Ukrainian Carpathians and Hutsuls 🌻🌻

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 Hutsul lumberjack  in traditional clothes.

The Hutsuls are an Ukrainian ethnographic group usually inhabiting the western parts of the country, more precisely the Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi and Zakarpattya regions. 

Sent by Oleg on 12 Sep, 2017 from Nadvirna,Ukraine

Travel time 12 days

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 Hoverla, The Tallest Mountain In The Ukrainian Carpathians

Sent by Anastaasia on 11 Sep, 2016 from Kyiv 

Travel time 12 days

 

Sawasdee - Mailbox today

 Thai people greet people by saying "Sawasdee" (Hello).

Sent by Suraphon in samut Prakan, Thailand

received on7 Feb, 2020 

sent on 11 Jan, 2020

travel time 27 days

distance travelled 8,086 km

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

Traditions

'Gathering Roses at Kazanlik' . 1906 ♥ Bulgaria

Sent by Maya in Sofia, Bulgaria

on 28 Sep, 2019

travel time 23 days

distance travelled 2,224 km

Harukoma ♥

Harukoma ("spring-horse") were performed by female singers who used to carry a wooden horse's head while singing. The horse's head which was thus taken from door o door was believed to be the guardian of silk worms and the vehicle of good luck.

Sent by Sachie in Kunisaki, Japan

on 27 Jul, 2019

travel time 9 days

distance travelled 7,648 km

"Soul of Ukraine" ♥ Artist Olga Gaydamak

Sent by Stanislava, Kyiv, Ukraine
 on 27 Sep, 2019
travel time 27 days
distance travelled 1,454 km

Traditional Greece - fishing

Fishermen's net

Drying the octopus in the sun in the seaside village on the island of Crete.

Traditional Greece - Worry beads

On a trip to Greece, there’s a good chance that you’ll notice Greeks fidgeting with a string of beads in their hands. The string of beads are known as worry beads or komboloi, which Greeks use to soothe themselves, especially during difficult times.

There are many different ways to use worrying beads and everyone finds a unique routine that works just for them. Some people spin the beads in their hands. Others choose to count the beads over and over. There is no right or wrong way. The goal is simply to use the beads to defuse stress and calm the nerves.

Samos shop (my photo)

Traditional Greece - Crafts

 Bradder

Near the grandmother, traditional daycare.

Traditional Greece - Evzones

Athens- Evzones, Presidential Guard

Sent by antigone in Thebes, Greece
sent on 6 Jan, 2017
travel time 24 days

The Evzones is a special unit of the Hellenic Army, also known as Tsoliades, who guard the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in front of the Hellenic Parliament and the Presidential Mansion. 

Summer Sunday

Traditions

Art by  Ekaterina Rumyantseva

travel time 13 days

distance travelled 3,463 km

sent by Sergey, Russia

Sunday tea break

Art by Elena Uvarov

From my daughter on her trip to St.Petersburg, Russia

Romania- Bucovina

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Romania -Bukovina
travel time 9 days
distance travelled 2,046 km
sent by Luca from Bucharest

Bukovina is a historical region in Central Europe, divided between modern-day Romania and Ukraine, located on the northern slopes of the central Eastern Carpathians and the adjoining plains.

Bucovina is known for its folk costumes, furniture, pottery, tapestries and carpets. The craftsmen continue the traditions inherited from their past generations. Masks, traditional costumes, painted eggs, carved wooden objects, embroideries and carpets are still elements of daily life.

UNESCO World Heritage

Among the most picturesque treasures of Romania are the Painted Monasteries of Bucovina. Their painted exterior walls are decorated with elaborate 15th and 16th century frescoes featuring portraits of saints and prophets, scenes from the life of Jesus, images of angels and demons, and heaven and hell.

Igreja do Bonfim

Traditional celebration of Senhor do Bonfim. 

The Church of Nosso Senhor do Bonfim, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

 The church is the most famous of the Catholic churches of Salvador, in the State of Bahia, Brazil. The church is the subject of intense religious devotion by the people of Salvador and is the site of a famous celebration held every year in January (Festa do Senhor do Bonfim).

