Editing Tejanos (section)

==Culture==

===Music===
{{main|Tejano music}}
Genuine [[Tejano music]] is descended from a mixture of German and Czechoslovak polka and oom papa sounds and Mexican Spanish strings, and is similar to the French folk music of Louisiana, known as "[[Cajun music]]", blended with the sounds of rock and roll, R&B, pop, and country, and with Mexican influences such as conjunto music. Narciso Martinez is the father of Conjunto Music, followed by the legendary Santiago Jimenez (Father of Flaco Jimenez).

Sunny and the Sunglows lead the rock and roll era in the 1950s along with Little Joe, and Rudy Guerra, who were originators of the rock and roll portion of genre. Today, Tejano music is a wide array of multicultural genres including rockteno and Tejano rap. The American cowboy culture and music was born from the meeting of the European-American Texians, Indigenous people, colonists mostly from the American South, and the original Tejano pioneers and their ''vaquero,'' or "cowboy" culture.<ref>{{cite book |first=Gene |last=Hill |title=Americans All, Americanos Todos |publisher=Añoranza Press }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Gilbert Y. |last=Chavez |title=Cowboys-Vaqueros, Origins of the First American Cowboys }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Lawrence |last=Clayton |title=Vaqueros, Cowboys and Buckaroos |url=https://archive.org/details/vaqueroscowboysb00clay |url-access=registration |year=2001 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=9780292712386 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Alex |last=Loya |at=chapter 15 |title=The Legacy and Heritage of the Spaniard Texians }}</ref>

The 1990s were the peak years for Tejano music, with artists such as Selena, La Mafia, and Emilio Navaira going mainstream. Selena, the "Queen of Tejano Music,"<ref>{{Citation |title=Tejano music |date=2025-04-22 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejano_music?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-04-28 |language=en}}</ref> played a key role in making the genre popularamong the masses, adding pop sensibilities to traditional styles

===Food===
{{main|Tex-Mex cuisine}}
[[File:Burrito with rice.jpg|thumb|One of the most famous [[Tex-Mex cuisine|Tejano]] dishes, the [[burrito]]]]
The cuisine that would come to be known as "Tex-Mex" originated with the Tejanos. It developed from [[Spanish cuisine|Spanish]] and North American indigenous commodities with influences from [[Mexican cuisine]].<ref>{{Handbook of Texas|id=fon02|name=Juan de Oñate}}</ref>

Tex-Mex cuisine is characterized by its widespread use of melted [[cheese]], [[meat]] (particularly [[beef]]), [[Capsicum|peppers]], [[bean]]s, and [[spice]]s, in addition to [[maize|corn]] or [[flour]] [[tortillas]]. [[Chili con carne]], [[burritos]], [[carne asada]], [[chalupa]], [[chili con queso]], [[enchilada]]s, and [[fajita]]s are all Tex-Mex specialties. A common feature of Tex-Mex is the combination plate, with several of the above on one large platter. Serving [[tortilla chip]]s and a [[hot sauce]] or [[Salsa (sauce)|salsa]] as an appetizer is also a Tex-Mex development.<ref>[http://www.lightmillennium.org/2005_15th/emartinez_tex_mex_cuisine.html Etienne MARTINEZ, "Mexicans in the U.S.A: Mexican-American / Tex-Mex Cousine"], Light Millennium</ref> ''[[Cabrito]]'', ''[[barbacoa]]'', ''[[carne seca]]'', and other products of [[cattle]] culture have been common in the [[ranch]]ing cultures of [[South Texas]] and northern Mexico. In the 20th century, Tex-Mex took on [[Americanized]] elements such as yellow cheese, as goods from the rest of the United States became cheap and readily available.<ref>[[Robb Walsh]]. ''[[The Tex-Mex Cookbook]]'' ([[New York City|New York]]: [[Broadway Books]], 2004), XVI</ref> Tex-Mex has imported flavors from other spicy cuisines, such as the use of [[cumin]]. Cumin is often referred to by its Spanish name, ''comino.''

A common Tex-Mex breakfast dish served is a "breakfast taco" and usually consists of a flour tortilla or corn tortilla served using a single fold. That is in contrast to the burrito-style method of completely encasing the ingredients. Some of the typical ingredients used are a combination of [[Egg as food|eggs]], [[potatoes]], cheese, peppers, [[bacon]], [[sausage]], and barbacoa. Breakfast tacos are traditionally served with an optional [[Salsa (sauce)|red or green salsa]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://austin.eater.com/2016/2/19/11060078/breakfast-taco-austin-history|title = How Austin Became the Home of the Crucial Breakfast Taco|date = 19 February 2016}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
Tejanos, [[Mexican Americans|Mexican-American]] Texans, have always had their own special brand of [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Association |first=Texas State Historical |title=The Evolution of Mexican American Religious Life in Texas |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/mexican-americans-and-religion#:~:text=Tejanos%20followed%20the%20basic%20tenets,fervently%20observed%20traditional%20holy%20days. |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}}</ref> that addressed their cultural identity and survival. While they adhered to Catholicism's basic tenets, they practiced their faith in ways that went against institutional expectations. Tejanos were devoted to the [[Virgin Mary]] and the saints, and they diligently observed traditional holy days. Yet they also engaged in home altars ([[altar]]citos) and selective sacramental observance, which were not necessarily inaccord with official Church teaching. This was partially a response to the Church's historical neglect and discrimination against them. Despite such tensions, Tejanos' religious practice was deeply integrated in their social and cultural lives and was a means for them to assert identity and communal solidarity.

=== Clothing ===
Tejano style is a blend of Mexican and American style. The typical attire is such items as men's charro suit and the colored [[huipil]] for women, reflecting pride and identity in their culture. These are highlighted at events such as Charro Days<ref>{{Citation |title=Charro Days |date=2025-02-24 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charro_Days?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-04-28 |language=en}}</ref> in Brownsville, Texas, which honors shared Texas and Mexican heritage.