Nānā ka maka, ho‘olohe ka pepeiao, pa‘a ka waha.

This blog focuses on a variety of social issues and cultural beauty. This is a side blog of mine. Nānā ka maka, ho‘olohe ka pepeiao, pa‘a ka waha.Look with the eyes, listen with the ears, shut the mouth.

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[bryfrnd]

chromed out

[pankajsakina]

Baby Feet, with the bangles, you would always know where she is!

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Black Miaos of China; Wu Mejying on the way to her betrothed's home village. Scanned from the book Wedding Ceremonies: Ethnic Symbols, Costume and Rituals; 2001; Tiziana & Gianni Baldizzone

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Banded agate inkwell, Middle East, 10th century

from The Khalili Collection

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Happy New Year! Postcard featuring a Native American woman carrying a smiling baby in an Arizona  a Pacific-coast style cradle Date: 1910 Negative Number 154386

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Navajo woman weaving

Photographer: T. Harmon Parkhurst Date: 1925 - 1945? Negative Number: 073912

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Tourist visit - Bukhara, 2022

[smsomah]

The Fassi, Morocco; Melika being dressed in an outift of pearls with gold and silk brocade. Scanned from the book Wedding Ceremonies: Ethnic Symbols, Costume and Rituals; 2001; Tiziana & Gianni Baldizzone

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Reblog to give mutuals a break from whatever they're been going through

[smsomah]

Scanned from the book Insight Guides: Native America; 1993; photos by John Running & Monty Roessel

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made an arrangement to match this perfect farmers market tomato

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Braiding and making coloured tassels. Jiddat al Harasis, Oman, 1992. Gigi Crocker Jones

[genderoutlaws]

Marsha P. Johnson at the First Christopher Street Liberation Day March | 1970 | ph: Leonard Fink

[tree-whispering]

Atlanta Pride 2023

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waterline agate

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The thalai, with the pendant known as chutti, that Tamil brides wear on their forehead. Scanned from the book Wedding Ceremonies: Ethnic Symbols, Costume and Rituals; 2001; Tiziana & Gianni Baldizzone