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2011 Festival
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On Saturday, July 2, two music ensembles from Colombia played to a packed house. Chirimía la Contundencia is from Quibdó in Colombia's Pacific Tropical Rainforest region.
Swamp Dogg performs one more time at the Festival on Monday, July 4, at 1 p.m. on the Soulsville Stage
One of this Festival's musical highlights is the Central American ensemble Garifuna Collective featuring Umalali
This dish comes from the Caribbean region, but it is popular throughout the country.
Highlights from the opening ceremony for the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. In 2011, the Festival featured three programs: Columbia: The Nature of Culure, The Peace Corps, and Rhythm and Blues: Tell it Like it is.
The musical group Don Abundio y sus Traviesos comes from the town of Mompox, Colombia.
This footage of joropo dance was shot by the Colombia curatorial team when they were documenting the cowboy traditions of the Orinoco Plains.
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
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