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Folk Costume of Axel Land, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, the Netherlands
Hello all, Today I will continue my series on Dutch costume with one of the most elaborate and rich costumes of that nation, that of Axel and vicinity. Zeeland [Sea Land] is the southwesternmost...
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Overview of the Costumes of the Arbëreshë, or Italo-Albanesi, part 1 Sila...
Hello all, Today I would like to start talking about the costumes of the people known as Arbëreshë, or Italo Albanesi, although the Italians sometimes call them Greci. These are Albanian speaking...
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Floral Embroidery of Northeastern Podillia, Ukraine
Hello all,Anyone who has tried to do systematic research on Folk Costume knows that there are annoying regions from which little to no information seems to be available. I have always been frustrated...
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Overview of Boiko Costume, Ukraine
Hello all, I have done several articles about Boiko Costume piecemeal, and today I would like to pull them all together in one article, to give an overview. The images above are of Boiko costumes which...
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Costume and Embroidery of Nadvirna district. Ukraine
Hello all, Today I would like to take a look at the costume and embroidery of the Nadvirna district, In Ivano-Frankiwsk Oblast. What ethnic region does it belong to? Good question. It lies north of...
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Costume of the upper Bystrytsia Nadvirnianska River valley, Ivano-Frankiwsk...
Hello all, I thought of including this bit in the last article, but it did not seem to fit. So I am including it here, even though it is quite small. If you go upstream from Nadvirna and its...
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Embroidery of North L'viv Oblast, Ukraine
Hello all, I recently received a request for costume material from the Kamianka-Buz'ka area of L'viw Oblast. This part of Ukraine, from Zhowkva to Brody has a very distinct style of embroidery which...
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Costume and embroidery of Biłgoraj / Bilhoray, and Sieniawa / Senyava...
Hello all, Today I would like to talk about the folk costume and embroidery of the Biłgoraj / Bilhoray, and Sieniawa / Senyava regions. This is claimed by both the Polish and the Ukrainians, and it...
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Costume and embroidery of Biłgoraj / Bilhoray, and Sieniawa / Senyava...
Hello all, Today I will continue my discussion of the Biłgoraj / Bilhoray costume. Today I will cover the men's costume and the outer garments. For more general information about this region, see my...
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Hutsul costume of Rakhiw region, Transcarpathia, Ukraine
Hello all, I have written about this costume piecemeal several times, and I decided that I would pull the information together into one place, especially as I have recently received a new book with...
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Costume of the Khevsur, Georgia
Hello all, Today I would like to talk about the folk costume and embroidery of a relatively unknown ethnic group, that of the Khevsur of the nation of Sakartvelo,საქართველო, which in English is usually...
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Overview of Albanian Costumes part 1: Arbëreshë or Italo-Albanians
Hello all, Today I would like to start a series covering Albanian Folk Costume. For a relatively small nationality, the Albanians have a remarkable number of Folk Costumes. For this reason, this series...
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Costumes of Vorarlberg, Austria' part 1, Bregenzerwald
Hello all, Today I will talk about Vorarlberg, the westernmost province of Austria. Although this is the smallest of the Austrian provinces, excepting the city of Vienna, it has an amazing variety of...
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Costumes of Vorarlberg, Austria, part 2, Kleinwalsertal and Grosses Walser Tal
Hello all, Today I will talk about the Walser people who inhabit Vorarlberg, and their trachten.The Walser are a people who originated in the Swiss Canton of Valais/Wallis. They have spread into many...
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Costumes of Vorarlberg, Austria, part 3 Montafon
Hello all, Today I will continue my series on the Costumes of Vorarlberg with the tracht of Montafon. Montafon is located in the southwestern corner of Vorarlberg, bordering Tirol and Graubunden....
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Costumes of Vorarlberg, Austria, part 4. Minor Valleys
Hello all, Today I will continue my overview of the Costumes of Vorarlberg, Austria, by taking a look at the minor valleys in the east of the province. None of these have ancient preserved trachten,...
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Costumes of Vorarlberg, Austria, part 5, Walgau
Hello all, Today I will continue my overview of the costumes of Vorarlberg by looking at the trachten of Walgau. Walgau is a major side valley of southern Vorarlberg, off the Rheintal, and lower than...
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Costumes of Vorarlberg, Austria, part 6. Leiblachtal, Rheintal and...
Hello all, Today I will conclude my overview of the trachten of Vorarlberg by talking about the western lowlands along the Rhine and the Bodensee. These trachten vary not only by location, but also...
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Costumes of Zealand, the Netherlands part 2. Cadzand, Western Zeeuws-Vlaanderen
Hello all, Today I continue with my interrupted overview of the Folk Costumes of the Netherlands. Folk costumes are here called either Klederdracht or Streekdracht. I do not know if there is a...
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Folk Costume and Embroidery of Võrumaa, Estonia
Hello all, today I would like to take another look at Estonia.The Estonians are a Uralic people, and are related to the Finns, Karelians, Veps, Votes and Livonians rather than to their Baltic...
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