Photograph of children playing with flour around a small gristmill at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The children kneel in front of the gristmill leaning in towards the buckets as the gristmill produces flour. A man sits on a box behind the gristmill, collecting flour. Behind the gristmill, picnic tables covered with red and white plaid tablecloths are arranged in rows.

Photograph of the a volunteer teaching silk screening at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The volunteer stands behind a small table wearing an apron covered with ink. A woman and a man examine the prints created from the silk-screening process.

Photograph of members of the Texas Cajun Club weaving fishing nets at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two men wearing red shirts, hats, and vests hold long white tools used to weave the intricate nets.

Photograph of two children competing in a sack race at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A boy wearing a blue sweater, white pants, and a white hat, jumps forward to the left of the photograph. A boy wearing a black jacket and hat jumps forward in his sack, to the right of the camera. Children and adults watch from the sidelines the boys compete in the race.

Photograph of children competing in sack races at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Three children are jumping toward the finish line in an open, grassy area while a crowd of children and adults watch the race.

Photograph of the Cadence Cloggers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A woman and a man hold hands as they form a line from which the other dancers stand behind. The woman wears a red dress underneath a blue and white apron. Her black shoes are tied with blue ribbon. Her partner wears a red shirt tucked into denim jeans with a blue tie around his neck, and black shoes.

Photograph of the Chilean Folkloric Group of Houston performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The photograph consists of four rows of men holding hands with women dressed in traditional Hispanic clothing.

Photograph of the Houston Balalaika Society performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The members of the band wear historical dress as they play stringed instruments for festival participants.

Photograph of the Houston Balalaika Society at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The members of the band are seated in three rows, performing on a stage in front of a conductor.

Photograph of the United Fiddlers Association performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The all-male band consists of guitar, banjo, and fiddle players standing on a stage, playing their musical instruments into microphones.

Photograph of members of the United Fiddlers Association performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The five men are standing in front of a pile of hay bales, playing the fiddle and the guitar. The men all wear tan cowboy hats and collared shirts tucked into jeans.

Photograph of the Texas Wild Flower Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The band consists of two women seated on a stage, playing musical instruments and singing into microphones. Both women wear denim skirts and shirt-sleeved, colorful shirts.

Photograph of the Texas Cajun Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man wearing a red shirt tucked into a pair of denim jeans wraps his arms around a woman singing into a microphone, wearing a pink shirt and shorts.

Photograph of the Texas Cajun Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man wearing a plaid shirt and grey slacks plays an accordion on a stage in front of a man playing the drums. A small lake and grouping of trees is visible in the background.

Photograph of the Texas Cajun Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a blue plaid shirt and a white hat with a blue and red stripe, Jussie Stutes plays the pedal steel guitar. Two members of the band guitars behind him.

Photograph of Johny and Agnes Neal, from Pearsall, texas, demonstrating rope spinning at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Both Johny and Agnes pull the thin rope around their fingers from an unknown source. Johny wears a cowboy hat with a striped band and a white long-sleeve shirt tucked into a pair of denim jeans, secured with a brown leather belt. Agnes wears a blue shirt with ruffled pink and grey sleeves, tucked into white shorts.

Photograph of the Ukrainian Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two women stand in front of a long line of fellow dancers, performing together as the audience watches. The dancers wear white, long sleeve shirts under white vests decorated with orange and black trim. The women wear orange and white skirts with their vests, while the men wear white pants and a black belt with gold fringe.

Photograph of the Boerne Village Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The band consists of three rows of men and women sitting in folding chairs, playing musical instruments on a stage covered by a blue canopy.

Photograph of the Fifth Army Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A member of the band is standing on a stage, singing into a microphone. Members of the band playing musical instruments sit behind the main singer.

Photograph of Guich Kooch at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Guich, a storyteller performing at the Festival, sits in a wooden rocking chair as he holds a microphone to his mouth, wearing a tan cowboy hat, a white shirt, and denim jeans.

Photograph of John Henry Faulk at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. John, a storyteller, sits on a wooden bench, holding a microphone as he tells a story to an audience. John wears a tan cowboy, white shirt, and tan pants.

Photograph of the Texas Cajun Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Audience members dance in front of a small stage where a man wearing a red shirt tucked into a leather belt and jeans, sings into a microphone. A man to his left plays the violin, while a man to his right plays the guitar.

Photograph of the Texas Cajun Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Mary Herbert stands to the left of Jim Herbert as they dance together in front of the Texas Cajun Band.

Photograph of the Czech Folk Dancers of West performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A woman with her arm raised above her head holds hands with a man as she twirls in a circle in front of him. Two lines of dancers form a tunnel that the dancers walk through as they perform on a stage in front of a large crowd.