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The 1998 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Sights and Sounds of

Río Grande/Río Bravo Basin
Activities 2
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Río Grande/Río Bravo Basin		  

horsehair braiding
Clemente Zamarripa shows a Festival participant from Latvia how horsehair braiding is done.
Photo by Jeff Tinsley

horsehair hatbands
Clemente Zamarripa creates different designs in his horsehair hatbands.
Photo by Jeff Tinsley

making belts
Marta Cruz Moreno, a Rarámuri basket weaver and seamstress, makes belts out of yarn with the help of her husband, José Guadalupe Alejandro Bautista.
Photo by Lee Bickerstaff

yarn spinning
Participant Maria Elena Russom, of Tierra Wools in New Mexico, spins wool yarn.
Photo by John Loggins