Here are the top ten photos posted on Flickr from day eight of the Festival
A crowd of the faithful gathered last night at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival’s Motor City Stage, for "An Evening with Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff/Tribute to Philadelphia International Records."
Participants in the Colombia program included ritual leaders, musicians, weavers, potters, carvers, and other skilled tradition bearers from the Amazonian region on the eastern side of Colombia
The final World Stage evening concert on July 10 featured Peruvian music and dance
On El Rumbiadero Stage at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, in front of over 200 spectators and eager participants, stood Luz Aydé Moncayo Giraldo and Deyvi Johan Zúñiga Jiménez
Each year the Smithsonian Folklife Festival holds a special evening concert to honor both its co-founder Ralph Rinzler (1934-1994) and a key person with whom he collaborated.
Claudia Menendez is the international program coordinator for Trees, Water & People in Fort Collins, Colorado
Fred Wesley, legendary jazz trombonist and former band leader for James Brown, brings the funk to the Motor City Stage with his band The New JBs. This performance was recorded live at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.