Scenes from Washington's IlluminAsia Festival

Artsits Sita Sadeli (left) and “Superwaxx” stand on ladders for live mural painting. (Y. Jung/VOA)

Artist “Superwaxx” does a stylized portrait of Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami outside of the S. Dillon Ripley Center. (T. Hart/VOA)

This kolam display was at the entrance of the Enid A. Haupt Garden. The kolam is a traditional Indian art form drawn in the thresholds of home to symbolize scientific and philosophical patterns in the universe. (T. Hart/VOA)

Sunny Jain, frontman of Red Baraat, plays a dhol during the group’s performance in front of the reopened Freer and Sackler Galleries  The dhol is a double-headed drum popular throughout India. (T. Hart/VOA)

Percussionists of Red Baraat play during their performance. (T. Hart/VOA)

Guests learn how to make paper lanterns. (K. Iyer/VOA)

An artist adds to a Kolam display at the entrance of the Enid A. Haupt Garden. (S. Ali/VOA)

A house DJ plays music for the guests in the Enid A. Haupt Garden. (Y. Jung/VOA)

A fruit display in a crafts tent. (K. Iyer/VOA)

Artist and designer Cita Sadeli works on a live painting. The piece she is working on blends the styles of contemporary urban women and ornamentation found on dancers in Java, Indonesia, where Sadeli’s family is from. (T. Hart/VOA)

A girl watches ceramicist Abdul Matin Malekzadah demonstrate his craft. (Y. Jung/VOA)

Two instructors demonstrate how to make Balinese traditional decoration for participants at the Janur Workshop, hosted by Embassy of Indonesia. (Y. Jung/VOA)

A family learns how to make a janur, a Balinese traditional ornament. (Y. Jung/VOA)