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Crafts
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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
This video shows Francisco in his shop in Colombia, where the curatorial team visited him last year.
Sitting in front of a metal basin, Yaneth Tanimuka, deftly mixes a bluish, clay sediment from the Miriti River in the Acima region of the Amazon with ashes and water.
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The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is thrilled to be collaborating with the Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
The Vincente Sosa family are weavers who operate a workshop above their home in Teotitlan del Valle. Together they create rugs influenced by both traditional and modern designs.
Amalia Salas is a well-respected healer and craftswoman in her community of Xochimilco, Mexico.
Restoration stonemason, Selwyn Jones, describes the nature of his craft and shares his experiences at the Festival.
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