atoes. search for a farm near you.

salad and vinaigrette dressing stir-fry (recipe adapted from washington youth garden) 4 ingredients for the salad Dash o f s u ga r ingredients directions serves L ettu c e 4-5 tabl esp o ons ______2 tabl esp o ons veg eta bl e o i l 1. In a f ryi n g pa n h ea t F i n d yo u r favo rite sa lad i n g r edi en ts directions 2 ga rl i c cl oves, ﬁn ely ch opp ed o i l over m edi um h ea t. i n Th e E dibl e Sch o o lya rd. 1. Peel th e sha l l ot a n d c ut i n to 2 tabl esp o ons g i n g er, 2. A d d ga rl i c a n d g i n g er. Sti r A d d th em to th e r ec ip e. very th i n s l i c es. ﬁn ely ch opp ed f o r on e m i n ute. 2. Pla c e sa lt, p epp er, vi n ega r, 4 o u n c es _ _ _ _, c ut i n to 3 . A d d _ _ _ _ a n d c o o k f o r 4 m usta rd, a n d s u ga r i n sma l l c ubes 1-2 m i n utes, o r u n ti l _ _ _ _ serves a sma l l bowl. 2 tabl esp o ons s oy sa u c e is s l i gh tly g o l den. ingredients for the vinaigrette: 3 . Sti r i n th e ______C o o ked ri c e o r n o o d l es 4. A d d s oy sa u c e a n d sti r. 1 sha l l ot, ch opp ed a n d m ix wel l. 5 . A d d 3 s eas ona l f o o ds yo u Nam e th r ee f o o ds to ad d to 1 Sa lt a n d p epp er to taste 4. Taste to s ee if th e ba la n c e l isted to th e l eft a n d sti r f o r yo u r sti r -f ry. V is it th e 2 tabl esp o ons ba lsam i c vi n ega r o f th e vi n ega r a n d _ _ _ is 2 two m i n utes. Traditi on a n d A dapta ti on 1 teasp o on Dij on m usta rd ri gh t — yo u m i gh t n eed to ad d 6. Serve over ri c e o r n o o d l es. m o r e o f on e o r th e oth er. a r ea to as k a 3 5 . A d d to sa lad; to ss. fa rm er f o r h elp . kheer (indian rice pudding) d ess e rt hot cocoa drink area to explore The Sp ice Tent area to explore The ______Tent

mystery ingredient hint khee r 4 easy hot cocoa mystery ingredient hint ingredients ingredients Used as a seed or finely ground, serves This delicious food This spic e first came from India ½ c up ri c e 3 squares unsweetened That we all love to eat But toda y, w orldwide, it is f ound. 4 c up s m i l k 1 c up s u ga r ______Comes from the cacao tree 1½ tabl esp o ons ______4 tablespoons sugar And makes a sweet treat. the mystery ingredient is ¼ c up bla n ch ed s l i c ed a l m on ds Pinch of salt 4 ______. A f e w stra n ds o f sa ff r on ½ cup water the mystery ingredient is directions 3 cups milk serves (Unscramble: M D A C R M O A) ______. 1. Pla c e ri c e i n a sma l l bowl ½ teaspoon vanilla ½ teaspoon cinnamon fun food fact with j ust en o u gh m i l k to c over it. C over a n d l et s oa k directions fun food fact Fresh herbs are also used to add f o r 30 m i n utes. 1. In a saucepan combine The cocoa we drink today tastes fla v or to f ood. Hundreds o f herbs 2. In a h eavy -bottom ed sa u c e- the ______, very different from the original are gro wn in the United States. pa n bri n g th e r ema i n i n g m i l k sugar, salt, and water. cocoa drink. The Aztecs drank To find out who gro ws herbs to a bo i l. On c e th e m i l k has Cook over low heat their chocolate cold, unsweetened, near you, go to www.f armaid.org bo i l ed, r edu c e th e h ea t to until the mixture has and often used chili peppers or and search for f arms and l ow a n d ad d th e ri c e a n d fully dissolved. wine to add flavor. Aztec nobles f armers mark e ts where herbs m i l k m ixtu r e. 2. Gradually add the milk, drank as much as 50 thimblefuls can be found. 3 . C over a n d c o o k, sti rri n g stirring continuously. of cocoa in a single day! o c cas i ona l ly, u n ti l m i l k has 3. Add vanilla and cinnamon, Do you want to try spicy cocoa? th i cken ed a n d ri c e is c o o ked and heat to just under Go to www.farmaid.org to find (app r oxima tely 4 5 m i n utes). boiling. out where you can buy fresh hot 4. A d d s u ga r a n d ______, 4. Pour into cups, and enjoy! peppers near you. ma ki n g s u r e to sti r wel l, a n d c o o k f o r a n oth er 20 m i n utes. cooking tools 5 . Rem ove f r om th e h ea t. small bo wl Ga rn ish with a l m on ds a n d cooking tools saucepan wooden spoon w ooden spoon a f e w stra n ds o f sa ff r on. saucepan with a lid congratulations! You solved all the recipe riddles, and y ou’re ready to start cooking. The Edible Explorer ’s Guidebook has But first... been generously supported by Farm Aid. go to the potting shed to collect your prize ! Since the first Farm Aid concert in 1985, Farm Ai d has w orked to keep family farmers on the land. Farm Aid board Continue to explore the fascinating w orld members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp , and o f f ood when y ou return home: Da ve Matthews are committed to supporting family farmers as the best way to gro w fresh, saf e, and healthful f ood; take 1 Visit a farmers market. There y ou’ll meet good care o f our natural resources, the soil and the water; farmers and learn what fruits and vegetables and strengthen rural communities and local economies. are in season. Go to www.farmaid.org to find Through grant funding, public education, activism, and markets close to where y ou live. strategic partnerships, Farm Aid is building a resilient, sustainable, and family-farm-centered f ood system. Farm Aid Make y our o wn family cookbook. In a blank notebook collect recipes 2 looks to a bright future f or family farms, as more and more from y our relatives. Spic e it up with stories about memorable meals! people seek out family farm f ood at stores, restaurants, and farmers markets where local, organic, humanely raised Gro w y our o wn vegetables. Plant seeds in y our garden or in a planter 3 f ood is a vailable. outside y our windo w. “If you eat, you have a stak e in supporting family farmers.” – Willie Nel son Make4 the recipes in this cookbook with the help o f an adult. www.farmaid.org

