Social media platforms are witnessing a resurgence in folk costumes, with several second-hand markets emerging for their sale and purchase. Among the enthusiasts is Stanislav Talapka, a former ...

Women in Lednice have launched an online collection of over 100 traditional vlňáky, woollen shawls once worn as winter folk ...

THE CENTRE for Folk Art Production (ÚĽUV) has opened a new electronic encyclopaedia presenting traditional Slovak folk costumes. It is the first and only document of this kind in Slovakia, the SITA ...

A collaborative exhibition by the Museum of British Folklore offers a peek behind the pearly buttons of London's vibrant folk communities. Every three years, in the small Belgian city of Ypres, locals ...

People in traditional Estonian folk costumes take part in a dance celebration in Johvi, Estonia on June 8, 2024. More than 1,200 folk dancers from about 100 troops took part in the celebration. (Photo ...

Seto Lelo Polyphonic singing, Estonian folk costumes, Russian arts & crafts, smoke saunas. In Estonia, Christine travels to the Setomaa region, visits an Seto Orthodox church, meets the indigenous ...

STF also hopes that the competition will inspire people to rediscover the traditional folk costume. "We are also hoping to encourage people to rediscover the folk costume and the designers have been ...