Happy AAPI month! I wanted to do something Palestine-related so here’s a wedding costume and breakdown from Al-Dahiriya, a village south of Hebron in the West Bank.
Newly exhibited photos from the project Ένδυμα Ψυχής - Raiment of the Soul, collaboration of photographer Vangelis Kyris and Bulgarian embroidery artist Anatoli Georgiev who present Greek traditional costumes, which are exhibits of the National Historical Museum of Greece. The exhibition is currently hosted in the Acropolis Museum, until March.
Attire of King Otto of Greece, 19th century.
Dress from Nisyros island, 19th century.
Dress from Zakynthos (Zante) island, 18th century.
Attire of Dimitris Mavromichalis, aide-de-camp of King Otto.
Nasr Abel Aziz Eleyan (1941) - Palestinian figurative painter whose individual style is concerned with cultural Palestinian traditions. His paintings depict the rural life of Palestinian farmers and the traditional Palestinian way of life.
Fooduary Day 13: Kanelbullar (Swedish Cinnamon Roll)
So day 10 was supposed to be cinnamon rolls but CNY so instead I swapped out prompt 13, chocolate covered pretzels, because unless I wanted to do pretzels general the history tie in wasn’t very exciting. Meanwhile cinnamon buns open a door to more folk clothing and that’s the sort of thing that sparks joy. Cinnamon buns are super popular in the Scandinavian countries but in Sweden they are so popular that October 4th is Kanelbullens (Cinnamon bun) Day. The recipe for the buns dates back to the 1920s in the post WW1 recovery…and now I want cinnamon buns. I looked at photos of Swedish folk fashion and of course put a little cinnamon-bun spin on things… though the cheek swirl might be a little much.
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Winter slav girl! The folk costume (Czech region of Slovácko)is from my father’s village, and even though I’ve never lived there, I always felt quite a strong connection to that place
Redraw of an old idea I had, the gaang if they were Bulgarian/South Slavic.
Aang is inspired by shepherd's clothing mostly as well as some North- and Central- West Bulgarian clothing. Same for Sokka, but mostly CW (from the Shop region). Katara is a mix of Rhodope mountain and again CW styles. The butterflies are just so they don't stare in empty space lol
A cover photo from the Greek culinary magazine “Γαστρονόμος” (=Gastronome). featuring old traditional recipes from rural Attica. The photo was taken by Michael Pappas.