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
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!