2009 Folklife Festival on the Mall

This year's folklife festival on the Mall in Washington, D.C. is faithfully another trio. The most traditional presentation is for the culture of Wales. Lots of exhibits depicting crafts, industry, lore, flora, flauna, of this oppressed nation within the United Kingdom. No aspect of this tyranny is present.

The other two foci are Latin American music and African American oration. Both are extremely low impact upon the mall, viewer passive, and cheep, common, and insignificant in the pantheon of folklife venues. I lunched at one of the Latin American food tents, and the food was disgusting. It was cooked so long before I got it, that it was inedible.

It's the most uninteresting, non-interactive, lame year of concepts for this "festival" in my 15 years of attending.