| Wedding reception at the Ramallah-American Club | Wedding reception at the Ramallah-American Club | Still Image | Fieldwork
Wedding ceremonies
Weddings
Palestinian Americans
Arab Americans
Musical instruments
Dance
Rites and ceremonies
Special events
Ethnicity, Arabic
Dancers
Bands (Music)
Musical groups | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wedding reception at the Ramallah-American Club
- Date
- 1985-05-19
- Description
- Ten color slides. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curricula. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t85-180 | Saturday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Reel 12) | Sound | Folklorists
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Performing arts
String bands
Stringband music
Old time music
Bluegrass music
Arabs music
Arab Americans
Ethnicity, Arabic
Bands (Music)
Bluegrass musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| Palestinian Wedding Traditions | Palestinian Wedding Traditions | Moving Image | Video recording
Wedding ceremonies
Weddings
Marriage service
Marriage celebrants
Marriage rites
Rites and ceremonies
Rites of passage
Community culture
Community rites
Arab Americans
Ethnicity, Arabic
Palestinian Americans
Catholics
Church buildings
Church services
Churches
Dance
Cake | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Palestinian Wedding Traditions
- Date
- 1985-11-07
- Description
- One video recording. (VHS; 1:50:00) A video of a wedding between Musa Kamel and Georgina Marie on 7 November 1985 at the National Shrine of St. George Melkite-Greek Catholic Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Includes the ceremony, the reception, and ends with the married couple walking into their hotel room.
- Collection
| Our Lady of Lebanon Mini Festival | Our Lady of Lebanon Mini Festival | Still Image | Fieldwork
Rites and ceremonies
Festivals
Lebanese Americans
Community culture
Food preparation
Outdoor cookery | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Our Lady of Lebanon Mini Festival
- Date
- 1985-08
- Description
- Thirteen color slides. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1985 and 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| Nuhad Farmand demonstrating Palestinian embroidery | Nuhad Farmand demonstrating Palestinian embroidery | Still Image | Schools
Students
Children
Teaching of folklore
Demonstrations
Palestinian Americans
Embroidery
Textile arts
Needlework
Decorative arts
Arab Americans
Clothing and dress
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Nuhad Farmand demonstrating Palestinian embroidery
- Date
- 1985-03-05
- Description
- Twenty-one color slides. Demonstrating Palestinian emboridery and clothing at Loretto Elementary School. An interview with Farmand can be found in S 1576, Box 22, C86-171/172. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| Nadia Michaels demonstrating Palestinian embroidery and rugs | Nadia Michaels demonstrating Palestinian embroidery and rugs | Still Image | Schools
Education
Students
Children
Demonstrations
Palestinian Americans
Embroidery
Textile arts
Textiles
Decorative arts
Arab Americans
Clothing and dress
Needlework
Teaching of folklore
Rugs
Embroiderers
Rug makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Nadia Michaels demonstrating Palestinian embroidery and rugs
- Date
- 1986-01-14
- Description
- Twenty-seven color slides. Demostrating embroidery and Palestinian rugs at Timucua Elementary School. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| Nadia Michaels demonstrating Palestinian embroidery | Nadia Michaels demonstrating Palestinian embroidery | Still Image | Schools
Education
Students
Children
Demonstrations
Palestinian Americans
Embroidery
Textile arts
Textiles
Decorative arts
Arab Americans
Clothing and dress
Needlework
Teaching of folklore
Embroiderers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Nadia Michaels demonstrating Palestinian embroidery
- Date
- 1985-05-06
- Description
- Twenty color slides. Demonstrating embroidery at Stockton Elementary School. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| Nadia Michael with her Palistinian embroidery (rug weaving) | Nadia Michael with her Palistinian embroidery (rug weaving) | Still Image | Rug makers
Weavers
Embroiderers
Fieldwork
Rug making
Rugs
Arab Americans
Palestinian Americans
Textile arts
Textiles
Embroidery
Weaving
Women weavers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| a_s1576_22_c86-171 | Interview with Nuhad Farmand | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Sound recordings
Life histories
Oral histories
Palestinian Americans
Embroidery
Textile arts
Emigration and immigration
Decorative arts
Arab Americans
Clothing and dress
Naming practices
Marriage rites
Community enterprise
Stores, retail
Christianity
Embroiderers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Nuhad Farmand
- Date
- 1984-12-04
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Her husband Kamel is present for part of the interview. Farmand discusses moving to Florida at age 21; her father-in-law working in the South as a salesman; life in Bethlehem and South America; learning embroidery; patterns and designs; symbolism; Palestinian clothing; Ramallah-American Clubs; Palestinian community in Jacksonville; dating and marriage practices; naming traditions; her husband Kamel talked about running a grocery store and sandwich shop; Arabic music; Christianity among Palestinians; and life in the U.S. Images of Farmand can be found in S 1577, v.36. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| Ida Farah preparing Palestinian foods for students | Ida Farah preparing Palestinian foods for students | Still Image | Schools
Education
Students
Children
Demonstrations
Palestinian Americans
Food preparation
Food
Food habits
Cooking and dining
Arab Americans
Teaching of folklore
Cooks | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ida Farah preparing Palestinian foods for students
- Date
- 1985-02-15
- Description
- Six color slides. Demonstrating Arabic foodways at Merill Road Elementary School. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
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