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  • Day Seven: Top Ten Festival Photos

    Today over thirty children’s summer camps came to the Folklife Festival, exposing hundreds of young people to the sights and sounds of China and Kenya. Join us on the National Mall to see the action for yourself, and add your own photos to our Festival Flickr group!

    Kids in Kenya on the National Mall.
    Kids in Kenya on the National Mall.
    Photo by Hillary Cleary, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
    Chen Yuhua from Yangliuqing Fine Arts Press paints a new year's print.
    Chen Yuhua from Yangliuqing Fine Arts Press paints a new year's print.
    Photo by Bea Ugolini, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
    Learning calligraphy.
    Learning calligraphy.
    Photo by Hillary Cleary, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
    Ramogi Dancers of Homa Bay County.
    Ramogi Dancers of Homa Bay County.
    Photo by Walter Larrimore, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
    Basket weaving with Teresia Mbula Kimei and Lucy Agutu Okudo.
    Basket weaving with Teresia Mbula Kimei and Lucy Agutu Okudo.
    Photo by Walter Larrimore, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
    Dancer at Moonrise Pavilion.
    Dancer at Moonrise Pavilion.
    Photo by Francisco X. Guerra, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
    Just trying on a Maasai head piece for size.
    Just trying on a Maasai head piece for size.
    Photo by Hillary Cleary, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
    Preparing chapati in Flavors of Kenya foodways demonstration tent.
    Preparing chapati in Flavors of Kenya foodways demonstration tent.
    Photo by Walter Larrimore, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
    A puppeteer from the Quanzhou Puppet Troupe brings a menacing character to life.
    A puppeteer from the Quanzhou Puppet Troupe brings a menacing character to life.
    Photo by Francisco X. Guerra, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
    China program assistant Joan Hua demonstrates water calligraphy in People's Park.
    China program assistant Joan Hua demonstrates water calligraphy in People's Park.
    Photo by Bea Ugolini, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution

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