Photograph of an Alabama-Coushatta Indian dancer performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancer wears a large feathered headdress with a beaded headband, tasseled shirt, and beaded belt. He holds painted sticks with beaded tassels attached to the ends as he dances for festival participants.

Photograph of Joseph Kaspar, a Czech accordionist, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Joseph sits on a grey stage in front of a red and orange backdrop. He wears a green hat with a white shirt, blue pants, and black shoes. He plays a red and yellow accordion and sings for festival participants.

Photograph of an Joseph Kaspar performing at the 19th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The accordionist is seated as he plays. He wears a white dress shirt, glasses, blue trousers, and a black hat with ribbon detailing.

Photograph of Peter Payne demonstrating how to use a pottery wheel at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Peter, a master potter, wears a red collared shirt and a full-length apron as he forms a large pot with his hands. Festival participants stand around the pottery wheel watching Peter work.

Photograph of a Middle Eastern Dancer performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancer wears a blue top and skirt embroidered with blue and gold sequins. She also wears a blue scarf, headband, anklet, and gold necklaces and rings, while performing barefoot on a grey concrete floor.

Photograph of a man serving sausage on a stick at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He wears a black hat with red suspenders, a white shirt, and khaki pants as he hands a customer a sausage on a stick.

Photograph of a child cooking a cornmeal hoecake at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The girl wears a white shirt painted with watermelon slices and denim shorts. She holds the hoe over an area of hot coals as the cake cooks. The event was sponsored by the Cisco Civic League Booth.

Photograph of pottery school at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a child is using a putty knife to spread clay across a wooden surface. Another child stands to his right, sharing the same block of wood. Several adults stand behind the children watching them learn.

Photograph of a woman serving pork ribs at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman wears a red apron over a white shirt and a blue skirt. She flips the ribs with a pair of metal tongs as other Wurstfest Association volunteers prepare various foods behind her.

Photograph of Mexican folk dancers performing at the 19th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, two dancers face one another. The female dancer, left, lifts up her skirt as she moves. She wears a red dress with multicolored ribbon and lace detailing. Ribbons are affixed to her hair. The male dancer, right, wears a white dress shirt, red bow tie, black and white shawl with fringe, black sombrero, and black pants with white detailing.

Photograph of Kevin Fitzpatrick demonstrating trick roping at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Kevin stands on a raised platform wearing a black cowboy hat, white shirt, jeans, a leather belt with a large gold belt buckle, and black boots. He steps inside an enclosure of rope he swirls around his feet while festival participants watch.

Photograph of Mexican Folk Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a woman wears an elaborate red dress and large flowers in her hair. She dances with a male partner, who wears historical Mexican dress consisting of a white shirt, red silk tie, long black pants with silver detail along the sides, a black sombrero, and black heeled boots.

Photograph of an Alabama-Coushatta Indian dancer performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The man wears a beaded and feathered headdress with a red mantle covered with yellow fringe. His white leather moccasins are embroidered with beads and bells. He holds stick-like objects with swinging tassels in his hands as he dances.

Photograph of a dancer from the Hawaii Club of San Antonio performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancer wears a pink and purple floral swimsuit and long cover-up, with a floral headdress and lei. She kneels on a grey stage with her arms lifted in the air in front of a large crowd of festival participants.

Photograph of a band playing a jam session in a barn at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a man to the left wears a red shirt and black pants while he plays the guitar. A man stands to his right, wearing a blue shirt with grey pants, playing the mouth organ. The band performs in front of a pile of hay bales.

Photograph of Krakowiak Polish dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The female dancer wears a white blouse underneath a black vest embroidered with roses, a striped skirt, and red boots, while her male partner, Roman Wikek, wears a white shirt with a black vest, striped pants, black boots, and a black hat. The couple performs on a grey concrete stage in front of festival participants sitting on a grassy hill to the left rear of the stage.

Photograph of Bill Bell at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bill, a silversmith from Fredericksburg, Texas, displays several leather belts with silver medallions across his festival booth. He stands to the right of a young girl holding one of his creations.

Photograph of Bob Sitton demonstrating carving at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bob wears a camouflage hat and a tan-colored shirt as he carves a detailed duck decoy for festival participants.

Photograph of members of Raices del Arte Espanol at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The two women in the photograph wear brightly colored outfits consisting of large earrings, cropped shirts, and long skirts with heeled shoes.

Photograph of a Raices del Arte Espanol performance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancers wear colorful dresses and sashes as they perform on a concrete stage for a large crowd of festival participants.

Photograph of Julie Morgan demonstrating basket-making at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Julie wears a long-sleeve white shirt and a brown skirt as she balances the beginnings of a small basket on her knee. A child kneels to her right, weaving a cord of material in and out of the skeleton that Julie holds.

Photograph of the Divine Music Makers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The band consists of a banjo player on the far left, two guitar players in the center, and a fiddle player on the far right. The Divine Music Makers perform on a stage in front of a large canopied area.

Photograph of Texas Folklife Festival Director Claudia Ball wearing a hat made from gourds at the Festival. The hat features four levels of semi-circles (the largest semi-circle fitting on Claudia's head) secured with round wooden pegs. She wears a blue shirt underneath a checkered apron.

Photograph of the Amelab Lebanese Folk Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancers wear gold tops and long flowing skirts with gold trim. They perform barefoot in the middle of a grey concrete area within the festival.