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Txatxu Pataxo, left, of the Pataxo people of Bahia, Brazil, shows Eva Quiroz, 16, of Takoma Park, Md., how to draw a pattern traditional used in body painting, during the opening day of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, on the National Mall in Washington. This year's festival theme is "Indigenous Voices of the Americas" and will run through July 1. "There was really no language barrier," says Quiroz, "because it's art and that's universal." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)