 
               CHAPTER 43--AMERICAN FOLKLIFE PRESERVATION
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 2102. Definitions

    As used in this subchapter--
        (1) the term ``American folklife'' means the traditional 
    expressive culture shared within the various groups in the United 
    States: familial, ethnic, occupational, religious, regional; 
    expressive culture includes a wide range of creative and symbolic 
    forms such as custom, belief, technical skill, language, literature, 
    art, architecture, music, play, dance, drama, ritual, pageantry, 
    handicraft; these expressions are mainly learned orally, by 
    imitation, or in performance, and are generally maintained without 
    benefit of formal instruction or institutional direction;
        (2) the term ``Board'' means the Board of Trustees of the 
    Center;
        (3) the term ``Center'' means the American Folklife Center 
    established under this subchapter;
        (4) the term ``group'' includes any State or public agency or 
    institution and any nonprofit society, institution, organization, 
    association, or establishment in the United States;
        (5) the term ``Librarian'' means the Librarian of Congress;
        (6) the term ``State'' includes, in addition to the several 
    States of the Union, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District 
    of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands; and
        (7) the term ``workshop'' means an activity the primary purpose 
    of which is to encourage the development of skills, appreciation, or 
    enjoyment of American folklife among amateur, student, or 
    nonprofessional participants, or to promote scholarship or teaching 
    among the participants.

(Pub. L. 94-201, Sec. 3, Jan. 2, 1976, 89 Stat. 1129.)
