Marquette – The second Upper Peninsula Folklife Festival will include the Upper Peninsula Folklore Symposium on Friday, March 20 from 1 to 5:30 p.m. in Mead Auditorium, West Science Building.
The order of presentations is Rag Rug Weaving in the Upper Peninsula, Heikki Lunta: An Original Upper Michigan Finnish Folk Hero, Nordic Legends in the New World: The Case of Big Erick Erickson, Sounding Like a Yooper: The Idea of a Regional Dialect, Where Did the Cudighi Come From? and Evolution of the Yooper Identity.
A Kick Your Heels Funky-Folk Dance with music by Grass Monkey, Conga Se Menne and The Pasi Cats will be held from 7 to 11:30 p.m. in the Explorer Rooms, University Center.
The entire festival will include events of music, dancing, craft demonstrations, workshops, a folklore symposium and regional cuisine.
The festival is presented by the Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center, an on-campus museum dedicated to preserving and presenting U.P. history and culture. Most events are free.
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