Day 8: Top Ten Photos
The Folklife Festival grounds filled to the brim on this federal holiday, as thousands of tourists and D.C. residents got an intimate view of some of Peru’s cultural heritage and continued a nonstop schedule of artisan workshops and lively performances.
You can see more photos by visitors in the 2015 Folklife Festival Flickr pool, and you can add your own!
Ives Sandra Gálvez and Ana María Ccahuin are cooks and artisans with the La Chacra: Quinoa Farming group. Photo by Pruitt Allen, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Brus Rubio has been painting away every day, now working on a landscape of the Washington Monument. Photo by Pruitt Allen, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
The Fiesta de la Virgen del Carmen performance in La Juerga got everyone pumped up. Photo by Josh Weilepp, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Odette Marlid Ramos shows off the patarshka fish dish she prepared in El Fogón. Photo by Vivianne Peckham, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Four adult and two baby alpacas came from the Sugar Loaf farm in Maryland. Photo by Francisco Guerra, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
The weavers from the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco performed a second alpaca fiber blessing ceremony, beginning and ending with traditional music and dance. Photo by Pruitt Allen, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Our youngest participant took a break for a meal. Photo by Vivianne Peckham, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Members of Tutuma also took a break in their tent, a replication of the Ballumbrosio family living room. Photo by Pruitt Allen, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Eda Arroyo demonstrated to young visitors how she makes silver filigree jewelry for Marinera dancers. Photo by Vivianne Peckham, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
Germán Nilo Prado gave a talk about his masks in the Festival Marketplace, where visitors can also purchase masks to take home! Photo by Pruitt Allen, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
The Festival continues through the weekend. Don’t miss the last two days!
Elisa Hough is the editor for the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
