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Highlighted Projects

Since its founding in 1986, the South Florida Folklife Center has conducted various field research projects. These projects have lead to the creation of educational products, including research reports and online exhibitions. A selection of these reports and exhibitions is featured here.


Folklife Collection Highlights

A selection of the South Florida Folklife Center’s archival materials is featured in this video produced by HistoryMiami Museum Folklife Intern, Mateo Salas.


stirring cafecito

What Makes Miami, Miami Project

The What Makes Miami, Miami Project focuses on customs and practices that are unique to Miami, particularly the sayings, occupations, musical styles, dance forms, beliefs, rituals, celebrations, and foodways that are quintessentially “Miami.”


The Guayabera: A Shirt's Story

The Guayabera: A Shirt’s Story

The Guayabera: A Shirt’s Story explores the changing uses and significance of the guayabera, a traditional piece of menswear worn by Latin American and Caribbean populations.


At the Crossroads: Afro-Cuban Orisha Arts in Miami title image

At the Crossroads: Afro-Cuban Orisha Arts in Miami

This online exhibition is based on a 2001 temporary exhibition shown at the museum. It contains information on the Orisha religion and its practice in Miami.


Three Shekeres

Caribbean Percussion Traditions in Miami

Based on research conducted in the late 1990s, this online exhibition provides information on drumming and related arts from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Trinidad and the Bahamas.


Nicaraguan patronal festival dancer's mask

Nicaraguan Folklife in Miami

Nicaraguans in the region continue to practice traditions from their homeland. Published in 1993, this report includes information on festivals, foodways and material culture in the area’s Nicaraguan community. 


African American quilters at the 1988 Traditions: South Florida Folklife Festival

Traditions: South Florida Folklife

This essay provides an overview of the region’s folklife during the 1980s.

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