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Costume of the Anso valley, Aragon, Spain
Hello all, Today I will return to Spain, to Aragon, province of Huesca, the valley of Ansó. Aragon is in the northeast of the country, between Catalonia and Navarre. Huesca is the northernmost of the...
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Costume and Embroidery of Neamț County, Moldavia, Romania
Hello all, Today I would like to take a look at northwestern Moldavia, the area just south of Bucovina.Moldavia, is a region with a rich past, being an independant Dukedom for much of its...
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Costume and Embroidery of Mezőkövesd, Hungary
Hello all, Today I will return to Hungary, to talk about one of the most famous costume and embroidery traditions in that country, that of Mezőkövesd. This town is the largest of the three settlements...
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Costume and Embroidery of Lindhorst and vicinity, Schaumburg, Lower Saxony,...
Hello all, Today I will be venturing into a country about which I have written little, Germany. There is a rich folk costume tradition in Germany, and yet there seems to be a dearth of detailed...
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Russian Town Costume
Hello all, Today I will talk about a type of outfit which is not a Folk Costume at all. These come on the market now and again, and people ask me about them. This is what may be called Russian Town...
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Ukrainian Rose Embroidery
Hello all, Today I will address a type of embroidery which excites strong feelings among Ukrainians. It is typified by the Rushnyk from the Borzniansk district of Chernyhiw oblast shown here, The...
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Dirndls of Lower Austria, Niederösterreich
Hello all, Today I would like to spend a bit of time talking about Austrian Dirndls. The focus of this article will be specifically the tracht, or costume of the province of Lower Austria,...
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Overview of the Folk Costumes of Europe
Hello all, this is my 200th article, and I thought i should do something rather different.I will do an overview of the folk costumes of Europe. I will follow nation-states, as inappropriate as that may...
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Costume of Ochsenfurt, Unterfranken or Lower Franconia, Germany
Hello all, I have been rather neglecting Germany, because of a lack of comprehensive information. I will try to remedy that now that I have expanded my German library, and am now in the possesion of...
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Women's costume and embroidery of the Miyaks, Galičnik and other villages,...
Hello all, today I would like to return to Macedonia. Specifically, I will cover the costume and embroidery of the village of Galičnik in western Macedonia. This is one of the best known villages of...
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Crosss stitch embroidery of the Vierlande, Germany
Hello all,Today I will focus on a type of embroidery motif found in North Germany, specifically in the Vierlande area. This is a group of four parishes, Curslack, Kirchwerder, Neuengamme und Altengamme...
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Overview of the Folk Costumes of Germany
Hello all, Today I will attempt to give an overview of the Folk Costumes of Germany. As in many parts of Western Europe, the survival of Folk costume in Germany is very spotty. The image above is the...
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More on the costume and embroideryl from Sokal' region, Ukraine
Hello all, I recently received a request for information from the Sokal' region of Ukraine. This is in the north of the L'viw region, but also overlaps north into the Volyn' region and west over the...
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Inset embroidery on men's shirts from Turka District, Boiko Region, Ukraine
Hello all, I received a request for embroidery designs for the insets of men's shirts from the Boiko region. While you will occasionally find embroidery on the sleeves or shoulders of men's shirts in...
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Women's Costume of Miesbach region, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Hello all,Today I am going to focus on the Miesbach costume. This costume has become a symbol of Bavaria, of Munich, and in fact, of Germany as a whole. It is actually from south central Upper...
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Costume and embroidery of Fobello and Val Mastallone, Valsesia, Piedmont, Italy
Hello all, Valsesia is the valley of the Sesia river. It is found in the north of the Italian Paese of Piedmont, east of Valle Aosta, and forms the northern lobe of the province of Vercelli. Here is a...
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Costume and Embroidery of Gressoney, Lys Valley, Aosta, Italy
Hello all,Today I will be speaking about the region of Greschôney, Gressonèy orGressonei. This consists of the middle and upper regions of the valley of the Lys river, in the northeast of the Valle...
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Costume and embroidery of Segovia,. Castile, Spain
Hello all,Today I will talk about one of the costumes of Castile, the heart of Spain and center of the Castillian language, which is the language which has spread to Latin America and elsewhere around...
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Costume of Bresse, France
Hello all, Today I will talk about the costume from the French region of Bresse. Bresse forms a coherent region with natural boundaries in the east of France, not very far from Switzerland. It is found...
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Costumes of the Pieniny-Dunajec region, Lemkovyna, Poland, Slovakia
Hello all,I'm sorry that i have not posted for a while; I was forced to move, and so have been busy. Today I would like to talk about the costumes of the region around the Dunajec river and Pieniny...
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