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"Ukrainian" blouses of the Polish Podhale Gorals
Hello all,Today I will talk about blouses like this, which I have seen on occasion, and have been unable to figure out where they come from. I believe that I remember being asked if they were not...
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The costume of the village of Serafyntsi, Horodenka district, Pokuttia, Ukraine
Hello all,Today I will talk about a costume which seems to be restricted to one village; Serafyntsi in Horodenka district, Pokuttia, Ukraine. This village of a couple thousand people lies in the...
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Costume and embroidery of Horodenka district, Pokuttia, Ukraine
Hello all,Today I will talk about the basic costume of the district of Horodenka. This is often given as the typical costume of Pokuttia, but in fact, there is much variation in Pokuttia costume. The...
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Hutsul flat stitch embroidery, Rakhiw district, Transcarpathian...
Hello all,Today I will talk about a little known type of Hutsul embroidery. The image above is from the book 'Derzhawnyj Muzej Etnohrafiji ta Khudozhn'oho Promyslu AN Ukssr' image 28 under embroidery....
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Costume and Embroidery of the village of Yaseniv-Pil'nyi - Ясенів-Пільний,...
Hello all, Today I will continue to talk about the costume of Pokuttia, focusing again on one village, Jaseniw-Pil'nyj. This lies near Serafyntsi, which also has its own distinct costume. We are...
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East Hutsul sleeve embroidery, Ukraine
Hello all,Today I will talk about a few variants of Hutsul embroidery which are clustered at the eastern edge of Hutsul territory.Here is a photo from 1938 taken by Roman Reinfuss in the village of...
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Folk Costume of the Lachy, part 1, Overview and Podegrodzie men. Malopolska,...
Hello all,Today I will talk about the traditional attire of the Lachy. This is a Polish ethnic group which lives north of the Gorale, and south of the Krakow region.To the east of the Lachy live the...
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Costume of the Lachy part 2 Podegrodzie Women, Malopolska, Poland
Hello all,This is the second part of my article on the Lachy. For more general information see the first part of this article. Today I will cover the womens' costume of the Podegrodzie district of the...
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Costume and Embroidery of Wymysorys or Wilamowice, Poland.
Hello All, Today I will talk about the costume culture of the village of Wymysorys, which the Polish call Wilamowice. This village lies in south central Poland, between the Wisła and Soła rivers,...
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Overview of the Folk Costumes of Poland. Part 1, the west.
Hello all,Today I will try to give an overview of the folk costumes of Poland. This is a rather complicated subject, because the history of Poland is long and complex, and the borders have fluctuated...
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Overview of the costumes of Poland, part 2, The Northeast, Mazowsze and Sieradz.
Hello all,Today I will continue my overview of the folk costumes of Poland. Here once again is the full map of the traditional regions of current Polish territory. In this article I will cover more or...
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Overview of the Folk Costumes of Poland, part 3. Malopolska
Hello all, Today I will continue my article on the Folk costumes of Poland according to the present borders. Here again is the map of the traditional regions of Poland. Today I will focus on...
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Overview of the Folk Costumes of Poland part 4; Czerwona Rus' and Lemkowszczyna
Hello all,This is the last installment of my overview of the Folk Costumes found within the current borders of Poland. this will cover the southeasternmost part of the country, which is known as...
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The 6 types of Ukrainian Folk Costume
Hello All,Today I will talk about the 6 general types of Ukrainian folk Costume. I have earlier referred to 5 types, but my more recent research has informed me that there are, in fact, 6. These...
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Folk Costume and Embroidery of the Schwalm, Hesse, Germany, part 1 Women
Hello all,Today I will talk about one of the most iconic German costumes, that of die Schwalm. This lies in Hesse, in west central Germany. Here is the location of the state of Hesse within Germany....
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Folk Costume and Embroidery of the Schwalm, Hesse, Germany, part 2 men
Hello all,Today I will continue my description of the Folk Costume and embroidery of the Schwalm by talking about the men.You can find the location of the Schwalm within Hesse in my previous article.In...
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Men's costume of Miesbach, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Hello all, Today I will talk about the Men's costume of Miesbach and Upper Bavaria. The impression exists that this is the typical costume of the German male, but in fact, this costume is native to...
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Overview of the costumes of the lesser known Sino-Tibetan peoples part 1....
Hello all,Today I will start talking about some of the peoples who speak Sino-Tibetan languages who are neither Han Chinese, Tibetan, nor Bamar [Burman]. These are the three great branches of the...
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Overview of the Costumes of the lesser known Sino-Tibetan peoples part 2:...
Hello all, Today I will continue my short survey of the costumes of some of the lesser known Sino-Tibetan speaking peoples. I will restrict my article to those groups which are officially recognized by...
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Overview of the costumes of the lesser known Sino-Tibetan peoples, part 3, Akha
Hello all, Today I will continue to talk about some of the lesser known Sino-Tibetan peoples of the southern Lolo branch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Loloish_languages Akha - Hani The Akha...
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