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Scottish Highland Attire
Hello all,Today I will venture into dangerous waters, discussing Scottish Highland attire. There are many dearly held beliefs concerning the kilt and tartan, not all of which are correct. First to...
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Costume of Gorenjska, Slovenia
Hello all,Today I am one more step closer to my goal of covering all of the nations of Europe.I will talk about the costume of the region of Gorenjska in Slovenia. In English, this region is sometimes...
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Men's Costume of Gorenjska, Slovenia
Hello all,Today I will continue speaking about the costume of Gorenjsko, talking somewhat about the men's outfit.This is at least as much in the Alpine Tradition as the woman's. It is only very...
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Costume of the Komanche region, Lemkovyna
Hello all,Today I need to make myself clear. I am NOT going to talk about the Native American nation known as the Comanche, but a Lemko village and region which is currently within the borders of the...
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Costume of western Transcarpathia, Velykyi Berezynyi region, Ukraine
Hello all,Today I would like to present the limited material which I have on the costume of northwestern Zakarpattia, also called Transcarpathia, or, by the people who live there, sometimes...
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Whitework embroidery of Sniatyn district, Pokuttia region, Ukraine
Hello all,Today i will talk about a new region, Pokuttia. Pokuttia as a culural region is in eastern Ivano-Frankiwsk Oblast, North of the Hutsul region in the Carpathians, and south of the Dnister...
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Slovenian / Austrian Costume of Ziljska Dolina or Gailtal, Carinthia, Austria
Hello all,Today I will talk about the costume of a river valley in the south of Carinthia, Koroška [Slovene], Kärnten [German]. Most of this province is in Southern Austria, east of Tyrolia, but a...
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Costume of Brianza, Italy, and Mendrisiotto, Switzerland, and La Raggiera
Hello all, Today I will talk about yet another costume whose region is bisected by an international border. This is found in a region north of Milan, in the northwest of theregion of Lombardy, Italy...
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Rhaetian Costumes, part 1, Romansh Costume
Hello all,Continuing my series of articles on the minority peoples of Europe, today I am going to do an overview of the folk costumes of the Rhaetian Peoples. The Rhaetio-Romance languages were spoken...
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Rhaetian Costumes part 2, Ladin Costume
LadinHello all,This second installment of the series is on the costume of the Ladin people. This is not to be confused with Ladino, which is a language used by Sepharidic Jews. both terms are...
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Rhaetian costumes, part 3, Friuli or Furlan
FriuliHello all, today I will speak about the costumes of the Friuli people, also called the Furlan. This is the third of the Rhaetian / Romanic languages still spoken today. They occupy the...
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Whitework embroidery of Vinnytsia region, East Podillia, Ukraine
Hello all, Today I will talk about another tradition of whitework in Ukraine, around Vinnytsia in Eastern Podillia. Here you can see a man's shirt embroidered in this technique. As in Sniatyn, the...
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Costume of Montehermoso, Cáceres Province, Extremadura, Spain
Hello all,Today I will return to Spain. I have found more materials, and am glad to offer more information on its rich culture. Montehormoso is found in the northwest of the province of Cáceres, not...
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Nyz embroidery of Eastern Podillia, Ukraine
Hello all, Today I will talk about another type of embroidery from Eastern Podillia, specifically the southern parts of Khmel'nytska and Vinnytsia oblasts. This is called Nyz, which in Ukrainian means...
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Nyzynka embroidery of western Ukraine
Hello all,Today I will talk about an embroidery technique which is an elaboration of the Nyz' embroidery which I spoke of in my last posting. This is called nyzynka. It is most closely connected with...
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Velká nad Veličkou, Horňácko, Slovácko, Moravia
Hello all, Today I will take one more step in my goal of covering all the nations of Europe.The Czech Republic has two main divisions, Bohemia and Moravia, each of which is defined as a river basin....
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Men's costume of Velká nad Veličkou, Horňácko, Slovácko, Moravia
Hello all, Today I wish to continue my last posting with a description of the mens' costume of Horňácko.There is a white linen shirt with narrow band of embroidery around the neck and on one side of...
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Lavradeira Costume, Viana do Castelo, Minho province, Portugal
Hello all,Today I will be entering another new country, Portugal.This is the most famous costume of Portugal, and the most colorful. You will often see it representing Portugal as a whole. It is native...
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Red sleeve embroidery of the Sniatyn district, Pokuttia, Ukraine
Hello all,A while ago I did an article on the white embroidery of the Sniatyn district, and I mentioned that there are other types of embroidery in that area. This is one of them, This type of chemise...
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Overview of Saami costume
Hello all,Today I will do an overview of the costumes of the Saami people. Previously they were called Lapps, but this is not what they call themselves, and they consider the term to be pejorative....
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