Pamporovo, Bulgaria

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Pamporovo, Bulgaria
Pomak woman from a village Malka Arda, Banite municipality, Smolyan district, Bulgaria, before 1945. Central State Archive in Sofia
Smolyan, Bulgaria
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Embroidery samples from Eastern and Cental Bulgaria (Plovdiv, Burgas, Shumen, Smolyan). Shown at the "You'll know them by the embroidery" exhibition (2018) at the Shumen Regional History Museum.
“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.” – George A. Moore #Smolyan #dewin (hier: Dewin, Smolyan, Bulgaria) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxAuLA4ncaG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Sleeves from a chemise, made of cotton, wool and silver thread. Rupchos region, Western Rhodope mountains, Bulgaria. | Ръкави от женска риза, памук и вълна, сърма. Рупчоско, Западни Родопи.
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This time last year in Yagodina, Bulgaria
Studio portraits of models wearing traditional clothing from the Vilayet of Adrianople (now Edirne Province in Turkey, 1873):
Greek peasant from Manastir (Bitola); Greek peasant woman from Manastir; Bulgarian woman from Scutari.
Bulgarian woman from the Kaza of Ahiçelebi (modern-day Smolyan); Greek woman from Hasköy (Haskovo); peasant woman from Baı̈djas [?].
Muslim inhabitant of Adrianople; Muslim horseman of Adrianople; Christian artisan of Adrianople.
Muslim horseman from Filibe (Plovdiv); Bulgarian from Koyountèpè [?]; Bulgarian from Ahiçelebi.