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travel time 30 days

distance travelled 538 km 

sent by Irina in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Dance

Once upon a time, Auvergne, The Cévennes. Dance 1920

travel time 4 days

distance travelled 2,218 km

sent by Perrine in Saint-Etienne, France

Japanese traditions

Peaceful, minimalist Japanese interior

From Chiaki in Hokkaido, Japan

“Hinamatsuri”: Japan’s Doll Festival

From Michiko, Japan 

Hinamatsuri, or the doll festival, is observed each year on March 3 to celebrate girls and pray for their continued health and happiness. During the holiday, also known as Momo no Sekku (peach festival), families display traditional ceramic dolls. The manufacturing of these figurines remains a thriving example of traditional Japanese craftwork.

Advent Calendar Day 2. - Tiernapojat, Star Boys

Tiernapojat - "Star Boys"

Doghill Martha And The Christmas Pageant by Mauri Kunnas

Mauri Kunnas’s Doghill books are familiar to kids all over the world. In this Christmas-flavoured story, little Martha heads off with her mother to Porvoo, an romantic old town under a blanket of clean white snow, redolent with the magical atmosphere of the days before the Christmas holiday.

Tiernapojat, "Star Boys" is a story about the three wise men’s journey to see the newborn Jesus and king Herod’s order to kill all baby boys to get rid of him. The play is part of Christmas festivities in most schools so its songs and lines are well-known among Finns.

Crafts of Ukraine

Embroidery, wicker baskets, pottery, wood works, wheat weaving, decorative painting,  forging and weaving.

From Lisa in Kiev, Ukraine 

Distance: 1,454 km

Travel time: 8 days

Ukrainian folk art, Petrykivsky Rozpis

From Sasha in Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Distance: 1,607 km

Travel time: 11 days

Petrykivsky painting or “petrykivka” is traditional Ukrainian decorative painting, which originates from Dnipropetrovsk oblast of Ukraine, Petrykivka village. Pertykivsky painting traditionally decorated everyday household items, and the earliest samples of it date back to the 17th century.

UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.

Japanese culture

Music Lesson by Shirataki Ikunosuke (1873 - 1961)

The shamisen or samisen is a three-stringed, Japanese musical instrument derived from the Chinese instrument sanxian. It is played with a plectrum called a bachi.

From Rie in Tokyo, Japan
Distance: 7,757 km
Travel time: 6 days

Maiko is an apprentice geisha in Kyoto, western Japan. Their jobs consist of performing songs, dances, and playing the shamisen or the koto (traditional Japanese instruments) for visitors during feasts.

From Eri in Osaka, Japan

Distance: 7,688 km

Travel time: 9 days

Kyoto geiko.

Kyoto geisha prefer to be called ‘geiko’ meaning ‘arts child’, rather than ‘geisha’, which means ‘arts person’. This  was set by Jui in Taipei, Taiwan

Distance: 8,015 km
Travel time: 14 days

Belarusian Art And Crafts

Valiarjana Zholtak. Stil Life "Festive" 1985, Oil on canvas

Thank you Ekaterina 

Master of spinning. 

Braslav museum of Traditional Culture

Thank you Ksenia

Dudutki Pottery

"Dudutki" is  an open air museum in Belarus. The museum was founded in 1993, it’s the only private museum in Belarus. Dudutki is a museum of Belarusian rural culture, which represented many national crafts and productions, such as carpentry, pottery, handicraft-making and baking, straw braiding, blacksmith, working wind mill, milk farm producing cheese, the only legal moonshine distillery in Belarus.

Thank you Lyudmila

Vasil Sharangovich, 

Illustration to the poem of Yakub Kolas " New Land"

Yakub KOLAS was the classic writer of Belarusian and world literature, one of the founders of modern Belarusian literature and literary Belarusian language. A poet, playwright, prose writer, publicist, translator, teacher, public figure.

Thank you Nadine!