Day 6: Top Ten Photos
After a two-day break and a relentless overnight thunderstorm, the Folklife Festival returned to the National Mall. Thanks to the efforts of our Smithsonian colleagues and the National Park Service staff, the Festival site was able to open, despite damage to the Ralph Rinzler Concert Stage, for another day of bridge building, weaving, cooking, and more.
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Women from the communities of Quehue prepared kancacho, an spicy Andean dish with baked lamb and potatoes. Photo by Francisco Guerra, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Q’eswachaka bridge builders took a break from their rope-stretching to join a game of Frisbee. Photo by Francisco Guerra, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Alejandrina Huillca Puma pounded ichu grass with a rock to soften it and prepare it to be woven into rope for the Q’eswachaka Bridge. Photo by Francisco Guerra, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Ángel Piminchumo, a fisherman from Huanchaco, demonstrated how he creates miniature models of totora reed fishing boats in the Festival Marketplace. Photo by Kadi Levo, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
The bridge builders performed a second offering, asking for continued success in the building of the Q’eswachaka Bridge. Photo by Josh Weilepp, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
The weavers from the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco use natural plant dyes to color their hand-spun wool. Photo by Kadi Levo, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Wachiperi women prepared dyes to decorate their traditional bark clothing. Photo by Josh Weilepp, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Eda Arroyo Peche completed a pair of silver filigree earrings. Photo by Kadi Levo, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Women from the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco prepared chiri uchu, an elaborate cold dish of cuy, vegetables, and cheese served at the feast of Corpus Christi. Photo by Kadi Levo, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Damien Huaman of the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco demonstrated weaving techniques on a backstrap loom. Photo by Josh Weilepp, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Join us on the Mall tomorrow when our evening concert series resumes with Latin Grammy winner Susana Baca.
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.
