Félix Chaparro Rivas of Grupo Cabrestero demonstrated the bandola during a narrative session in the Colombia program

Cimarrón, of the llanos plains region of Colombia, are masters of the joropo llanero genre.

Musician Lucky Lloyd was here for the first week of the Festival, playing lead guitar with Swamp Dogg. In this interview, he spins a delightful tale about his childhood in Detroit, a talent show, and his decision to become a musician.

This video shows Francisco in his shop in Colombia, where the curatorial team visited him last year.

African American Peace Corps volunteer Richard Campbell and Japanese American volunteer Shunpei Igushi talk about how they have experienced perceptions and generalized ideas of Americans during their service

Chirimía La Contundencia, one of Colombia's most renowned chirimía groups, presents their form of the traditional Pacifico genre to an audience eager to dance.

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.

Denise Brown, who is deaf, served as a volunteer coordinator in Santa Lucia

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.