Everyone We Saw at Festival of Nations in St. Louis' Tower Grove Park

Festival of Nations brought the world to Tower Grove Park this weekend — and St. Louis showed up to see it.

The annual event is one of the highlights of the late-summer season in St. Louis.  Booths offer food for purchase from countries that range from Brazil to Bosnia to Bhutan. Performers show off songs and dances from their homelands. A market offers crafts from around the world — and it's all to benefit the International Institute of St. Louis' refugee resettlement program.

Saturday's unexpected rain got things off to a slow start, but the festival more than made up for lost time. As the heat gripping the region finally broke, thousands upon thousands of St. Louisans turned out Saturday afternoon and throughout the day Sunday to eat, play, observe and celebrate the area's international community.

The RFT's Braden McMakin was there to capture the highlights.