Photograph of a saddler from Big Bend Saddlery in Alpine, Texas, making a saddle at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat and a red and white t-shirt, he is hammering into a piece of leather to make a pattern.

Photograph of Johnny T. Neal, Jr. using twister to make horsehair rope at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, a collared shirt, and jeans, he is holding one end of the rope while a young man twists the horsehair in a machine with a manual crank.

Photograph of Steve Hartz, from Old Time String Shop in Nacogdoches, Texas, in the Fiber Designer's Display at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a blue shirt with suspenders, the curly-haired and bearded Hartz is sitting at a table with many tools as he works.

Photograph of a man cutting meat on a cutting board in the Smokehouse at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is wearing overalls and a white shirt, slicing the meat with a meat carver.

Photograph of the crochet display in the Texas Wendish Heritage Society Booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A woman behind the booth is wearing a matching bonnet and shawl over a white blouse and a long floral skirt. The table in front of her contains an assortment of crocheted items including hats, mittens, and flowers.

Photograph of Juan Martinez demonstrating how to thatch a roof at the opening ceremonies of the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat and tan plaid shirt, he is laying out plant stalks on a table. A little boy is standing on the right.

Photograph of a man holding a horseshoe as he demonstrates blacksmithing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, t-shirt, and jeans, he is standing behind an anvil, holding a hammer and a horseshoe with tongs. To the right in the middle ground, a forge full of coals is ablaze.

Photograph of four boys playing bocce at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The boy in front, holding two red balls, is preparing to toss them on the grass in front of him. They are standing in an area marked off by square hay bales.

Photograph of a life-sized doll sitting at a treadle sewing machine in the Fiber Designer's Display at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The doll, dressed as a pioneer woman, is positioned to look like she is sewing on the machine. The black sewing machine is built into a wooden table on which a white basket of yarn is sitting.

Photograph of two women standing behind the wooden shoe display in the Dutch booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are wearing dresses and aprons; the woman on the right is wearing a dutch style bonnet.

Photograph of the Lebanese Folk Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are forming a circle, facing outwards. The women are wearing long red skirts with green vests and the men are wearing white shirts, black vests, and black harem pants. All the dancers are barefoot.

Photograph of the Lijuaco Bayanihan Dance Ensemble, from Laredo, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A young male and female dancer are dancing together on top of a wooden bench. The girl is wearing a white dress with big sleeves and a shawl tied around her waist. The boy is wearing green shorts and a purple and blue plaid shirt.

Photograph of two couples dancing in front of the Cajun stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The couple on the left and in the foreground is a man with light brown hair wearing a polo shirt, and a woman with short brown hair wearing a red shirt with watermelon slices on it. On the right in the middle ground is a woman wearing a rainbow striped tank top and jeans, dancing with a man in a University of Texas hat and polo shirt.

Photograph of dancers at the Cajun stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The stage is under some trees and to the left of a canopy under which many spectators are standing. Four couples are on a gray platform, dancing in front of the stage where the band is playing.

Photograph of Jim and Mary Hebert dancing at the Cajun stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Surrounded by spectators, they are dancing on a sidewalk in front of a small stage where a band is playing. In the left foreground, a boy wearing a red t-shirt and gym shorts is looking off to the left.

Photograph of Ukrainian Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Four girls dressed in traditional clothing are holding hands and dancing around in a circle. They are wearing knee-high boots, knee-length skirts, white peasant blouses, and floral head wreaths with long colorful ribbons attached to the back. Two other dancers are standing at the back of the stage with their hands on their hips.

Photograph of Texas Czechs in Review, Moravian Beseda dancers from Dallas performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The women are wearing black and pink floral skirts, white aprons, white peasant blouses, and black fitted vests with colorful embroidery. The men are wearing black pants, white long-sleeved shirts, and long black vests that are decorated with tassels and cinched at the waist with a gold belt. They are each dancing with a partner, four couples total. The men are standing beside their female partners, holding one of their hands and placing the other on their back.

Photograph of Texas Czechs in Review, Moravian Beseda dancers from Dallas performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The women are wearing black and pink floral skirts, white aprons, white peasant blouses, and black fitted vests with colorful embroidery. The men are wearing black pants, white long-sleeved shirts, and long black vests that are decorated with tassels and cinched at the waist with a gold belt. They are each dancing with a partner, four couples total. The men have their hands on their partner's waist while the women have their hand's on their partner's shoulders.

Photograph of some female members of the Lijuaco Bayanihan Dance Ensemble, from Laredo, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are wearing white dresses with floral cloth tied around their waist and straw cowboy hats with pink ribbons tied around the band.

Photograph of the Lijuaco Bayanihan Dance Ensemble, from Laredo, Texas, performing the tinikling dance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Some dancers are on the ground, tapping bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance. The women are wearing brightly colored plaid dresses and the men are wearing white shirts and red pants with red bandannas around their necks.

Photograph of the Lijuaco Bayanihan Dance Ensemble, from Laredo, Texas, performing the tinikling dance with audience members at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Some dancers are on the ground, tapping bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers and audience members who step over and in between the poles in a dance. The stage is filled with people. The female dancers are wearing brightly colored plaid dresses and the men are wearing white shirts and red pants with red bandannas around their necks.

Photograph of Ballet Folklorico dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The women are wearing long colorful dresses which they are twirling around onstage, in front of long orange and red banners that are hanging at the back of the stage. The one male dancer is wearing a white charro suit with a sombrero.

Photograph of Pauline Mery performing a Lebanese folk dance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is wearing a copper-colored belly dancing outfit and is dancing with her hands raised in the air. She has short brown hair and is smiling.

Photograph of a Spanish flamenco dancer performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is wearing a fluffy orange and yellow skirt with a white petticoat and a black and yellow long-sleeved shirt. She is holding up her arms and playing castanets as she dances.