One World, Many Voices

Wayuu participants (L to R) Benito Pushaina Apshana, Joaquín Ramón Prince Bruges, and Marciano Urrariyú Gouriyu share a laugh while going through their pictures of the Folklife Festival.

Élida Cañate Díaz, a Palenque dancer and traditional hairstylist, participates in a fashion show in the Will to Adorn program during the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

Luis Misael Socarrás Ipuana is an expert in the Wayuu system of oratory conflict resolution. He acts as a mediator, or palabrero, in disputes.

Participants from Colombia pose with the Colombian ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Carlos Urrutia, and his wife on the opening day of the Festival, June 26, 2013.

Calixto Kuiru, a Uitoto cultural expert and maloca builder, shows visitors artifacts from his community.

Palenque dancers Élida Cañate Díaz and María del Transito Hernández Cabarcas perform on the Voices of the World stage.

Calixto Kuiru, a Uitoto cultural expert and maloca builder, prepares materials used to craft a Uitoto maloca, a traditional structure that serves as a center for ceremonies in the Uitoto community.

Wayuu dancers Marciano Urrariyú Gouriyu and Mónica López Pushaina perform their traditional Yonna dance.

Palenque drummer and rapper Andris Padilla Julio plays drums in the Colombia tent with One World, Many Voices intern Christina Azahar.

Marciano Urrariyú Gouriyu and Benito Pushaina Apshana demonstrate Wayuu wrestling as traditional games expert Joaquín Ramón Prince Bruges officiates.

Kamentzá poet and storyteller Hugo Jesús Jamioy Juagibioy participates in a “Try a Language!” session in the Song and Story Circle with presenter Silvia Salgado.

Kamentzá poet and storyteller Hugo Jesús Jamioy Juagibioy weaves as his daughter, Tani, watches in the Colombia participant tent.

Palenque dancer and traditional hairstylist María del Transito Hernández Cabarcas styles Élida Cañate Díaz’s hair in the Colombian tent.

Joaquín Ramón Prince Bruges plays a traditional Wayuu instrument in the Colombian participant tent.

Traditional game experts Benito Pushaina Apshana and Marciano Urrariyú Gouriyu show young visitors how to play a Wayuu game.

Wayuu orator (palabrero) Luis Misael Socarrás Ipuana participates in the “Language & Knowledge: The Power of Words” panel with Hawaiian cultural expert and educator Earl Kawa‘a and presenter Adriana Cruz on the Talk Story discussion stage.

Mónica López Pushaina and Hugo Jamioy Juagibioy and Ati Janey Mestre Izquierdo’s daughter, Tani, pass the time with string games in the Colombia participant area.

Traditional poet, storyteller, and basket- and mochila-weaver Ati Janey Mestre Izquierdo lays out her display of Arhuaco beadwork in the Columbia demonstration tent.

Wayuu dancer, musician, and games expert Marciano Urrariyú Gouriyu plays a traditional instrument in the Colombia participant area.

Wayuu games expert and wrestler Benito Pushaina Apshana plays a drum in the Colombia tent.