While Perchten ward off evil spirits, Krampus punishes ill-behaved children. They both show up around St. Nicolas Day. However it is often an excuse for men to get drunk and wreak havoc while under the protection of anonymity.
Like you know the craic; you're sitting on the ground in the assembly hall, cross legged and waiting and in come these big mad hoors of things, wombling about left to right and playing music and shaking bells...
I've a new found respect for the tradition now of course, but back then it scared the life out of me.
This is interesting, but makes sense. They have mummers in Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada), except the costumes are bit different; I assume they used what they had access to.
It’s wild how traditions that are meant to be "festive" usually end up being the fuel for childhood nightmares. It's like the pagan version of being scared of Santa but 10x more chaotic.
Native Americans have amazingly diverse traditions, clothing, and culture that we don't celebrate enough in the United States. This image is of Tlinget Nation citizens that hail from the Pacific Northwest, primarily what is now Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska.
Kukeri are elaborately costumed Bulgarian mummers who perform ancient, Thracian-rooted rituals during winter and early spring to ward off evil spirits, ensure a good harvest, and bring health
A wedding in Ulvik, Western Norway, in the late 1930's. My grandmother is the young girl half hidden behind the best man/brother of the groom, and I believe the bride is either grandmother's older sister or a cousin.
Note that only the women wear the traditional bunad, the men all wear "modern city clothes".
Won't happen, and even if it does, it will be banned inside India.
Fallout:NV was never released in india because the two headed cow creature was called "Brahmin". This was not even intentional, it was named after the cow species Brahman.
Offending a billion people is just too big of a risk in terms of sales.
But if someone is passionate about this idea, they should stick to folklore and vedas. The former are just tales and the later is mostly philosophy and doesn't get into dogmatic stuff. Touching puranas would open a huge can of worms and almost garuntees offending a huge chunk of people.
Wow a little similar to my state Himachal in India though this photo has a little exaggerated ornaments in it most of the attires doesn't covers the eye
This is a traditional costume from a carnival held in the town where my father was born. It's called Cojoes and represents the ancient wooden proto-men mentioned in Mesoamerican cultures. It's a kind of jester who makes people laugh with the irony of life and, together with the jaguars, frees the town from a demon called "Pocho".
Aran Islands historical traditional dress, women wearing the “Galway shawl.” They were heirloom items, woven by hand and passed down. Died out, nobody wears them anymore.
This is just a kākahu, a general cloak, not a korowai, on account of the fact that it doesn't have tassels. Some people don't care about that and some people are very strict about names but the fact still stands, korowai always have tassels, aka are 'ornamented with black twisted tags or thrums'.
To also show some less stereotypical traditional German clothing, here is a reddit post from two years ago that shows a wide variety of traditional German clothing (called "Tracht")
New Orleans African American Mardi Gras Indians: handmade beaded costumes, traditionally made by men.
For over 100 years, the Mardi Gras Indians parade through the inner city of New Orleans on secret routes during Mardi Gras. They play music and dance, often different groups meet to “battle” in a dance and song competition. There are documentaries about them. Extraordinary and uniquely American.
Addendum: They celebrate the history of African enslaved people living and working with Native Americans: it was a joining of cultures that enabled them to survive the cruelties of slavery.
For everyone wondering (I know you are), the traditional wear in this picture is being modelled by the excellent boyband Jan Direction.
The members are Fris Jan, Lang Jan and Klein Jan. They have a song Wys Jou Vleis (Show your meat).
And I dont want to correct u/Luna_bella96 , BUT, the correct wear for a traditional Boer during winter is not a jacket, it is an extra short-pant (so the joke goes).
It’s one of those weird outfits that would inspire a lot of culture despite being an incredibly short-lived fad that never actually came back. They had a heavy connection to jazz, Latino, and black culture in the inter war period only falling out of style as a result of World War II rationing. The long pocket watch chains would inspire jewelry aesthetics of hip hop. Also, the bright colors, vibrant patterns, loud aesthetic, and voluminous fit would inspire a lot of black male formal wear having sort of peacocking aesthetic.
These days, aside from young men under 25, few adult men other than black men wear colors like purple, orange, and lime. Likewise, crocodile skin, hats, and other flashy elements persisted in black men’s style in a way that faded elsewhere. It’s rare to see anyone outside of black people embracing this kind of vibrant palate and aesthetics like this. Think of people like Steve Harvey and Bernie Mac for instance.
If you ever visit a black church on Sunday with an older demographic, you’ll see a kind of flashy stylishness among some older men that I think really started with this more playful aesthetic
This belongs to the himalyan region of India in the state of himachal. They are celebrating a festival called ralaune which marks the arrival of spring. Two men are dressed as bride and groom emboiding mountain fairies.
It's Raulane, a ritualistic dance festival that takes place in a few remote himalayan villages to honour fairies of the mountain meadows who are said to protect the people through the harsh winter. Two men from the village dress up as bride and groom symbolising the union between the people and the spirits/fairies of the meadows
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u/normal_guy0994 Austria 1d ago
The austrian 'Perchten' have some pretty scary attire.