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The first week of the Festival was great! We have had two days off to catch our breath, and we are preparing to jump into week two.
Sitting in front of a metal basin, Yaneth Tanimuka, deftly mixes a bluish, clay sediment from the Miriti River in the Acima region of the Amazon with ashes and water.
The Smithsonian Institution Archives, the record keeper of the history of the Smithsonian, features a blog today in THE BIGGER PICTURE,
Recipe by María Yolanda Franco García
Here are the top ten photos posted on Flickr from day three of the Festival.
Here are the top ten photos posted on Flickr from day four of the Festival
Here are the top ten photos posted on Flickr from day two of the Festival.
Earl Yates, former country director for Peace Corps/South Africa, discusses how he and his volunteers operated in this new Peace Corps country just two years after it had emerged from apartheid.
The recipe included is from Mele Vaikeli of Nuku'alofa, Tonga.
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