On the last day of the Festival, July 11, musicians from Chirimía la Contundencia (Quibdó, Colombia) and the Monitors (Wilson County, North Carolina) combined their distinct sounds during a wind instrument "cross program" jam on the Motor City Stage.
In her work with the Peace Corps, Frances Parsons has worked to promote communications for deaf people in communities around the world.
You have been to the Festival and checked out the information we've posted about the programs.
Congressman John Garamendi and his wife were both Peace Corps volunteers in the late 1960s
As a participant in the Smithsonian’s Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA), I was invited to be a volunteer in the Folklife Festival
Here are the top ten photos posted on Flickr from day ten of the Festival.
While the 2011 Festival is now over, we hope you'll keep uploading those gorgeous images to our Festival Flickr site
As Rahama Wright embarked on a two year Peace Corps assignment in Mali, she had every intention of seizing the opportunity to empower and transform the lives of countless women
Before my volunteer experience at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, I had reservations regarding the effectiveness of the event
Bògòlanfini is a textile traditionally made by Bamana people in Mali, on cloth woven by men, painted by women and worn during times of transition