The video above is a Zapotec weaving demonstration going on currently at the 2010 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, just one of the many awesome things you can see at this year’s festival which continues next week, July 1-5! The programs this year are: Asian Pacific Ties: Local Lives, Global Ties, Mexico, Smithsonian Inside Out, and A Tribute to Haiti. The full festival schedule is over here.

I’ve been lucky enough to have the chance to volunteer at the festival this year and have had a wonderful time! Not only did I get to see the weaving demo posted above, I also saw a wonderful bhangra show, saw some amazing Huichol beadwork by women from Wikarita, learned how to make amazing Lao food and today while eating lunch caught some awesome Mexican rock among many other fantastic things! And there’s still tomorrow and another weekend to go!!

If you’re not able to make it to DC this year, you can read about what’s happening the festival each day over at the Folklife Festival blog. There is also Flickr pool for the event, too. The photo above is from Flickr user Mr. T in DC of the Palo Volantin ceremony which is done at the festival twice daily.