Initiative
A global movement to document and celebrate cultural heritage
About the campaign
Wiki Loves Folklore (WLF) is a global initiative dedicated to preserving and documenting cultural heritage through open knowledge platforms. This annual campaign encourages contributors worldwide to upload images, videos, and audios related to folklore, traditions, and indigenous cultures on Wikimedia Commons. By making folklore freely accessible, WLF bridges the gap in digital representation of cultural diversity, ensuring that oral traditions, traditional practices, and intangible heritage are recorded for future generations.
Wiki Loves Folklore aims to safeguard cultural heritage by leveraging the power of free knowledge and collaborative documentation. Our mission is to:
Key Objectives
Wiki Loves Folklore is committed to ensuring that folklore, traditions, and cultural heritage are documented and shared freely with the world.
We encourage individuals, photographers, and cultural enthusiasts to capture and upload images, videos, and media showcasing folklore, traditional performances, costumes, festivals, and intangible heritage. These contributions enrich Wikimedia Commons, ensuring that diverse cultural expressions are preserved in a globally accessible digital repository.
Through Wikipedia, we aim to expand and improve articles related to folklore, oral traditions, indigenous knowledge, and traditional practices. By making this information freely available, we contribute to a deeper understanding of cultural diversity and ensure that folklore is documented in multiple languages for future generations.
Wiki Loves Folklore is a truly international campaign, engaging communities from different regions in preserving their unique traditions. From grassroots contributors to established organizations, our initiative empowers people worldwide to digitally document their heritage, fostering cross-cultural exchange and awareness.
Folklore is rich with stories from women, indigenous groups, and marginalized communities that often go undocumented. Our campaign focuses on bridging knowledge gaps by promoting underrepresented narratives, ensuring that cultural contributions from all backgrounds are recognized and celebrated in open knowledge spaces.
Join us in preserving global heritage—one story, one image, one video at a time!
Get involved
Signup/Login into your Wikimedia Commons Account
Upload your Media to Wikimedia Commons and be a part of the campaign
Link to rules, participation guidelines, and submission portal.
Wiki Loves Folklore is back with a blast this year again in its fourth edition, inviting photographers and folklore lovers to join our folk soiree hosted on Wikimedia Commons. Wiki Loves…
Read storyWhen it comes to folklore, cultures and groups become the beckon of attraction and attention. The annual photography contest which run fully
Read storyOut of more than 19,052 submissions, eighteen winning images were announced in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2020 international photography contest. Emotionful reunion of family.
Read storyA global movement to document and celebrate cultural heritage
