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[Bayanihan Dancer Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of a member of the Laredo Bayanihan Dancers performing the Singkil dance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the man is holding an oblong item in his hands, and wearing a richly embroidered jacket and hat. Female members of the dance group are visible behind him.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bayanihan Dancer Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of a member of the Laredo Bayanihan Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the dancer is sliding across the floor on his stomach. His hands push against the floor to support his upper body. He is wearing an unbuttoned white shirt with a bandanna tied around his neck. Other members of the dance team are in various positions behind him.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bayanihan Dancer Performing the Candle Dance at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of members of the Laredo Bayanihan Dancers performing the candle dance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Four girls are walking towards the left side of the stage as they balance a handle in each hand and one on top of their heads. The girls are wearing floor-length floral dresses with long sashes draped across one shoulder and secured around their waists.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bayanihan Dancer Performing the Candle Dance at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of a member of the Laredo Bayanihan Dancers performing the candle dance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A woman lies on her stomach, supporting her upper body with her shoulders as she balances a candle on her head. Other members of the dance group are lying on their stomachs behind her.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bayanihan Dancer Performing the Candle Dance at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of a member of the Laredo Bayanihan Dancers performing the candle dance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A woman lies on her stomach, supporting her upper body with her shoulders as she balances a candle on her head. Other members of the dance group are lying on their stomachs behind her.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bayanihan Dancers Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of members of the Laredo Bayanihan Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The photograph features a women wearing decorative dresses with a floor-length shawl embroidered with floral patterns of sequins and gemstones .One woman faces away from the camera holding an umbrella. Another woman faces the camera with her arm extended, holding a large fan. Another woman kneels in front them with her head inclined toward the ground.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bayanihan Dancers Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of a member of the Laredo Bayanihan Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The performer is a clapper, meaning he holds the ends of bamboo poles in which the dancers move in and out. The boy wears a fabric wrap around his head with a sequined sleeveless shirt.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bayanihan Dancers Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of members of the Laredo Bayanihan Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The photograph features a woman wearing a decorative dress with a floor-length shawl embroidered with floral patterns made of sequins and gemstones. The woman holds an umbrella high above her head. Various dancers stand around her; the women holding umbrellas and the men holding staffs.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Belgian Bowling at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Color photograph of participants playing Belgian bowling (also known as Rolle Bolle) at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, several children hold heavy balls in each hand. A third child rolls one down a wooden plank while several other children and adults watch him. Booths and other activity stations are visible in the grass behind the games.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Belgian Kuipen Stecken at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Color photograph of participants playing Belgian Kiupen Stecken, also known as Belgian Shower Bath, at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, two boys are standing on either side of a triangular wooden box with an open top. The box is strung in the air between two thick wooden beams. Each boy carries a long stick they are using to knock the box upside down.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Belgian Mast Game at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Color photograph of a young girl participating in the Belgian Mast game at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975 in San Antonio, Texas. The photograph features a rough wooden pole planted in the ground and two rough pieces of plywood affixed to the top at different angles. The girl has her arms and legs wrapped around the pole near the top of it. According to the accompanying information, the Belgian Mast game consists of participants climbing a greased pole to ring a bell at… more
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator: Snyder, Chuck
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Belgian Rice Pudding Competition]

Description: Color photograph of two women participating in a Belgian rice pudding contest at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, both women are wearing white blindfolds with yellow plastic protective coverings around their shirts. The woman to the right is holding a bowl of pudding and reaching out a spoon to the other woman's face. The woman on the left grasps her hand, attempting to guide the spoon to her already rice-covered face.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Belgian Rice Pudding Competitors]

Description: Color photograph of participants at a Belgian rice pudding contest at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. The photograph features two women standing on a stage, facing each other, wearing white blindfolds and yellow plastic protective sheet across their shirts. The girl on the right holds a bowl of rice pudding, and is in the process of scooping a spoonful from the bowl. Behind the women, a large crowd sits and stands in the grass, watching the contest.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Belgian Rice Pudding Contest at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of participants competing in a Belgian rice pudding contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, a blindfolded woman is raising a spoon of rice pudding towards her partner's head. The man is also blindfolded. Both partners are wearing plastic covers over their clothes while they stand on a stage.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Blindfold Game at the Children's Toyland and Barnyard]

Description: Photograph of a child playing the blindfold game at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, a boy is walking underneath an iron hoop, towing a wheelbarrow with a bandanna tied around his head, obscuring his eyes. Crowds of onlookers watch the child compete.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bluegrass Kinfolks at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Bluegrass Kinfolks, from Tuscola, playing at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, the members of the band are standing on a stage, playing their instruments into microphones. The man in the foreground plays the violin, followed by a guitar behind him. A string bass is partially visible at the left of the photograph.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bob Ramsey Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Color photograph of Bob Ramsay from Hunt, Texas, performing at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. Bob is a storyteller and demonstrator of wild call animals. In the photograph, Bob is standing in front of a yellow and blue painted board containing photographs of animals, and holding a pair of deer antlers while speaking with a member of the audience.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bocce Ball at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of participants playing a game of bocce ball at the Texas Folklife Festival, sponsored by the Texas Italian Bocce Club members from Montague, Texas. In the photograph, an elder man is tossing a bocce ball into the air. Another man is standing behind him, presumably waiting his turn. Tents and streamers are visible in the background.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bocce Ball at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of members of the Texas Italian Bocce Club playing a game of bocce at the Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, four members of the group are facing away from the camera as they toss their bocce balls. Each member wears a matching shirt that says "Montague Texas Italian Bocce Club" across the back in block lettering. Tents and other areas of the festival are visible in the background.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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