Photograph of visitors sitting on a hill overlooking the festival booths at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The festival booths are lit up in the evening night, and the Institute of Texas Cultures is visible in the background.

Photograph of the San Antonio Muzzle Loading Association and the Alamo City Highlanders performing a demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The two groups are walking across the hillside outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures. The Alamo City Highlanders are wearing white shirts tucked into red plaid kilts.

Photograph of a dance performance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancers are members of Fiesta Folklorico de Helotes Spanish group. They wear white halter tops, long black skirts and rose barrettes in their hair. Each girl holds an organza scarf in her hands, twirling it around for a large crowd of festival participants.

Photograph of a woman serving Inihaw at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Inihaw, is a Filipino recipe of barbecue chicken. The woman wears a white blouse with blue floral embroidery, a pearl necklace, and a plaid skirt as she passes a piece of inihaw to a festival participant.

Photograph of a Filipino tinikling demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two performers kneel at opposite ends of each other, moving poles together and apart as dancers jump between them.

Photograph of flamenco dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancers wear white halter tops and black skirts with floral ruffled embroidery along the seam. The dancers perform on a raised stage in front of other dancers wearing colorful dresses.

Photograph of members of Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio dancing Flamenco at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancers wear white halter tops and black skirts with floral ruffled embroidery along the seam. The dancers perform on a raised stage in front of other dancers wearing colorful dresses. In foreground are (left to right) Joyce Rodriguez and Cindy Ramos. In back are (left to right)Cathy Gonzalez, Edna Perez, and Josie Champion.

Photograph of Teresa Champion performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Teresa, a member of Los Flamencos de San Antonio, wears a floor-length floral dress with many layers of tulle ruffles. She raises both of her hands above her head, performing in front of a large audience.

Photograph of Teresa Champion performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Teresa, a member of Los Flamencos de San Antonio, wears a floor-length floral dress with many layers of tulle ruffles. She raises both of her hands above her head, performing in front of a large audience.

Photograph of Teresa Champion performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Teresa, a member of Los Flamencos de San Antonio, wears a floor-length floral dress with many layers of tulle ruffles as she twirls around the stage.

Photograph of members of Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio dancing Flamenco at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancers wear white halter tops and black skirts with floral ruffled embroidery along the seam. The dancers perform on a raised stage in front of other dancers wearing colorful dresses.

Photograph of the Fiesta Folklorico de Helotes Spanish Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The female dancers wear white halter tops with long black skirts trimmed in floral fabric, with roses in their hair and long earrings. The men wear white shirts under black vests with dark pants and scarves around their neck. A band plays behind the dancers for the festival participants.

Photograph of the dance group Los Flamencos de San Antonio performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The female dancer wears a long sleeve shirt with a floor-length dress made of floral fabric. Her male partner wears a shirt with matching floral fabric and dark pants. The couple performs for a crowd of festival participants on a wood planked stage.

Photograph of a child bouncing on a metal drum in Frontier Playland at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The drum is covered with a horse saddle. Four metal coils are attached to the four corners of the drum, making the drum bounce up and down as the child holds onto the saddle.

Photograph of Frontier Playland Park at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, children are playing on a large, upturned tree trunk. Towards the rear of the trunk, a woman is helping a baby balance on it. A fence mounted with many picture frames is visible in the background.

Photograph of children painting in Frontier Playland at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A young girl wearing a white dress, leans over a paint speckled table, painting a picture. A boy wearing a short-sleeved shirt and white shorts paints a picture to his right. Behind them, a woman looks at a fence covered in paintings previously made by festival participants.

Photograph of Frontier Playland Park at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, four boys wearing cowboy hats crowd around a covered wagon. A metal fence behind the wagon is decorated with streamers and flags.

Photograph of Frontier Playland Park at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a blindfolded child is pushing a wheelbarrow with the help of an adult. Two boys watch the girl with the wheelbarrow as festival participants watch.

Photograph of a German musician performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. He wears a denim shirt with flowers embroidered across the chest, dark pants, and a black hat. Festival participants watch the celebration from two sides of the raised stage.

Photograph of a woman preparing German sausage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman, wearing a pink floral dress with white lace trim wraps a piece of sausage in a paper towel. She stands in front of a table covered with a vinyl tablecloth and a pressure cooker.

Photograph of the Wurstfest Opa Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The traditionally German band performs on a stage in front of festival participants, playing the trombone, tuba, and saxophone, and accordion.

Photograph of Hondo Crouch speaking with Gilmer Yamboree representatives at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Hondo, second from the left, wears a cream cowboy hat with a denim shirt and khaki pants. The woman to his left wears a red blouse and white pants with large cream sunglasses. Two men stand to Hondo's left, wearing denim overalls with different hats.

Photograph of Joe Pyle from Odessa, Texas, demonstrating glass crafting at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Joe wears a red shirt and jeans as he holds an intricate piece of glass in his hands, directing it around a mounted blowtorch, stretching and forming the design.

Photograph of the opening ceremony at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Governor Dolph Briscoe is speaking to a large audience outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures, wearing a navy suit and a striped tie.