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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 four traditional quartiers of Monaco are Monaco-Ville, La Condamine, Monte Carlo and Fontvieille. [108] The suburb of Moneghetti , the high-level part of La Condamine, is generally seen today as an effective fifth Quartier of Monaco, having a very distinct atmosphere and topography when compared with low-level La Condamine.
A platter of cheese as served in a hotel in Monaco. Monégasque cuisine is the cuisine of the principality of Monaco.It is a Mediterranean cuisine shaped by the cooking style of Provence and the influences of nearby northern Italian and southern French cooking (and French cuisine in general), [1] in addition to Monaco’s own culinary traditions.
A parade of traditional costumes took place in 1835 at Oktoberfest, to celebrate the silver wedding anniversary of King Ludwig I of Bavaria and Queen Therese. Under his successor Maximilian II, traditional costumes were officially recognised as clothing suitable for wearing at the royal court. The king himself included officials wearing tracht ...
Illustration of the yaoxianao[zi] from the Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng, between 1700 and 1725 AD. In the Yuan dynasty, the terlig was known as yaoxianao[zi] (simplified Chinese: 腰线袄[子]; traditional Chinese: 腰線襖子) or bianxianao (simplified Chinese: 辫线袄; traditional Chinese: 辮線襖) in Chinese literature; [1] [3]: 75–76 [4] it was a popular style of coat ...
This is a list of public holidays in Monaco. Public holidays. Date English name French name Notes 1 January New Year's Day: Jour de l’An
The association of France with fashion and style (la mode) is widely credited as beginning during the reign of Louis XIV [5] when the luxury goods industries in France came increasingly under royal control and the French royal court became, arguably, the arbiter of taste and style in Europe.
Monaco team with flag at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony Poster for the Exposition De Monaco (1920). The national flag of Monaco (French: drapeau national de Monaco) has two equal horizontal bands, of red (top) and white (bottom), both of which have been the heraldic colours of the House of Grimaldi since at least 1339.