Observations · Mores · Society · Ethnography
Concerning the puppet that portrays our charming Macron in decidedly uncomplimentary fashion at opposition demonstrations: a number of critical pieces have already appeared in the Western media, among them the claim that it is an antisemitic image. For those not versed in French political realities, let me clarify: firstly, this
NB! · Art · Ethnography
NB! · Archive · Art · Ethnography
Czech carnival in Olomouc, 1968. Photograph by Josef Koudelka; the picture is titled Exiles
NB! · Books · Ethnography
A canopied bed resembling a barrel. The decoration of the bed is stylised after the interior fittings of a large, wealthy house, while the bed itself is made of rather rough planks. Illustration from Claudia Kinmonth's book on Irish country furniture.
Education · Pop Culture · Ethnography
The Krestetsky pattern is bound to the hand labour of its needlewomen and cannot be replaced even by the most modern machines. In Russia this is perhaps one of the few cases in which a traditional craft has turned so quickly, and with such respect for tradition, into a large
Heritage · Ethnography
Somewhere in the middle of the nineteenth century, in a village near the small but ancient town of Krestsy, at the crossroads of two roads, from Moscow to Novgorod and from Pskov to Vologda, there appeared a craft that soon won the love of all Russia and eventually became a
NB! · Cinema · Books · Observations · Pop Culture · Ethnography
As for the images from "Quiet Flows the Don", I was reminded of Ulyana Sergeenko's 2019 collection, which was inspired precisely by this screen adaptation of the novel. One can make out lace masks, prints on fabric with steppe landscapes, and headscarves
Cinema · Books · Observations · Ethnography
Strange, really, that with the epidemic upheavals in fashion no designer has borrowed the manner of swathing the whole face in a headscarf from Aksinya and Darya in the haymaking scene of "Quiet Flows the Don". How elegant, and how wonderfully original! The text describes it simply, without
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The East · Observations · Mores · Nature · Ethnography
A man in Turkish dress feeds stray cats and dogs with meat. Anyone who has been to Istanbul in our own day knows that the tradition of kindness to animals lives on there still. Perhaps in someone's heart this picture will awaken mercy towards stray cats and dogs
NB! · Faith · Ethnography
NB! · Art · Observations · Ethnography
I like how folk motifs are appearing in art once more. Works by Anna Samoylova from the series “Kuda det' volyu devich'yu” [“What to Do with a Maiden's Freedom”]. I do hope the Abramtsevo of the third millennium is not long in coming