2011 Festival Blog - Colombia

On the last day of the Festival, July 11, musicians from Chirimía la Contundencia (Quibdó, Colombia) and the Monitors (WilsonRead More

As a participant in the Smithsonian’s Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA), I was invited to be a volunteer inRead More

Here are the top ten photos posted on Flickr from day ten of the Festival. While the 2011 Festival isRead More

Here are theof the Festival. While the 2011 Festival is now over, we hope you’ll keep  uploading those gorgeous imagesRead More

The Festival closed today at 5:30 p.m. We will continue to post recaps, videos, audio, photo galleries, and more informationRead More

Empanadas Caleñas Recipe by Jaime Otero Llanos Dough: 6 lb white hominy corn Salt Stuffing: 1/2 lb pork 1/2 lb beef 1/2Read More

Here are the top ten photos posted on Flickr from day eight of the Festival. Keep uploading those gorgeous images toRead More

Participants in the Colombia program included ritual leaders, musicians, weavers, potters, carvers, and other skilled tradition bearers from the AmazonianRead More

On El Rumbiadero Stage at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, in front of over 200 spectators and eager participants, stood LuzRead More

The Amazon rainforest covers more than one third of Colombia and contains approximately fifty-two ethnic groups, many are indigenous communities.Read More