Vampires are likely the most famous night dwellers . Most stories about them originated in central and eastern Europe, and later got popularized by Bram Stoker's Dracula. But as the black-cape-wearing ...
A collaborative exhibition by the Museum of British Folklore offers a peek behind the pearly buttons of London's vibrant folk communities. Every three years, in the small Belgian city of Ypres, locals ...
The 15 nations that were part of the Soviet Union consider these costumes a cultural heritage that must be cherished. What we know as the traditional Russian costume today takes its roots from the ...
"JAPANESE tourists visiting Bratislava are the most regular purchasers of the traditional costumes," Alena Šumšalová of the Centre for Folk Art Production (ÚĽUV) in Bratislava, says. "The dances they ...
A Russian folk costume consisted of numerous elements, each having its distinctive regional variations. At the 1900 Paris Exposition, the photo exhibition of Russian traditional costumes was ...
The exhibition’s title is taken from a folk chant phrase. A shnorovitsa (laced blouse) was considered an element of festive ...
This article was prepared for an edition of the Spectacular Slovakia travel guideand was published in the travel guide Slovakia. The small village of Čičmany in Žilina Region resembles a village of ...