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Through exquisite musicianship and challenging arrangements, the Colombian group Cimarrón pushes the frontiers of traditional música llanera, the music of the Orinoco plains.
Two R&B singers featured at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Kim Weston and Shirley Jones, sat down yesterday to share stories about their lives in the music business
Colombia plains ensemble Cimarrón perform "El Guate" (The Foreigner).
The Smithsonian Folklife Festival attracts many talented photographers every year. For the first time, we are choosing our favorite photos taken by our visitors, and featuring these images daily on the Folklife Festival homepage
Visitors, volunteers, and staff who make the Smithsonian Folklife Festival an annual event in their lives often collect Festival T-shirts. Here are photos of T-shirts from the past.
This installment of Festival Audio features a live performance by the legendary Funk Brothers
Join us for a special children’s music concert on Saturday, July 9th at 5:30 p.m. on the World Stage in the Peace Corps Festival program area on the National Mall!
Recipe by Gladys Sala Petey (Damongo, Ghana)
Join us at the Folklife Festival for some joropo music and dance from Colombia!
The artists performed and demonstrated for enthusiastic audiences on this third day of the Festival. Here is a selection of images from our photographers
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