Arranged by region of the world, illustrates contemporary native folk costume, from the complex embroidery found on Scandinavian decorative dresses to the various styles of face veils worn by Middle Eastern women

Over 200 costumes in color, with descriptions relating each to traditions, music, dance and ritual. “Valuable as a design history and visual reference.”—Theatre Crafts Magazine. “Useful in high school and public libraries.”—RSBALA

This book is the first publication presenting as many as 63 folk costumes from the whole territory of Poland. We can get to know one of the most spectacular elements of Polish peasant culture owing to the descriptions by an outstanding ethnographer Elzbieta Piskorz-Branekova and beautiful pictures by excellent photographers. The presented costumes, coming from the collections of the State Ethnographical Museum in Warsaw and many other Polish museums, delight the eye with their unique beauty, with variety and colours of fabric, with the opulence of their embroideries and laces.

Be a hero to the people of Arabia with a costume that will make you look like you belong in a Hollywood epic. The Arabian Folk Hero Mens Costume is an action packed ensemble that will impress your friends thanks to its rugged appearance. This getup resembles authentic Arabian fashion and whether youre out on the dunes fighting alongside your fellow rebels, or just partying with the rest of the gang you can be sure that this amazing look will spread a legend worthy of a true folk hero.

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A treasury of ethnic dress, this book ranges from the Amish of Pennsylvania to the Zulu of South Africa. Alphabetical entries cover more than 150 countries and regions, each represented by six or more illustrations. The survey covers not only all countries in which native dress is still worn but also those in which traditional garb appears only on festive occasions.Six hundred drawings by the author include images of men, women, and children and show details of characteristic decorative motifs and accessories. Captions on facing pages describe the costumes and their associated traditions. A valuable resource for designers, teachers, students, and researchers, this volume will fascinate everyone with an interest in the customs, designs, fabrics, and colors of international dress.

The folk costumes of Norway are living cultural y, and they and form a vital part of an ancient crafts tradition, with all the distinctive and beautiful examples it includes. The Norwegian ancient costume tradition has not been relegated to the museums - it is kept alive throughout the country. More and more Norwegians own a folk costume, or intend to do so, and a great deal of work is going on in the fields of research and reconstruction of old costumes. And as a result of all this activity, a number of costumes based on ancient traditions have made the appearance in recent years.

All around the world there are festivals that reach back through the sands of time to medieval carnival traditions, and beyond. The festivals in this book are often little known outside their locale and they are all characterised by spectacular costumes and compellingly bizarre rituals. The Jarramplas of Piornal, Spain is a spooky devil character dressed in rags, who is pelted by two tons of turnips every year. In Japan, the Kasedori wear a suit of straw and run barefoot through the snow as villagers douse them in freezing water to protect their houses from fire. The Courir de Mardi Gras is a lesser known cousin of the New Orleans carnival, in which members of rural Louisiana communities dress in Medieval French jester costumes and chase down chickens thrown from the roofs of local farmsteads.

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