Log on to www. folklife.si.edu where you will find useful information about Food Cultu re USA, and the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Fo rest S ervice , Cu ltu re , and Co mm u nity Call of the Wild Tent Do Y ou Have the Skills to Become a Junior Forest Ranger? Bring It Along or Leave It Behind? U s e t h i s as yo u r fi e l d g u i d e t o h e l p n av i g a t e t h ro u g h t h e Walk over t o the Cal l of the Wi ld t ent, where you wi l l see a variety m a ny Fo re st S e rv i ce e xh i b its, w h e re yo u w i l l d i s cove r f u n of objects waitin g t o be p ac ked up for a hike int o the forest. Based a n d h a n d s -o n a ct i v it i e s j u st fo r yo u! on the in formation provided in thi s t ent, c irc le the objects that you S e a rc h fo r t h e Wo o d sy Ow l m a rke r t o fi n d should brin g alon g. 1 t e n ts w h e re f a m i l y a ct i v it i e s a re ta ki n g p l a ce. C o m p l e t e a t l e ast fo u r of t h e s i x a ct i v it i e s i n boombox or deck of playing cards 2 t h e p a g e s t h a t fo l l ow. cell phone or map/compass Wh e n yo u co m p l e t e a n a ct i v ity, m a ke s u re 3 a vo l u n t e e r sta m p s t h a t p a g e i n yo u r g u i d e. pair of boots or pair of flip-flops Sh ow a l l yo u r sta m p s t o a vo l u n t e e r a t t h e F a m i l y A ct i v it i e s t e n t, 4 butterfly net or pair of binoculars a n d i f fo u r of t h e s i x a ct i v it i e s a re co m p l e t e d a n d sta m p e d, yo u w i l l re ce i v e a re a l Ju n i o r F o re st Ra n g e r b a d g e t o ta ke h o m e! canteen of water or can of soda Th e re a re s o m a ny e xcit i n g t h i n g s t o d i s cove r a b o ut t h e fo re sts, g ras s l a n d s, w i l d l i fe, a n d t h e p e o p l e of t h e F o re st S e rv i ce: F i n d o ut h ow t o b e a F o re st Ra n g e r w h e n yo u g row u p Ex p l o re t h e In t e ra ct i v e F o re st L e a rn h ow t o b u i l d a b i rd b ox Explore, discover, S i n g c a m p fi re s o n g s and have fun Wa t c h a b u g -e a t i n g d e m o n st ra t i o n learning about the Forest Service! D e s i g n a s q u a re fo r t h e Ki d’s Q u i lt L e a rn h ow t o ke e p a n a t u re j o u rn a l Don’t forget to have a volunteer stamp the tree! Forest Landscapes Tent Protecting Forest and Wildlife Habitats Tent Heritage Puzzle Low-Impact Birding When Forest Service archaeologists discover artifacts, they have Circle the correct name Birding is a fun activity to determine from which time period they orginated. A tin can may for each bird. you can do in the forests, have been left behind by pioneers moving West. A stone tool may in your local park, or have been used by Native Americans to process animal hides, or a This large bird of prey has even in your backyard. piece of plastic may have been dropped by a hiker just last summer. 1 a white head and dark All you need is a field In the Forest Landscapes tent, there is a table with various artifacts. body. It is also a symbol guide to help identify Behind the table is a timeline. Figure out where at least three of our country. the birds you see. Look artifacts belong on the Heritage Timeline. Ask the participants a) Bald Eagle at the display materials any questions you have about what the objects are, how they were b) White-Headed Cuckoo and field guides and used, and by whom. c) Golden Eagle see if you can identify birds based on the This medium-sized bird clues below. Ask the 2 1 often has a red-peaked participants to teach head. It uses its beak to you how to imitate 2 peck holes in trees and a bird call, too! find insects for food. 3 a) Red-tailed Hawk b) Eastern Bluebird Don’t forget c) Woodpecker to have a Afterwards, you can visit the volunteer stamp “Impressions in the Landscape” This bird has very large inside the 3 display. Here you’ll see how eyes which help it see at bird's nest! fossils, animals, and people night, when it hunts for Don’t forget have left their marks on the to have a small rodents. landscape over time. Make your volunteer stamp a) Whooping Crane own tracks in the wet sand, and the trowel! think about the impression you b) Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker leave behind on nature. c) Screech Owl

