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Thu, 30 Jun 2022 23:00:00 GMT
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<p>Visitors returned to the National Mall today for the start of week two of the Festival. In the morning, members from the Aaniiih Nakoda College rose a tipi among the Earth Optimism × Folklife tents, accompanied by ceremonial drumming, singing, and a crowd. </p><p>We learned how to make invasive catfish rolls and pitmasters joined forces in the name of UAE BBQ at Festival Foodways. Kids tried their hands at a drawing workshop at the Next Chapter Studio while parents tasted wine with Napa Valley growers in the Marketplace. The warm evening ended with a performance by local <em>son jarocho </em>collective Son Cosita Seria and Smithsonian Folkways favorites Los Texmaniacs, featuring La Marisoul. </p><figure> <img src="/images/blog/_SPP7440.jpg" alt="Several people, many in matching red shirts, form a circle around a white tipi outdoors." /> <figcaption><div class="figcaption-inner">The morning on the Mall started with a tipi-raising ceremony with newcomers for the second week of the Earth Optimism × Folklife program from Aaniiih Nakoda College in Montana. <div class="credit"> Photo by Sonya Pencheva, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives </div> </div></figcaption></figure><figure> <img src="/images/blog/_RL_0034.jpg" alt="A man holds a large, brown bird in a raptor glove for protection. The bird and the man are looking to the left, while the man gesticulates." /> <figcaption> <div class="figcaption-inner"> Another new arrival this week: the electric Ford 150 Lightning, which supplies Festival Foodways with greens from its “frunk,” or front trunk. <div class="credit"> Photo by Phillip Lee, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives </div> </div></figcaption></figure><figure> <img src="/images/blog/_RL_0005.jpg" alt="People sit outdoors, watching a video screen." /> <figcaption> <div class="figcaption-inner"> Visitors showed up early for short films from the United Arab Emirates in the Pocket Cinema and Folklife Studio. <div class="credit"> Photo by Phillip Lee, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives </div> </div></figcaption></figure><figure> <img src="/images/blog/_SPP2794.jpg" alt="A man in white shirt and headdress tosses a bunch of brown coffee beans into the air from a tan woven mat." /> <figcaption> <div class="figcaption-inner">Need a pick-me-up? Emirati participants are preparing traditional coffee every hour that visitors can sample.<div class="credit"> Photo by Sonya Pencheva, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives </div> </div></figcaption></figure><figure> <img src="/images/blog/JRW04199.jpg" alt="A man sits on the ground, hitting a rectangular piece of bark with a wooden mallet." /> <figcaption> <div class="figcaption-inner"> Artisans from Uganda arrived this week to demonstrate the process of making bark cloth as a sustainable resource. <div class="credit"> Photo by Josh Weilepp, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives </div> </div></figcaption></figure><figure> <img src="/images/blog/Byrne_6300326.jpg" alt="Two women wearing tan sun hats and novelty glasses, one with white flowers as lenses and the other as pineapples, hold up a sign that reads: I will choose and use native plants." /> <figcaption> <div class="figcaption-inner"> Visitors declared their commitments to a more sustainable future. <div class="credit"> Photo by Julie Byrne, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives </div> </div></figcaption></figure><figure> <img src="/images/blog/_RL_0460.jpg" alt="A man kneels outdoors, holding a child on one knee, next to a record player." /> <figcaption> <div class="figcaption-inner"> Mohamed Al Jneibi has offered daily guided listening sessions of classic and modern Arab music. <div class="credit"> Photo by Phillip Lee, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives </div> </div></figcaption></figure><figure> <img src="/images/blog/_RL_0796.jpg" alt="Four people sit on stage, laughing." /> <figcaption> <div class="figcaption-inner"> Multinational, multilingual poets with Rooftop Rhythms in the United Arab Emirates shared beautiful verses, insights to their creative processes, and many laughs. <div class="credit"> Photo by Phillip Lee, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives </div> </div></figcaption></figure><figure> <img src="/images/blog/JBW_0074.jpg" alt="Six people seated on an outdoor stage, including an ASL interpreter, plus two people on screen via Zoom." /> <figcaption> <div class="figcaption-inner"> MacArthur Fellow Kate Orff and CNN climate correspondent Bill Weir got beamed in for a conversation about the role of oysters in coastal restoration. <div class="credit"> Photo by JB Weilepp, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives </div> </div></figcaption></figure><figure> <img src="/images/blog/_SPP3721.jpg" alt="Three people performing on stage: a man with a cowboy hat and a 12-string guitar-type instrument, a woman singing in pink polka dot dress, and a man singing and playing an Hohner accordion." /> <figcaption> <div class="figcaption-inner"> <em>Bajo sexto</em> player Max Baca, singer La Marisoul, and accordion player Josh Baca as Los Texmaniacs brought the best of Texas to the National Mall. <div class="credit"> Photo by Sonya Pencheva, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives </div> </div></figcaption></figure><p>Join us Friday for a slew of exciting activities before the weekend! Start your day at Festival Foodways to watch the <a href="/schedule?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D160242466">mothers of UAE participants</a> showcase traditional Emirati dishes. Drop in at Earth Optimism Stories and sing along to <a href="/schedule?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D159962055">conservation songs from Belize</a>. Learn words and phrases from a <a href="/schedule?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D159951691">Northern Plains tribal language</a> and how to make bison meatballs with <a href="/schedule?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D160172629">Native cooking</a> at Festival Foodways. Visit Folklife Studio to join conversations about <a href="/schedule?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D159951110">tech breakthroughs</a> for monitoring animals and ecosystems, <a href="/schedule?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D159951109">food equity and access</a>, and the <a href="/schedule?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D160171464">emerging creative world of the UAE</a>. </p><p> The evening concert features <a href="/schedule?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D159951031">Sunny Jain’s Wild Wild East and REBOLU</a> from the New Colombian Music movement at the Ralph Rinzler Stage at 6:30 p.m. See you on the dance floor!</p><p class="top-40"><em>Annabella Hoge is the 2022 Folklife Festival media intern, and Elisa Hough is the editor at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Together they are Team Top Ten.</em></p>
