A real mayor in a traditional costume and a hat that used to be worn by the more respected townsfolk.
Monday Portrait
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Tag: Tracht
Odenwälder Bier
German beers are steeped in tradition. The breweries pride themselves in their long history. The Schmucker brewery in the Odenwald is no exception. The company history reaches back almost 300 years. Their emblem is a town dignitary in traditional garb from the Odenwald. His traditional … Continue reading Odenwälder Bier
Keeping Warm
I found an egg cosy but not a tea cosy. But how about a leg cosy? Ragtag Daily Prompt: Cosy
The Clothes Maketh the Man
In this case, particularly the hat doth the making. And the times define the clothes. But what if the clothes don’t fit in the times? Does that make the man anachronistic all by himself?
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Anachronistic
I’m a Fan of Traditional Costumes
Traditional costume from the Alsace.
Odenwälder and Bergsträßer traditional costume.
Non-specific traditional costume from the South and Southwest of Germany.
These murals in Lindenfels are badly faded, I enhanced them with photo shop. The left picture depicts the traditional costume of Lindenfels in the Odenwald; the right picture shows young women from Moëlan sur Mer in traditional Breton costume. The two towns are twinned.
Another version of Odenwald costume from Neunkirchen, the highest village in the Hessian part of the Odenwald, part of the community of Modautal.
Rocking the Tricorn
Monday Portrait
Traditional Portrait
Another yield from the traditional festival a couple of weeks ago.
Monday Portrait
Traditional Trios
Three youngish men … arrive for the drinking and eating and revelling.
Three wine princesses … toast the crowd from the balcony of the old town hall.
Three elder town’s men survey the towns folk who have come to witness the beginn of the fest.
Thursday Trios
Yin and Yang
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Male vs Female
Sunday dress
Objects or People older than 50 years for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge.
The featured people are older than 50 but their clothes – traditional German costumes from the south-western part – often are too, truly so or re-created. Obviously, I have a penchant for hats. The men all wear the traditional form called tricorne or cocked hat which was worn by older, more well-to-do burghers.
For more photos of things and people older than 50 years, click here.
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