This activity is for the birds—really! Tree Doctors Tent Forest Service History Tent Name That Tree! What Did You Learn about the Forest Service? Make your way over to the Tree Doctors tent, where you can This year, 2005, marks the 100th anniversary of the USDA Forest meet experts who know trees inside and out. There you will also Service. Wander through the Forest Service History tent and study see displays on tree bark, leaves, and information on the life cycle the timeline display to ﬁnd answers to these questions. If you get of a tree. By talking to participants and looking at the posters on stuck, don’t be afraid to ask an adult for some help. display, see if you can correctly identify the following trees: Circle the correct answers to the questions below.

This tree grows very large and has a big, leafy crown. Its wood is 1 Who was the ﬁrst Chief of the Forest Service in 1905? used to make furniture because it is so hard. Squirrels love these 1 trees because they produce acorns. a) Gifford Pinchot b) Ansel Adams c) Teddy Roosevelt

a) Flowering Dogwood b) White Oak c) Red Spruce What famous TV dog from the 1950s later joined 2 Ranger Corey Stuart in protecting forests? The leaves of this tree turn a beautiful reddish-orange in the fall. 2 This tree is deciduous, which means that in winter, all the leaves fall a) Toto b) Snoopy c) Lassie off. These trees also produce a syrup that tastes great on pancakes. True or False? Smokey Bear received so much mail from Junior Forest 3 a) White Ash b) Gingko c) Sugar Maple Rangers that the U.S. Postal Service gave him his own zip code?

The leaves on this tree are called “needles,” although they don’t usually a) True b) False 3 poke you. This tree is an evergreen or conifer, meaning it does not shed In 1971, what forest character was introduced who told kids to its leaves every year. It produces cones, which are the tree’s seeds. 4 “Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute!”? a) Rocky Mountain Juniper b) Eastern White Pine c) Horse Chestnut a) Elmo b) Bambi c) Woodsy Owl This tree can live for hundreds of years and is known for the 4 color of its wood. It can be found on the West Coast, and it is Great job! Now that’s using your head! a type of evergreen. a) Eastern Cottonwood b) Redwood c) Blue Spruce Don’t forget to have a volunteer stamp Don’t forget this page! to have a volunteer stamp the tree! Community Arts and Crafts Tent Don’t Stop! Creating Art with Nature Continue your adventures in nature… Visit the Community Arts and Crafts tent and see all the There are many more interesting things to learn and activities to creative ways artists use natural materials collected from forests do that would not ﬁt in this guide. On the Folklife Festival Web to make art. Then go to the kids’ art table outside to create site (www.folklife.si.edu/festival/2005) you will ﬁnd links to other your own masterpiece. There are materials for you to use and Web sites featuring projects that you can do at home or in school. volunteers to help get you started, but the rest is up to you! Search for information on Smokey Bear, Woodsy Owl, and all the Make anything you like, or draw something in the space cool things you can do as a Junior Forest Ranger at the USDA Forest below, just as long as it is inspired by nature. Service Web site: www.fs.fed.us. Also take a look at the Web sites of animal and nature conservancy organizations. Many have areas where kids can learn more about conservation. See the Folklife Festival Web site for a complete listing. Talk to your parents about planning a family trip to visit a nearby national forest. Or bring a little wildlife to your own backyard with a bird feeder. Investigate the nature activities available where you live through local parks, community centers, and school programs. There is no limit to the adventures waiting for you when you explore the great outdoors.

