It is a rite of passage each year in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The second weekend in July brings artisans from all over the globe together for an extravaganza of popular, of-the-people art: the
International Folk Art Market.
People come from far and wide converge on the grounds of
Santa Fe's Folk Art Museum. I love most having the unique opportunity to see artists from places I might never visit, dressed in their native costumes and gathered in one place amidst all of their artwork. Tents shelter everyone from the sun.
I ask people and they are usually delighted and honored when I take their photograph. Then I see what
Baha'u'llah meant when he said,
The earth is one country, and mankind its citizens.
