There are so many countries that have folkloristic costumes that are so beautiful, and there are also a lot of different festivals or parades showing off these rich traditions. We do in Norway, as I have just mentioned, and I have seen parades and celebrations of this kind in other countries that I will never forget. For my part, especially in Italy. But with the terrible earthquake in northern Italy today, I feel it is not the time to show a lot of these pictures.
So here only two, with costumes that shows both differences and similarities whith the scandinavian. These photos are from the Cavalcata Sarda, in Sassari, Sardinia. It goes on every year in the end of May, that is this weekend. I might get back to the subject. There are some more in my photo gallery from Sardinia.
OH my ,, beautiful photography here.. beautiful lace, maybe crochet? thanks for sharing.. these are esquisite.
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I used to travel a lot all over Europe, as I was a photo-journalist.
And what I found about Sardinia is, —– they are a factory
to mass produce Beauties. 🙂
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I love these costumes! Very sensitive of you to hold off on the Italian pictures. Maybe we can see them another time.
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Love the first picture, very nice!
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These are so beautiful dear Bente, you captured them so nicely, the black and white lace and also in other one too… fascinated me. I love folkloric things… Thank you, love, nia
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Hi,
The costumes are gorgeous, beautifully done, the flowers on the dresses look to be all hand done, they look fabulous against the black, and the lace looks fantastic. Very nice photos. 🙂
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Folclore por todas partes… pero qué bonito espectáculo.
Un abrazo
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Aren’t they lovely 🙂 We don’t have a national costume – any more than the UK or the US. A bit sad, I sometimes think
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Great pictures. It is also interesting that the Sardinians do not consider themselves to be Italian. The Island was settled by phonecians, not sure if I spelt that correctly, anyway they are a different breed to the main-land Italians.
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Phoenicians were a totally different ethnicity compared of sardinians, that lived in the island since the prehistory, Sardinians together the basques are the most ancient european ethnicity. Sardinia joined the same megalithic culture findable everywhere in western europe
Phoenicians didn’t leave any trace in traditions and genetics of Sardinians, because they settled few sea colonies in the south of the island and they didn’t try to fight against the true sardinians (the nuragics). Mainland italians are mainly related genetically with levantines (eastern mediterraneans), where phoenicians lived, Sardinians represents a western european stock.
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phoenicians what? phoenicians settled also in cornwall UK.
Phoenicians weren’t sardinians and they settled some few colonies only on the southern coasts of the island, population in sardinia is more and more ancient, and also genetically isolated but related with other europeans; spaniards, catalans, tuscans, corsicans and southern french above all as they look.
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I don’t know why exactly but the first woman makes me fear……..
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Very nice.
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I absolutely love these ladies and I’m sure it took them time to be so well dressed. Thanks for sharing!
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These costumes are dressed only during folk festivals or traditional feasts nowadays.
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Beautiful shots as always….love the Norwegian customs and celebrations….your blog is great to me as it gives me the inside view of Norway…the home land and my families heritage:) Thank you so much for sharing!
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Sardinia is great about preserving local traditions: costumes change from a village to the next and school is very engaged in saving traditional languages and culture. Thanks for sharing these lovely pictures.
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Muy hermosas fotos, y, desde luego, la primera contiene con perfección todo un carácter: me acerca con cuidado detalle una capital información de tu país, y hasta la fresca hermosura de una mujer en natural conformidad con su estar de representación festiva.
Felicitaciones. Mi saludo. Buen día
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Oh I so loved them..they are so beautiful and gorgeous
lovely pictures 🙂
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nICe mAN!
GOod STUff!
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It’s new to me. Very unique and I learned a lot.
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beautiful photos and costumes, thank you for posting this. 🙂
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Lovely photos and outfits! Such very pretty ladies.
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Do you think this culture was the model for what the nuns now wear. Beautiful people, great photos
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You have captured the details so well Bente! Beautiful girls as well 🙂
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Very good series
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so very beautiful.
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Very nice picture theh first one… very nice close-up-I came here via Joke(mijnnikonenik)-Agnès
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I like the costume in the top pic and, of course, she’s a beautiful woman! The costume reminds me of a Catholic nun’s habit. Excellent pix.
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The black costume was worn by the widowers during the mourning period, sardinian costumes are generally very colourful.
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here a gallery of dozens of sardinian costumes
http://folksardiniancostumes.blogspot.it/2012_05_01_archive.html
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