Tteokchigi

Excerpt on back: This is a bustling scene preparing food being used on the

New Year's Day. Rice cakes are the most representative dish in Korean big

festive days as a special dish or a snack. A strong man used to hit steamed

rice on a big wooden board with a mallet and then women turned it over

and put water on the mallet to prevent sticking.

Thanks to SeHan for this beautiful People card for my collection

Sent: 12 August 2015   Received: 21 September 2015   Travelled: 40 days

Natives of Peru

Peru is a multiethnic nation formed by the combination of different groups over five centuries. Amerindians inhabited Peruvian territory for several millennia before Spanish Conquest in the 16th century; according to historian Noble David Cook their population decreased from nearly 5–9 million in the 1520s to around 600,000 in 1620 mainly because of infectious diseases. Spaniards and Africans arrived in large numbers under colonial rule, mixing widely with each other and with indigenous peoples. After independence, there has been gradual immigration from England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Chinese and Japanese arrived in the 1850s as a replacement for slave workers and have since become a major influence in Peruvian society.
According to a 2015 genealogical DNA testing, the average Peruvian is estimated to be 79.1% Native American, 19.8% European, and 1.1% Sub-Saharan African overall.
Source: Wikipedia

Thanks very much to Andres for this wonderful People card for my collection!

Sent:22 August 2015  Received: 11 September 2015   Travelled: 20 days

Bulgarian costume

Thanks to Rumi and Nasru for the lovely Burlgarian national costumes of the Eastern region!

Enjoyed the colourful card :)

Sent: 18 August 2015   Received: 8 Sept 2015   Travelled: 21 days

Black Forest costume

Traditional Black Forest costume sent by the #1 German Postcrosser Willi

and the amazing Little Prince stamp!

Sent: 3 August 2015   Received: 21 August 2015   Travelled: 18 days

Vintage NL

Thanks to Erwin via Postcardunited for this beautiful vintage folk card for my People collection!
Sent: 29 May 2015   Received:10 June 2015
Travelled: 11 days

Hoan Kiem Lake

The "Ao Dai" with its elegant and flattering look has long been considered to be the traditional dress for Vietnamese women. Early versions of the Ao Dai dated from 1744 when Lord Vu Vuong of the Nguyen Dynasty issued a decree that both men and women should wear an ensemble of trousers and a gown fastened with buttons in the front.

Beautiful card of ladies in their traditional Ao Dai and Non La (leaf hats)!

The traditional Ao Dai dress has been a card in my wishlist ever since

I started exchanging cards :D  Thanks to Trang!

Sent: 28 September 2014   Received: 20 October 2014   Travelled: 22 days

Moldovan children

Photo by: Natasha Petrenko

Wow a postcrossing card from Moldova! This time with incredibly beautiful stamps.

Beautiful card Thank you Natalia!

Sent: 16 May 2014   Received: 1 July 2014   Travelled: 15 days

Maltese Faldetta - National Costume

What an amazing card showing the National Costume of Malta, the Faldetta

and my favourite past time, souvenir shopping :p

In the past it was widespread but no longer worn today. When I first saw this

image I don't know why I thought it seem Sicilian, probably from the severity of the 

costume. According to legend, the women of Celano , from the Abruzzi region of Italy,

were expelled to Malta in 1224. They wore mourning garments due to their husbands being

massacred based on the instructions of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick the II.

Fascinating bit of history, I really need to find some time to delve into the history of

this region as well as the Sovereign Order of Malta, which has a postal entity in Rome.

Thank you Silvan for this unexpected surprise!

Sent: 6 September 2014   Received: 26 September 2014   Travelled: 20 days

Moldova

The female's traditional garment consists of a white embroidered blouse, an embroidered vest trimmed with sheep fleece, and a white skirt with lace on the hem, usually covered by a black embroidered overskirt. The male costume consists of a white embroidered shirt, a vest similar to the women's, white pants, a hat decorated with peacock feathers or flowers, or a sheep fleece cap, and a wide belt. Both men and women wear opinci, leather shoes with leather laces that tie around the ankles.

Fantastic card showing the traditional aspects of Moldova in the clothes,

food, the country's name on it and the Europa 2013 CEPT "Postal Van" series

But to have the stamp survive the journey without being stolen is a great relief

thank you Olga for this special card and my pets (missing one more dog though :p )

Sent: 30 April 2014   Received: 7 May 2014   Travelled: 7days

Bosnia's Serbian traditional costumes

 

Serbian costume is also known for the variety of textures and embroidery. The Jelek is a Waistcoat made from wool or velvet while women's jackets are lined with fur. The peony embroidery design often found on aprons, socks and elsewhere is colored bright red, symbolising the blood lost at the Battle of Kosovo. Characteristic features of Serbian dress include opanci, footwear dating back to antiquity.

Traditional Serbian female dress consists of opanci, embroidered woolen socks that reached to the knees and nazuvice. Skirts were very varied, of plaited or gathered and embroidered linen, with tkanice serving as a belt. An important part of the costume were aprons (pregace) decorated with floral motifs. Shirts were in the shape of tunics, richly decorated with silver thread and cords was worn over the shirt. In some areas it was replaced by an upper sleeveless dress of red or blue cloth, knee-long, richly decorated and buttoned in front (zubun). Scarves and caps bordered with cords were worn as headdress. Girls also wore collars, or a string of gold coins around their throats, earrings, bracelets, and their caps were decorated with metal coins or flowers. Young people do not wear this kind of costume nowadays. It can be seen on elderly villagers, as tourist attraction, or in museums. From the 19th century on, Serbs have adopted the usual European way of dressing.

 

Thank you one again to Snjezana for this beautiful people card

from Bosnia!

Sent: 12 April 2014   Received: 23 April 2014   Travelled: 11 days

Buryati girls

The Buryats, or the Buryat-Mongols, numbering approximately 500,000, are the largest indigenous (aboriginal) group in Siberia, mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, a federal subject of Russia. They are the major northern subgroup of the Mongols.
Buryats share many customs with other Mongols, including nomadic herding, and erecting gers for shelter. Today, the majority of Buryats live in and around Ulan-Ude, the capital of the republic, although many live more traditionally in the countryside. They speak a dialect of Mongol language called Buryat.[5] According to UNESCO's 2010 edition of the Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger the Buryat language classified as severely endangered.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thank you Victoria for this amazing card from Siberia!
Sent: 2 February 2014,   Received: 20 February 2014,   Travelled: 18 days

Torajan Costume

Toraja Trditional Costume

Thanks to Inge for this beautiful costume card!

Sent: 7 October 2013   Received: 8 November 2013   Travelled: 32 days

Kazakh New Year

Kazakhs celebrating Nauryz-Zoroastrian New Year on March 22

Thank you Oxana for another amazing card!

Sent: 27 April 2013

Shqiperia, Albania

Children's, Man's costume, Gjirokastra and woman's constume, Lunxheria

Yay! My first card from Albania!

Thank you to Gosia, a friend I met in a hostel in Kosovo. She continued her travels to Albania while I went to Romania. We also went postcard hunting while in Prizren, Kosovo.

 

Sent: 14 June 2013

Received: ??



The real Inge look grandmothers

 

Grannys celebrating Lady Day at Hetta

 

It's always amazing to find out that the subject in the postcard would have any relation to the sender,

thanks Outi for the card, it sure looks like your grandma is having fun :)

 

Sent: 2 September 2013

Received: 11 September 2013

Travelled: 9 days