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A Bidayuh man with a flute from Sarawak, Malaysia. Predominantly Bidayuh areas in Sarawak are in the suburban areas of the state capital city of Kuching (Penrissen as well as Padawan areas), Lundu, Siburan, Bau and Serian. Most Bidayuh villages can be found in the rural areas of Padawan, Lundu, Penrissen, Bau and Serian.
Texas Germans (German: Texas-Deutsche) are descendants of Germans who settled in Texas since the 1830s. The arriving Germans tended to cluster in ethnic enclaves ; the majority settled in a broad, fragmented belt across the south-central part of the state, where many became farmers. [ 1 ]
Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.
The Iban’s traditional social units are based around longhouses, which serve as communal living spaces for extended families. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In terms of agriculture, the Iban have long practiced shifting cultivation , particularly of rice , as well as hunting and gathering.
The Texas Folklife Festival is an annual event sponsored by the University of Texas at San Antonio's Institute of Texan Cultures celebrating the many ethnicities represented in the population of the state of Texas. Thousands attend the three-day event each year, which features food, crafts, music, and dances from ethnic groups that immigrated ...
Texas was subject to Reconstruction after the Civil War was over. Later on, White Democrats gained political dominance and passed laws in the late 19th century creating second-class status for blacks in a Jim Crow system of segregation which included disenfranchising them from voting in 1901 through passage of a poll tax. Black residents were ...
The Swiss refer to an Austrian or German traditional dress as a dirndl, but refer to their own traditional dress [110] as a tracht. As is the case in the neighboring country of Liechtenstein, the use of the term dirndl for a Swiss dress is discouraged. The style varies by region, for example a Bernese Tracht. These are worn during festivities ...
Men and women may wear ngepan, the traditional costume, especially when guests are arriving. The traditional dress of men is a loincloth ( sirat or cawat ), animal skin coat ( gagong ), peacock and hornbill feathers ( lelanjang ) headwear, chains over the neck ( marik ), silver armlets and anklets along with a shield, sword, and spear.