These festive occasions were L to R: A happy couple showing off their newly acquired rings – and cake; a performer during the Honolulu City Lights parade; Hula dancers (3 photos); a child intrigued by an artifact during Archeology Day at the National Museum of Natural History; technology being demonstrated to participants at Family fossil Day also at NMNH. Women wearing kimonos and holding fans at a Bon Dance in Hawai’i. That is followed by the space shuttle Discovery on the back of a 747 flying over DC on its way to the Air & Space Museum location near Dulles Airport. Flamenco Dancers. The squash soup entree of Haiti at the Embassy Chef Challenge followed by drinks at a wedding reception, and rice dishes. That is followed by a member of an Escola de Samba in the Carnaval parade in Rio de Janeiro; Bolivian dancers at the Palisades 4th of July Parade; 2 photos at the Kennedy Center of dresses designed to look like azulejo tiles. Halloween in Georgetown; and a couple enjoying the 4th of July fireworks on the National Mall.