Happy Fourth of July! No rain yet, and the crowd down on the National Mall is big. Here are some photographs from Monday, July 4th.

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• Instrument maker's display in the Colombia program area.
  Photo by Francisco Guerra, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Visitors and artists interact under the guadua (bamboo) tents in the Colombia program area.
  Photo by Francisco Guerra, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Grupo Cabrestero in the Colombia program area.
  Photo by Francisco Guerra, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Don Abundio y sus Traviesos engage the audience in one of the Colombia performance areas.
  Photo by Nora Simon, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• El Pueblo Canta.
  Photo by Nora Simon, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Peace Corps director Aaron Williams with Ngurunit Basket Weavers Group members (from left to right) Nkerisapo Lewano, Nankaya Lebitilig, and Lilian Lekadaa.
  Photo by Michelle Arbeit, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Mahabat Sultanbekova, Peace Corps staff member in Bishkek, is working with Kyrgyz felters at the Festival.
  Photo by Samantha Hawkins, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Opika Performance Group from Ukraine.
  Photo by Samantha Hawkins, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• The Rehoboth Children’s Home Dance Team perform tinikling, the national dance of the Philippines.
  Photo by Samantha Hawkins, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• A Festival visitor writes a message to leave at the RPCVillage, a space where returned Peace Corps volunteers are sharing and exchanging messages.
  Photo by Samantha Hawkins, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives