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Ralph Rinzler on Deaf Folklore at the 1981 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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Ralph Rinzler on Deaf Folklore at the 1981 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

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The 1981 “Folklore of the Deaf” program at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C., featured “signlore” experts, storytellers, interpreters, and others who shared experiences, technology, theater, and jokes in Deaf culture. In this short interview, Festival director Ralph Rinzler explains the “groupness” of the Deaf Community and reactions from visitors. Footage: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives [Catalog No. CFV11415; © Smithsonian Institution, 2021]

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4 min 45 sec

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2021-04-13T22:41:18.000Z

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