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Overview of the peoples and costumes of Transylvania
Hello all,Today I will do a short partial overview of the peoples and costumes of Transylvania. Much silliness has been written about this region in pop culture and movies. This resulted from the...
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Costume of western Krakow region
Hello all, Today I will be talking about the Krakowiak costume. This is often considered to be the national costume of Poland, Krakow having always been the cultural capitol of Poland. . This is the...
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Costume and Embroidery of the Seto, Estonia
Hello all,Today I will talk about the costume and embroidery of one of the Baltic Finnic Peoples, the Seto. They are sometimes considered to be a rather divergent Estonian group, but they consider...
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Mens Krakow costume.
Hello all,Here you can see the mens Krakowiak costume as it appears on stage and in parades today. This one variant has taken over. The only significant difference is in the embroidery on the front...
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Costume of the Sarakatsani or Karakachani, Greece
Hello all, Today I will talk about the costume of a people called the Sarakatsani [in Greek] or Karakachani [in Bulgarian]. They are one of the peoples of the Balkans who were traditionally pastoral...
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Costume of Rømø, Denmark
Hello all,Above is Queen Margrethe II of Denmark wearing the Rømø costume which was gifted to her by the National Folk Dance Association of Denmark. This is not the most impressive or colorful costume...
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Interlace Embroidery of Horoden'ka, Pokuttia, Ukraine
Hello all,Horoden'ka is an extraordinary crossroads of embroidery styles, the influences of Podillia, Bukovyna and the Hutsul territories combine to form a rich local tapestry of embroidery styles....
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Costume of Čičmany and vicinity, Slovakia
Hello all,Today I will talk about one of the most colorfully embroidered costumes of Slovakia, That of the village of Čičmanyand vicinity. The costume of the general area is similar, including the...
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Ala Ki'iz and Shyrdak, Felts of the Kirghiz
Hello all.Today I will talk about one particular textile tradition of the Kirghiz people, floor felts.The Kyrghyz speak a Kipchak Turkish language, and mostly live in the independent nation of...
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Skopska Blatija Chemises and embroidery
Hello all,Today I would like to share some images which I found on the website of The British Museum.This points out a couple of things. One is the wealth of information available online today.The...
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Costume of Skopska Crna Gora, Macedonia
Hello all,Today I will do an article on the costume of Skopska Crna Gora. This is an upland area just outside of the city of Skopje, Macedonia, and is not to be confused with the nation of Montenegro....
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Costume Ra Vècia of the Ampezzo Valley, Ladin, Italy
Hello all,When I did my articles on the costumes of the Rhaetian peoples, I had very little information on the costume of the Ampezzo valley. I have received new information, and so will talk about it...
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Ampezzo costume, 2nd half of 19th and 20th cent, Ladin, Italy
Hello all,Today I will continue to speak of the costume of the Anpezo valley. In my last post, I talked about the old costume, and mentioned that it had been revived. The folk costume of the valley...
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Costume of Bourbonnais, France
Hello all,Today I will talk about the costume of the French Province of Bourbonnais. This lies right in the center of the country, where the three major languages meet, Lenga d'òc of the south, Langue...
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Jean's Palestinian/Bedouin thobe
Hello all,This is a photo of my friend Jean modelling a dress which had been given her in 1985. The woman who gave it to her said that she had bought it in Jordan about 15 years previously. It is my...
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Overview of the costumes of Alsace or Elsass
Hello all,Today I will spend some time talking about the various costumes of Alsace or Elsass. This image above shows some of them from the north half of the province. Here is a map locating Alsace...
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Overview of Croatian costume part 1; Western Pannonian Croatia
Hello all,Croatia is a rather small country, but has an amazing number and variety of Folk Costumes. The basic difference between Croatians, Serbs and Bosniaks is nominally religion. Croatians are...
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Overview of Croatian Costume part 2; Eastern Pannonia
Hello all,Today I will continue with the Croatian costumes of eastern Pannonia. Most of this region is called Slavonia, but there are variations in the costume of various areas. Here are our two maps...
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Overview of Croatian Costume part 3; Mountain or Dinaric Zone
Hello all,Today I will continue my discussion of the costumes of Croatia with the Dinaric or Mountain zone. This zone consists of the mountainous regions just inland from the coast. It also includes...
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Overview of Croatian Costume, part 4; Adriatic Croatia
Hello all,This is the last of the four articles of my overview of Croatian Costume. Today I am covering the Adriatic zone, which consists of the islands and a narrow strip of the coast of the Adriatic...
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