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 ...

Slovak folklore making a comeback: Unique diversity survived Slovakia boasts a rich and long-rooted tradition of folk costumes and various traditional architecture.

Gail Naughton, director and CEO of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, stands next to an exhibit of traditional costumes at the museum in southwest Cedar Rapids.

“Slovak folklore is rich and highly ornamental,” she says. Inspired by embroidery’s deep roots as a traditional women’s craft, Andrea has given it new life via tattoos.

TIP FOR THE WEEKEND Celebration of everything folk Hailing all the way from Easter Island—one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth, with the nearest continental point 3,500 kilometres ...

Slovakia has a rich history of folk music, which influenced the works of composers from Hungarian Béla Bartók to celebrated local composer Eugen Suchoň.

The Prince of Bavaria is bashing Oktoberfest revelers for “wearing costumes to get drunk” at the German beer festival, calling it “cultural appropriation” and blasting those… ...

A collaborative exhibition by the Museum of British Folklore offers a peek behind the pearly buttons of London's vibrant folk communities.

A comprehensive new book about Seto folk costumes has been published. The book, which is over 600 pages long, contains 710 photographs as well as articles, which provide a wide-ranging account of the ...

London's culture of costume and celebration is the focus of a new exhibition opening in east London. Making More Mischief: Folk Costume in Britain will open at the London College of Fashion in ...