Visit #1 to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Mongolian wrestling, Chinese opera, Indian puppet show. Calligraphy and two camels. One old man tottering over, saying "Do they have any snakes? Big snakes? That's my favorite part!"

Visit #2: Music featuring a solo by the Indian Michael Jackson (the young Michael). Beadmaking, ceramics, weaving. Juggling. Inside the Sackler, The Adventures of Hamza and Sacred Sites: Silk Road Photographs by Kenro Izu. Painted truck and rickshaws: