Slide of people operating an African American soul food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are three people behind a counter that has various warming trays filled with food. There is a woman in front waiting for her food to be served.

Slide of Cameron German Folk Dancers performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The dancers are all in traditional folk German clothes and divided into two groups as part of their choreography. Both groups have joined hands with their group members and are dancing.

Slide of Hermann Sons Polkateers dancing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festivals. The dancers are female, in a line elbow to elbow and are all in costume. As part of their dance, they all have their hands on their hips and have their left knees lifted with their left feet kicked out.

Slide of people spectating a man participating in the Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest as sponsored by Lulling Watermelon Thump at the Texas Folklife Festival. The man is standing on the grass behind a plastic tarp on the ground and spitting watermelon seeds over it.

Slide of the Walker-Ford Singers of San Antonio, Texas performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. There is a female soloist standing at a microphone in the foreground in front of the rest of the choir (women in the front and men in the back). The director is Oscar Ford who is not in the image.

Slide of a man performing Scottish caber throwing, which is a Scottish athletic event that is achieved through accuracy and precision, at the Texas Folklife Festival. The man is in the center of the image dressed in a kilt. His knees are slightly bent and his hands are cradling a tall, wooden pole, known as a caber, that has about the same diameter as his head and about twice or so his height. Numerous people are gathered behind him, watching him lift the caber.

Slide of a man performing Scottish caber throwing, which is a Scottish athletic event that is achieved through accuracy and precision, at the Texas Folklife Festival. The man is in the center of the image dressed in a kilt. He has just thrown a tall, wooden pole, known as a caber, that has about the same diameter as his head and about twice or so his height. One end of the caber has touched the ground while the rest is still in the air. Numerous spectators gathered to watch the sport.

Slide of A.A. Leonov dancing with female Lebanese dancers on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are many spectators in the background. The Lebanese dancers are dressed in sparkling traditional garbs. There are also other men dancing with the Lebanese dancers.

Slide of the Alabama Coushatta tribe and the Tigua tribe playing against one another in a game of stickball at the Texas Folklife Festival. The men from both tribes are equipped with a stick that has a stiff loop at one end and is about the same height as a man's knee. The men are gather to fight over the ball with their sticks. Some men aren't wearing any shoes and some are wearing cloths tied around their heads.

Slide of the Alabama Coushatta tribe and the Tigua tribe playing against one another in a game of stickball at the Texas Folklife Festival. The men from both tribes are equipped with a stick that has a stiff loop at one end and is about the same height as a man's knee. The men gather around the ball and use their sticks to reach for it. Some men aren't wearing any shoes and some are wearing cloths tied around their heads.

Slide of the Alabama Coushatta tribe and the Tigua tribe playing against one another in a game of stickball at the Texas Folklife Festival. The men from both tribes are equipped with a stick that has a stiff loop at one end and is about the same height as a man's knee. Some men are fighting over the ball with their sticks while a others hang back from the crowd. Some men aren't wearing any shoes and some are wearing cloths tied around their heads.

Slide of the Alabama Coushatta tribe and the Tigua tribe playing against one another in a game of stickball at the Texas Folklife Festival. The men from both tribes are equipped with a stick that has a stiff loop at one end. A number of men have huddled over the ball and are using their sticks to reach and take the ball. In the background, there are many spectators taking pictures and observing the tradition.

Slide of the Alabama Coushatta tribe and the Tigua tribe playing against one another in a game of stickball at the Texas Folklife Festival. The men from both tribes are equipped with a stick that has a stiff loop at one end. The men have their sticks in the air and some are jumping. In the background, there are many spectators taking pictures and observing the tradition.

Slide of the Alabama Coushatta tribe and the Tigua tribe playing against one another in a game of stickball at the Texas Folklife Festival. The men from both tribes are equipped with a stick that has a stiff loop at one end. The men are extending out their sticks to reach for the ball or blocking attempts to get the ball with their legs.

Slide of the Woodrome Family Singers and Gospel Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are four people each singing into their own microphone while pianist and other instrumentalists sit in the background playing the music.

Slide of the Shamrock Steppers dancing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are three dancers, two girls and one boy all of adolescent age, with their hands joined together. The girls are wearing dresses with shamrocks on them and the boy is wearing a short sleeve, white button down shirt and dark trousers.

Slide of the Austin Polish Folk Dancers performing on the Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are five male-female dance partners all in a circle and the women are about an arm's length in front of the men. Each man has their hands on their female partner's shoulders and peer over her right shoulder. In reply, the women turn slightly and look and their male partner over the same shoulder. All the dancers are dressed in Polish folk clothes.

Slide of Irish and Scottish bagpipers perform onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The bagpipers are in a grid-like formation, each with a bagpipe under their left arm. Some of the bagpipers are dressed in studded hates and plaid kilts, but they all wear socks just shy of their knees and dark shoes.

Slide of children playing with a few see-saws in the Toyland and Barnyard section of the Texas Folklife Festival. There are four children playing, one on each end of two different see-saws. The see-saws are made of wood logs.

Slide of tool use instructions given by John H. Corner in the Grandpa's Tool Shed section of the Texas Folklife Festival. Behind a wooden counter cluttered with wood shavings, planks of wood and tools, Corner holds a tool in his hand and demonstrates how it is used to two people on the other side of the counter. In the background, there are other tents displaying their own attractions.

Slide of a spinning wheel being used by a member of the Austin Weavers Co-op at the Texas Folklife Festival. The woman sitting in a chair and interacting with a spinning wheel that has woven fibers threaded through its system.

Slide of a member of the Austin Weavers Co-op at the Texas Folklife Festival using a hand card to brush debris out of fibers (such as goat fleece) in preparation of spinning yarn. In the background, another woman is spinning yarn on a spinning wheel.

Slide of Jack F. "Spot" Baird lecturing to a crowd of people outside of Gilmer Yamboree booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is holding a long, spiky object as he addresses people of various ages and backgrounds.

Slide of people operating a Greek food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The booth was sponsored by the Greek Funstival by the St. Sophia's Greek Orthodox Church in San Antonio. There are seven people behind the counter and operating the booth. The booth serves Greek dishes such as homemade bread and baklava.