Week 2 of the Festival! Photographs from Thursday, July 7, 2011
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Visitors read about the "balsadas," processions of boats, in the Pacific Rainforest region of Colombia.
Photo by Robert Friedman, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives.
Ana Dolores Russi Suárez weaves at her loom in the Andean Highlands section of the Colombia program.
Photo by JB Weilepp, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives .
Félix Chaparro Rivas of Grupo Cabrestero relaxes between performances and demonstrations in the Southeastern Plains section of the Colombia program.
Photo by Nora Simon, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives.
Colombia program presenter Olga Costa helps with a demonstration about hat weavin.
Photo by Nora Simon.
Fernán de Jesús Rojo Meneses and Elkin de Jesús Meneses Rojo of Aires del Campo (Coffee region) congregate with other Colombia program artists, including members of Grupo Cabrestero (Southeastern Plains) and salsa dancer Deivy Johan Zúñiga Jiménez (Cali).
Photo by Robert Friedman, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives .
Guillermo Bautista Espitia demonstrates Ráquira ceramics in the Andean Highlands section of the Colombia program.
Photo by Robert Friedman.
Shietu Braimah of Damongo, Ghana, demonstrates the process of making shea butter.
Photo by Kathryn Mitchell, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives.
The Dixie Cups perform from the Soulsville Stage.
Photo by Samantha Hawkins, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives.
Dick Knight, trumpet player with the Monitors, plays from the Soulsville Stage.
Photo by Samantha Hawkins, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives.
Smooth and EZ Hand Dance Institute perform on the Motor City Stage.
Photo by Samantha Hawkins, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives.
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