Hello all, Today I will continue my series on Mongolian Costumes. I received more information from Chinese sources, talking about the 28 tribes of Inner Mongolia. Some of these I covered in the first part, but I will talk about them again,
Today I will continue my series on Mongolian Costumes. I received more information from Chinese sources, talking about the 28 tribes of Inner Mongolia. Some of these I covered in the first part, but I will talk about them again, in the cont…
Hello all, Today I will continue talking about the Folk Costumes of Mongolia, with emphasis on the west. You can see various of these in the photo above. The three in the middle are Buryat, Khalkha and Üzemchin, the rest are from the wester…
Hello all, Today I would like to start an overview of the Folk Costumes of Mongolia. This image above shows the traditional dress of 5 different Mongol groups. From left to right; Khoton, Zakhchin, Myangad, Uzemchin, and Torguud.https://en.…
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Today I would like to start to talk about the indigenous peoples of Siberia, which tend to not be well known. Siberia lies east of the Urals, south of the Arctic Ocean, west of the Pacific, but its southern borders are not well defined. For…
Today I would like to talk about the costumes of Hiiumaa, an Island in the northwest of Estonia. This island is shaped rather like Crimea, with peninsulas at each of the cardinal points of the compass. This last map shows the major islands
I have recently obtained a book with fantastic detailed photographs of folk costumes of the Poltava Oblast. So I wish to publish some of them here. Poltava is considered by many to be the heart of Ukrainian Identity, at least in the East. T…
Today I will focus on the folk costume of the town of Orotava, on Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, Spain. These islands are located off the coast of Morocco. The Canary Islands had an indigenous population of Berber origin, today called Gua…
Today I will continue my coverage of the traditional attire of Mulgimaa by covering the eastern parishes of Paistu, Tarvastu and Helme. I covered some basic information about the Mulgi in my previous article. The image above is from Paistu
The main garments of the men's costume is a long tunic and pants. Most of the garments in this region are made of black or indigo cloth. The tunic falls almost to the knees, and is slit up the sides to the waist. It is worn outside the pant…
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 previous article. The men's shirt, at least traditio…