Day 2: Top Ten Photos
The National Mall was filled with the sounds of storytelling, foot stomping, and rope twirling as the 2015 Folklife Festival’s Perú: Pachamama program entered its second day. Do you have your own photos from the Festival to share? Add them to the Flickr pool!
Visitors enjoyed music from the Fiesta de la Virgen del Carmen de Paucartambo and Afro-Peruvian singer Ava Ayllón at the Festival’s first evening concert on Wednesday night. Photo by Francisco Guerra, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Quitina Huanca Quispe, a member of El Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco, began weaving a new piece in the Cusco Textiles tent. Photo by Walter Larrimore, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
The long nose of this Contradanza mask in the Fiesta de la Virgen del Carmen pokes fun at Spanish captains. Photo by Willa Friedman, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Bridge builders began work on the Q’eswachaka bridge replica, braiding ichu grass to make the q’oya rope. Photo by Josh Weilepp, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
To stretch and tighten their handwoven ropes, the bridge builders twirled them together it in wide circles. Photo by Willa Friendman, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
A member of the Wachiperi community taught visitors about traditional healing techniques. Photo by Willa Friedman, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Afro-Peruvian group Tutuma showcased percussive zapateado dance. Photo by Walter Larrimore, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Radio Ucamara shared Kukama stories about the significance of the Mariñón River. Photo by Francisco Guerra, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Criollo singer Julie Freundt accompanied the dancers of Marinera Viva!!! Photo by Walter Larrimore, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
The Festival Marketplace held its first artisan demonstrations, featuring carved gourds, filigree jewelry, and ceramics. Photo by Francisco Guerra, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
You have eight more days to experience Peru at the Folklife Festival. Come join us on the Mall!
Georgia “Ellie” Dassler is a media intern at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and a student at the College of William & Mary, where she studies anthropology and teaching English to speakers of other languages.
