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Today’s Ten: Photos from 7/7

by Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Smooth & EZ Hand Dance Institute, photo by Samantha Hawkins

Week 2 of the Festival! Photographs from Thursday, July 7, 2011

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Ana Dolores Russi Suárez weaves at her loom in the Andean Highlands section of the Colombia program. Photo by JB Weilepp/Smithsonian Institution

Félix Chaparro Rivas of Grupo Cabrestero relaxes between performances and demonstrations in the Southeastern Plains section of the Colombia program. Photo by Nora Simon/Smithsonian Institution

Colombia program presenter Olga Costa helps with a demonstration about hat weaving. Photo by Nora Simon

Fernán de Jesús Rojo Meneses and Elkin de Jesús Meneses Rojo of Aires del Campo (Coffee region) congregate with other Colombia program artists, including members of Grupo Cabrestero (Southeastern Plains) and salsa dancer Deivy Johan Zúñiga Jiménez (Cali). Photo by Robert Friedman/Smithsonian Institution

Guillermo Bautista Espitia demonstrates Ráquira ceramics in the Andean Highlands section of the Colombia program. Photo by Robert Friedman

Shietu Braimah of Damongo, Ghana, demonstrates the process of making shea butter. Photo by Kathryn Mitchell/Smithsonian Institution

The Dixie Cups perform from the Soulsville Stage. Photo by Samantha Hawkins/Smithsonian Institution

Dick Knight, trumpet player with the Monitors, plays from the Soulsville Stage. Photo by Samantha Hawkins/Smithsonian Institution

Smooth and EZ Hand Dance Institute perform on the Motor City Stage. Photo by Samantha Hawkins/Smithsonian Institution

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