Photograph of the Norman Sisters performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Four female singers are standing onstage holding microphones and singing. The singer in the foreground is wearing a yellow blouse, yellow earrings, and a scarf around her waist. She is singing passionately with her eyes closed. A canopy of greenery is hanging over the stage.

Photograph of Anne Marrou at a chuck wagon speaking to festival visitors at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a purple pioneer dress with a matching bonnet, facing the visitors who are on the right. On display on the chuck wagon's fold down table are three different kinds of rope, an antique rolling pin and wooden bowl, an iron rod, and a few types of barbed wire. Other festival booths are visible in the background.

Photograph of the Texas Southern University step-dance team, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dance team wears shirts with Greek letters sewn onto the left side, shorts, and athletic shoes. The group performs on a stage in front of a large audience of festival-participants.

Photograph of the Texas Southern University step-dance team, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The three men, wearing shirt-sleeved shirts with Greek letter patches sewn onto the front, perform on a stage in front of a large audience.

Photograph of man operating a gristmill at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The man pours grain into the top of the gristmill so that it can be refined into flour. Festival participants watch the demonstration from the grassy area around the gristmill.

Photograph of Norma Clark at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Norma demonstrates a blacksmithing technique to festival participants. She wears a plaid shirt, dark pants and suspenders.

Photograph of the Beverly Houston & Breezin' performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The band, consisting of two women and five men, performs on a stage wearing jeans and short-sleeved shirts. A Confederate flag hangs against the backdrop of the stage.

Photograph of the Polish food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man and a woman lean out of open windows of a booth decorated with painted flowers and vines. A sign reading "Polish Village" was attached to the top of the booth.

Photograph of the Polish needlework and craft booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the booth is decorated with two wooden models dressed in traditional Polish clothing. A woman leans over a shelf holding various Polish historical items, wearing a sleeveless shirt and white shorts.

Photograph of Sam Richardson at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Sam, the master of ceremonies for the festival, stands on an indoor stage wearing a long sleeve white shirt with denim jeans, a light-colored fedora, and a leather belt. He speaks into a microphone in front of a large audience of festival participants.

Photograph of Carmen Ortiz demonstrating Mexican paper flower making at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Carmen sits on a stool in front of a crowd of children. She holds a piece of tissue in her hands as she speaks into a microphone. The children sit on the floor in front of her, following her directions in order to make a paper flower.

Photograph of Texas Indian Heritage Society at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, two men and a young girl play various musical instruments, dressed in traditional Native American clothing.

Photograph of Monja Blanca, a Guatemalan Folkloric Group, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The group of men and woman wear elaborate Guatemalan costumes as they dance and play musical instruments on stage.

Photograph of a dancer from the Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The young girl wears an elaborate traditional Mexican dress covered in lace paneling, gathers, and ribbon embroidery. Her hair is tied into two braids with colored ribbons as she walks across the stage.

Photograph of the colorful costumes in the Trinidad & Tobago Carnival Celebration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man wearing a loose white shirt decorated with red and blue shapes and silver rhinestones carries a large, round hat strapped across his shoulders. A woman to his left wears a similar costume with a different colored hat.

Photograph of a woman participating in the Trinidad & Tobago Carnival Celebration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman wears a white dress with red embroidery on the sleeves and neckline. The skirt of the dress has Hawaiian flowers printed on it. She wears a large round hat secured with a string across her chest. Several dancers are visible to the right and behind her.

Photograph of a woman participating in the Trinidad & Tobago Carnival Celebration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman is wearing a bright yellow dress and a red bandanna with white polka dots around her head. Many children stand behind her wearing matching dressed and large, round hats decorated with streamers and glitter.

Photograph of Trinidad & Tobago Carnival dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A woman wearing a white dress with a pink and black pattern dances across a stage. Several drummers sit behind her, playing a song while she dances.

Photograph of Trinidad & Tobago Cultural Association performance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a girl wearing a colorful dress is walking under a low bar supported by two pegged stands. Two boys stand on either side of the stands, holding the bar. A group of performers wearing matching dresses wait in a line to walk under the bar.

Photograph of a Trinidad & Tobago Carnival Celebration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Members of the Trinidad & Tobago Cultural Association of Houston walk down the main thoroughfare at the Institute of Texas Cultures, wearing traditional Carnival costumes as they celebrate their culture.

Photograph of Trinidad & Tobago Cultural Association performance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a girl wearing a colorful dress slides under a low bar balanced on two pegged stands. Two dancers wearing matching dresses dance on either side of the stands. Festival participants watch the performance from the left side of the stage.

Photograph of Sirkku Rodriguez doing a pirta ribbon demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting in a chair, pulling yarn through a wooden contraption made of vertical dowels that separate the yarn out in several different strands. She is weaving the strands to make a ribbon. A few finished ribbons are hanging on the left side of the booth where one festival visitor is partially visible.

Photograph of the Woodromes performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Three children are singing into microphones, an older girl in the center wearing a long dress and a younger boy and girl on either side of her. The younger boy is on the left and to the left of him, a woman is kneeling down and helping him hold the microphone. The little girl on the right is also being assisted by a man on her right. The girl in the center is much taller than the younger boy and girl, as she looks to be a few years older. She has pigtails with ribbons in her hair and is looking directly at the camera. The little boy is wearing shorts and a tank top; the little girl is wearing a short dress.

Photograph of Jae Mason playing guitar and singing at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a cowboy hat, tropical patterned shirt, jeans, and sunglasses. He is standing behind a microphone, singing into it as he strums his guitar. To the left another microphone is visible. In the background some festival visitors are visible.