Visitors returned to the National Mall today for the start of week two of the Festival. In the morning, members from the Aaniiih Nakoda College rose a tipi among the Earth Optimism × Folklife tents, accompanied by ceremonial drumming, singing, and a crowd.
We learned how to make invasive catfish rolls and pitmasters joined forces in the name of UAE BBQ at Festival Foodways. Kids tried their hands at a drawing workshop at the Next Chapter Studio while parents tasted wine with Napa Valley growers in the Marketplace. The warm evening ended with a performance by local son jarocho collective Son Cosita Seria and Smithsonian Folkways favorites Los Texmaniacs, featuring La Marisoul.
The evening concert features Sunny Jain’s Wild Wild East and REBOLU from the New Colombian Music movement at the Ralph Rinzler Stage at 6:30 p.m. See you on the dance floor!
Annabella Hoge is the 2022 Folklife Festival media intern, and Elisa Hough is the editor at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Together they are Team Top Ten.
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