For outdoor fun, get out there!

When your artwork is completed, a volunteer will stamp your page.

This stamp certifies that I am a creative kid! oman desert oman: desert, oasis, and sea deserts are more than sand dunes. Hello, or, in Arabic, al-salamu àlaykum! People, animals, and plants live in them. If you visited a desert I’m Sindbad the Sailor. Have you heard of me? Did you know I was in Oman, you would find families much like yours. Because a wealthy merchant from Suhar, a city on the coast of northeastern of the hot, dry weather, some of them dress differently than Oman? My adventures became legends around the world. I traveled your family might and move from one place to another to to islands filled with giants taller than palm trees, walked across val- make a living. leys carpeted with diamonds, and escaped from enormous rukh birds Some people who live in Middle Eastern or North African whose eggs were bigger than most buildings. Once, a kind snake with deserts are called Bedouins. Name two animals that are a beard rescued me from certain death. While I recovered from important to Omani Bedouin families: Clue: Look for a sign my wounds, the snake listened intently as I told him about my native with a this picture of a Bedouin family. country — its beautiful deserts, oases, and seas. Imagine me telling the snake about these three areas and the Omanis 1 who live in them. Then look inside and outside the Learning Center in 2 the round tent. See what you can discover about Oman. If you answer my questions as well as the snake did, you’ll win a golden piece of sap from the frankincense tree. Frankincense was the most valuable Omani product I traded on all of my journeys. Mohammed Al Mawali Neil Richardson

A frankincense tree grows in southern Oman. An Omani Bedouin family travels through the desert. desert oasis

Draw something that Omani Bedouins make to use in their an oasis is another place where omanis live. daily lives. Don’t worry, I don’t care if your drawing is perfect! Oases (the plural of “oasis”) have lots of water that comes from Clue: See the Bedouin craftspeople who will be working near the underground sources. Oases can be spotted from a distance because Learning Center throughout the day. of the palm trees that grow in them. Al-aﬂaj is an ancient Omani system that brings from its source to houses and gardens. There is nothing like it outside of Oman! Clue: To ﬁll in the blank, look at the pictures on the sign called “Traditions of the Oasis” in the Learning Center.

Look around the exhibit. Name three things that people who live in oases make from parts of the date palm.

An Omani woman stands next to a water channel in an oasis town. Neil Richardson sea sea

Of course, as a sailor, I knew the sea Because of its location, Omani culture has been influenced by peoples best of all. Look at the map below from many lands. Match the city below with its main direction from and the ones in the Learning Center, Oman. Maybe your family has a compass like I do! and see how much of Oman is on the water. Many Omanis live on the Bombay (India) North seacoasts where they fish, trade, and Omanis have always been Oman’s trade Baghdad (Middle East) South build ships. famous for their ships. routes through history Zanzibar (Africa) East Long ago, Omani builders used twine made from to stitch together their ships. Clue: Read the sign on shipbuilding in the Learning Center to fill in the blank. Watch the ship- builders to see what materials A shipbuilder makes a model shashah, a fishing boat made out of date-palm material. they use today. Neil Richardson oman

congratulations! Now that you have answered all o f my questions, take these pages to my trusty assistant in the Leaning Center, who is sitting near F o o d C u l t ur e U S A a sign that says “Sindbad’s Treasure,” to collect your prize. Then visit the rest o f the Oman exhibit. Go to the Magan Stage and listen to a sailor’s song like the ones I used to sing. Find out how to make my favorite dessert, halwa. Find the oryx and learn how my country tries to preserve all o f its environments and traditions. Oman: Desert, Oasis, and Sea

FAMILY ACTIVITIES Continue your adventure with the following family activities that will take place throughout the day in Al Maidan and the Adornment Pavilion: henna decorating and instruction, Omani games, drumming lessons, and Islamic calligraphy demonstrations. Later, you can visit the following Web sites on Oman: Ministry of Information, Oman, www. omanet. om; Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Oman, www.mnhc.gov. om; and the Oman Centre for Traditional Music, www. octm-folk.gov. om. Forest Service, Cultu re, and Community have a go od adventure!

All photos courtesy Omani Craft Heritage Documentation Project and Lynn Teo Simarski.