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A series of European Folk Costumes
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Is that bear hanging massive dong?
Vive LA France!
For some reason you're no longer allowed to wear that costume in the metro. It's traditional dammit!
Joulupukki
Estonia
That's Finnish lol, in Estonia it'd be called Jõulusokk (sokk meaning both sock and stag), never seen anyone don the costume in the parts of the country I've lived in, but folk costumes differ by region even in our tiny country.
Most folk costumes are very different from this though.
Bulgaria
Anyone have context for the purpose or use of these costumes? They seem very intricate and some are more nightmare material (at least to me)
It's probably hard to say with a lot of them, because Christianity rebranded a lot of ancient traditions... Like Christmas and Easter.
Lots of weird costumes and traditions with them wearing them are rooted in pagan traditions.
Check out the Julebukk for example
Missed Slovenia (Kurent)
I was thinking some of these look like ghillie suits used by the military, but TIL from Wikipedia that those may actually have a folk origin:
The term ghillie suit may be a reference to the Ghillie Dhu, an earth spirit in Scottish mythology clothed in leaves and moss.
You cannot tell me some of those ain't jist ancient fursonas. Looking at you specifically Ursul and Orso
These are awesome I want these to be my daily wear.
Portugal and whatever the fuck this is
hah hah peanus
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