Grand Durbar at Cawnpore after the suppression of the Sepoy Revolt. Lord Canning investing the loyal Rajahs with decorations and proprietary rights by Marshall Claxton, Blackie and Son, London, Glasgow and Edinburgh, 1862.
Tag: Customs
Chevalier Charles d’Éon de Beaumont.
He was a transgender/non-binary french spy. In the end we figured out they were born male.
Traditional costumes and customs of Lithuania. The peasant folkart.
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.
Seppuku, Hara Kiri. Ritualized type of male suicide. Japan Samurai.
The seppuku Hara Kiri (jap. 切腹) is a ritualized type of male suicide, which was spread around the middle of the twelfth century in Japan within the shift of the samurai and was officially banned in 1868.
Tapada limeña. Tapada de saya. Peru c1850.
Tapada limeña was the name that was used to designate the Lima woman in the viceroyalty of Peru and the early years of the Republic.
Timeline of the French Revolution 1789 – 1799.
Timeline of the French Revolution 1789 – 1799. January 24, 1789 – November 9, 1799 – Coup of 18 Brumaire to Paris – the end of the French Revolution.
Catherine Howard. Queen of England, 5th wife of King Henry VIII.
Catherine Howard c.1521 – 1542. She was from 1540 until 1541 Queen of England and the fifth wife of King Henry VIII.
The weekly market, bazar, or market-place of Athens.
Greeks, Turks, and Albanians are then seen mingled together; and while the variegated diversity of their costumes gratifies the eye of the beholder.
The Magic word Abracadabra as magical power.
Abracadabra. A charm. It is regarded as the word that in most languages has the same pronunciation.
Ancient Paris as a Celtic, Gaelic settlement.
Ancient Paris as a Celtic, Gaelic settlement. The history of Paris goes back over 2000 years.