Over the last few years myself and the girls or myself and Laura have always visited the Smithsonian Folklife Festival which is held over a couple of weekends around July 4th. Every year they have different people representing different cultures or groups ad this year was a great combination. Internationally, Colombia was represented which of course brought some wonderful music, food and arts; as well the Peace Corps, who are celebrating their 50th anniversary, who brought with them winemaking from Georgia, weaving from Northern Kenya and many other elements of what they see every day. In between these two national environments was a celebration of rhythm and blues including some wonderful smells of North Carolina barbecue and some fantastic music.
Myself and Sam and Kris spent Sunday afternoon wandering through the event. We saw some great demonstrations, including a guy wood carving with a machete. We also enjoyed some really fresh watermelon - which was delicious and greatly needed to make the heat of a July afternoon in DC.
We all had fun - saw some interesting things and I know we will be back to the festival next year.
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