Bhutan:

Chipdrel and marchang ceremony at the Bhutanese Buddhist lhakhang (temple)

Watch the Prince of Bhutan's speech.

Tshering Tempa presents his friend Yeshi Wanchuk, who is singing a religious hymn.

Kheng Sonam Dorji plays a song under the trees of the National Mall.

Yak herder Tshering demonstrates some of his herding techniques to Festival visitors.

Watch a performance by Bhutan Royal Academy of Performing Arts musicians and dancers.

Archery, the national sport of Bhutan.

Highlights from the 2008 Bhutan Program.

Texas:

Guy Clark and longtime friend Verlon Thompson play under the trees of the National Mall.

Meet the Jones Family Singers from Markham, Texas.

Three Texan accordionists jam at the Festival.

CJ Chenier performs at the Festival.

Western swing fiddles and mariachi violins meet up on the Texas Talk Stage.

 

Marcia Ball performs "Louella"

Meet the Quebe sisters, 3 Western swing fiddlers.

Meet Tom Nall, cowboy cook extraordinaire.

The Quebe Sisters perform "Shame on You."

 

Tutu Jones and the Soul Crew perform "Have You Ever Loved a Woman?"

Los Texmaniacs perform "All About Avocados."

The Gilette Brothers perform a traditional song with the banjo and bones.

NASA:

Meet Peter Homer, inventor of the new and improved space suit glove.

Meet Bill Saturno, NASA archaeologist, who uses satellites to discover future excavation sites.

Meet Michele Perchonok, a food scientist from NASA's Food Lab.

Issa Nesnas from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory demonstrates the latest Axel rover.

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