Category: 1912

The koto was introduced from China to Japan during the Nara period (710-793) as an instrument of court music (Gagaku).

Indonesian Culture. Fabrics and Weapons of the Malays.

Malaysia, Indonesia, weapons, textil, fabrics design, ethnic, Kris, John Clark Ridpath,

Indonesian Culture. Fabrics and Weapons of the Malays. The Malay (Orang Melayu) are an ethnic group in Southeast Asia. They belong to the Austronesian ethnic groups and speak the Malay… Read More

Traditional costumes and customs of Lithuania. The peasant folkart.

6/6/18

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Lithuania, Folk, costumes, 19th century, Albert Kretschmer

The peasant art of Lithuania. The Lithuanian women wore long wide robes of wool or linen embellished with a relief-like floral ornament. The costume of the men consisted of a long home woven woolen coat of a dark-blue or grey color, resembling in cut and fold the jacket of the women.