Folk dance – tanhu

Summer folk dance festival, South Ostrobothnia, Finland

 South Ostrobothnian Folk Music Festival, 1986, Jurva Finlan

 

Traditional clothing

The national dress of Munsala, Finland

Illustrated by Salli Parikka

Sent by Sonja in Saarijärvi, Finland

on 27 Oct, 2019

travel time 4 days

distance travelled 166 km

Dymkovo toy. 

Illustrated by Mila Losenko, Russia

Dymkovo toys, also known as the Vyatka toys or Kirov toys are moulded painted clay figures of people and animals (sometimes in the form of a pennywhistle). It is one of the old Russian folk art handicrafts, which still exists in a village of Dymkovo near Kirov. Traditionally, the Dymkovo toys are made by women.

Sent by Oleg in Bryansk, Russia

on 28 Sep, 2019

travel time 11 days

distance travelled 1,273 km

Japan Harukoma Spring Horse Dancer

Harukoma is the title of a popular song that was sung at the beginning of spring is also the name of a children's toy which was used in the early spring season.

Sent by Sachie in Kunisaki, Japan

 on 27 Jul, 2019

travel time 9 days

distance travelled 7,648 km

Ba a kababyo? ( How are you? in Padang dialect)

 Illustration of the traditional clothing in West Sumatra, Indonesia

Sent by Judika in Tangerang, Indonesi

 on 6 May, 2019

travel time 9 days

distance travelled 10,345 km

Traditional costumes

Traditional Finnish costume representing the region of South Ostrobothnia in Finland - The Härmä national dress  by Virpi Pekkala

Traditional woman's summer costume by  Martta Wendelin. 

National costume from Kauhajoki town in South Ostrobothnia by Katri Lahtinen

In Finland every region has its own specific design of national costume. In these stamps you'll see some examples.

Postcards for the weekend 37: Traditional costumes

Traditions

Flamenco is the traditional song and dance of the Gypsies (flamencos) of Andalucia. Flamenco was listed on UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010.

Tilos island, Greece, traditional costumes

Traditional Sami costumes, Finland

Beauty from Russia

Girl with red sarafan

Artist Vladislav Nagornov 

Vladislav Nagornov  ( b. 1974 in Penza ) is a Russian painter, who graduated from the Penza Art College, then from the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He is a Member of the Russian Union of Artists (since 2001).  Nagornov shows us the beauty of Russian girls and women, as well as reminds us of the history of Russia.

Russian beauty  comes from Anastasia in Tyumen, Siberia

Distance: 2,451 km

Travel time: 11 days

Glimpses of The Past

A girl in traditional Dutch clothes in Schagen, Netherlands

Monique in Alkmaar sent this pretty postcard.
Distance: 1,507 km
Travel time: 8 days

Ladies in traditional costumes of Walcheren knitting on the beach

Johanna in Zeeland sent this summer memory from1956.

Distance: 1,645 km

Travel time: 13 days

Soul of Ukrainian Clothing

Painting in the project “Soul of Ukrainian Clothing"

by Kateryna Biletina,

12-vuotis Sonya asuu Kievissä ja häneltä sain kauniin taidekortin.

The artist became fond of Ukrainian culture and ethnography long ago and says that her passion began with love to different images which have been typical of the country for a long time. That is how she created nearly 20 amazing portraits of modern girls and women in national costumes which have unique shapes and subtle decorative supplement for specific regions of the 19th – early 20th centuries.

Her works are stunning, aren't they?

Kultahietikko

Today it has been snowing the whole day and really A LOT.
It is March and I would love to see some sunny days.
Luckily I have a lot of sunny postcards,

today they come from Bulgaria.

 Golden Sands Bulgaria

From my mother 10.9. 1993

From our friend Anneli 20.6. 1985

Golden Sands is famous with its nice golden sand and long beaches. The Black Sea beaches are covered with crystal clear sands. Because of its natural beauty, Bulgarian Black Sea coast has become famous international resort area. The resort's beach strip is 3,5 km. long and up to 100 m wide. The average air temperature in Summer is 27-30 degrees and the water temperature is 25-28 degrees.

Albena, Bulgaria

To my mother 20.7. 1979 from her friends Raija, baby and Siiri

Albena is a Blue Flag winning resort, located in a picturesque and ecologically clean gulf on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, famous for its flower gardens, close to Varna international airport (30 km). Temperate continental climate, vast sand beach, clean sea without any dangerous animals - your guarantee of wonderful conditions for seaside holidays from May through October.