Posts tagged Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Life is calling. How far will you go?
This marks the end of a long two weeks at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in DC. These Moroccan weavers pose in front of the rugs they just finished weaving and cut off the looms. Today Khadija, Fatima, and Peace Corps Volunteer Anna fly back to Morocco. Until soon, inchallah!
Safe travel to all the participants who came so far to share their cultures with us at the 2011 Smithsonian Folkife Festival! It was an honor to work with all of them over the last two weeks.
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Along with the presidents of both the local Bluefields Organic Farmers Group and the national Jamaica Organic Agriculture Movement, Peace Corps Volunteer Patrick Marti is promoting organic agriculture in Jamaica during the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
A young attendee learns about where Peace Corps Volunteers serve at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
A finished section of the Bottle School demonstration at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
During the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, deaf Returned Peace Corps Volunteers share about their experiences abroad.
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A different view of the Folklife Festival from atop the Washington Monument
(Our videographer Lee had the opportunity to visit the Monument with one of the Festival participants from Georgia)
One of the best parts of the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival so far has been observing the experiences of young attendees. How many future Volunteers do you think we’ve seen?
Here are a few highlights from the first 6 days.
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Returned Peace Corps Volunteers add signs showing the distance to the capital of the countries where they served during the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Check out these great highlights from the first week of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival!
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