#european traditions

[castilestateofmind]

"The myth is a celebration in word; the rite is a declaration in action".

-Gerardus van der Leeuw.

#van der Leeuw #myth #rite #religion #european culture #europe #mircea eliade #Joseph campbell #carl jung #tradition #julius evola #alain de benoist #paganism #archetypes #worship #european traditions

[vavuska]

Every European kid asking why it's called “Palms Sunday” If we bless everything except real palms:

Palm Sunday is a Christian holiday. As you might have guessed from the name, it’s on a Sunday — always the Sunday before Easter. That’s because it’s meant to commemorate Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem, a week before Easter Sunday.

However, plams doesn't grow up everywhere, so each Christian country adopted their own version.

In the memes I summarize some of the European traditions I know:

North Italy, Slovenia and Croatia: small olive branches are blessed and distributed to the faithfuls at Churches. In Slovenia there are also “butarica”, that is traditionally a bundle of greenery, flowers or colored wood shavings. In Ljubljana, they are made of colored wood shavings, similar to the Polish tradion illustrated below

South Italy: interweaving palm leaves

Germany, Austria, Finland and Hungary: pussy willow or catkin branches

Bulgaria: Willow twigs, something weaved into crowns with other flowers

Poland: the faithful bring to churches their own “palms” generally made from willow branches decorated with evergreen plants colorful and vibrant crepe paper flowers and green bilberry or juniper bushes affixed to the top of dried flowers and colorful dyed grasses.

Source: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2007, dir. by Gore Verbinski

#vavuskapakage #palm sunday #pirates of the caribbean #Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End #Pirates of the Caribbean meme #european traditional #european traditions #European meme #poland #italian traditions #hungarian #hungary #german things #germany #Austrian #austria #bulgaria #slovenian #slovenia #Croatian #croatia #finland #finnish #finnish things #italian things #christian trauma

[cucullas]

Festa de l’Ós i l’Ossa del Alt Vallespir i Andorra | European Traditions 

“On Cadlemas the Bear leaves the den, and if he finds the weather fine he goes back to sleep one more time”

Once the most powerful mammal of continental Europe, the Bear was feared and adores since the Neolithic. In the mountains of the Catalonian Pyrenees and Andorra many bears once roamed. Feared and revered many traditions displayed the awaken of the bear at the start of February around Candlemas. Now five village keep this traditions during a cold winter day someone plays the Bear who kills, kidnaps womena and must be captured: natures awakes, society mocked and Spring is closer than ever. 

These celebration has various origins, it can be related to the legend of Joan de l’Os, a hero born of a human woman and a bear, especially in the Vallespir where the Bear comes from the forest, the river or the mountain to chase the women in the village and is killed by hunter. In Andorra the she-Bear hunting is a excuse to do a commentary on the society having song and gags about modern social and political events in the traditional spirit of Carnival. 

The celebrations are a very important part of the identities for the villages and help preserve song, poems and just have a great time waiting for the end of winter (and in the case of the Vallespir, to keep speaking Catalan). Often considered violent or too rural in the past, in recent years their importante have been resotred. UNESCO added the celebrations to the Immaterial World Heritage last year. 

The main character is the Bear, once a man in a real bear pelt costume. With time, the pelts rotted or where lost. Saint Laurent bought a new one in Canada, the rest of the villages made makeshift costumes of sheep skin. Prats decided to change the costume form but the bears is still painted black so he can “paint” village people with in “paws” in a show of respect and friendliness though being amateur rugby players and hunters the participants sometimes the tackles are real.

You can find out more about them you can find: the Unesco description of the Andorra (cat) and Vallespir (fr). Have a video about the Feast in Prats in the past: 1/2 (cat) and the modern Ball de l’Os of Encamp (cat). These Youtube channels makes videos of different bear related celebrations.And a paper about the historiography of the Bear festivals in Vallespir (fr).

#llengua catalana #cultura catalana #catalunya nord #andorra #european traditions

[elaho]

My newest Stardew Valley mod is now up and ready to go! Louvier Fromagerie features new artisanal cheeses and butters, producers, and recipes for players to unlock and make as they play! 

Added compatibility with Joseph’s Seed Shop, if you have the latest version installed. 

Check it out here, it’s free!

https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/13421

#stardew valley #sv #stardew valley mods #grampleton marker's market #louvier fromagerie #french acadian #haitian #traditional cheese #european traditions #character design #pixel art #sprite art #portfolio 2022

[scarlettadablog]

#europe #ai #digitalart #cultural diversity #art #traditional attire #european traditions #heritage #aiart

[uhhgoodd]

Young Woman With Sword by Jules-Élie Delaunay (1828-1891)

#art #traditional art #painting #traditional #art history #history #Jules-Élie Delaunay #Jules Elie Delaunay #french art #european art #1800s art #19th century #19th century art #oil painting #1800s #woman #portait

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Giuseppe Mentessi (Italian, 1857-1931) Pace, 1907 Museo dell'Ottocento

#female portrait #european art #italian art #southern europe #mediterranean #woman #flowers #spring #giuseppe mentessi #italy #italian #oil painting #female #portrait #painting #classical art #traditional art #christian

[unrestrained-balderdash-art-blog]

Recently there was a patch of trees felled without warning.

It's nesting season, so it's very dangerous for the birds to destroy their trees. I've already seen woodpigeons mating in the nearby area about a month ago. I've seen birds such as woodpigeons, magpies, great tits, blue tits and a sparrowhawk in the area that's been felled (as well as robins, long-tailed tits, coal tits, blackbirds, goldfinches and house sparrows nearby). I have also heard a Jay nearby before, and one Facebook commenter has said there are nesting Jays. Additionally, it looks horrible - there used to be beautiful trees, and now there's just a thin strip of trees along the footpath, as well as a horrid big hole next to the car park. Our green spaces need more protection.

According to two councillor's Facebook posts, the Forestry Commission are investigating due to no felling licence or planning permission. They have served a Stop Notice. The matter has been raised with the wildlife crime team due to disturbance to nesting birds. The area has been allocated for development, but the felling has had insufficient regard for the environmental impact.

Developers will often illegally fell trees, then take the fine and build houses since it's already been destroyed. However, they could now be issued a restocking order, and would have to replant the trees.

I've seen two messages on the gate to the site protesting this, so I made this piece. If there's public uproar it could hopefully make them think twice next time, even if it doesn't save this one.

#robin #robin redbreast #european robin #erithacus rubecula #erithacus #muscicapidae #passeriformes #bird #birds #birb #deforestation #save the trees #environment #art #painting #traditional art #artists on tumblr #bird art #wauk wauk

[vintagehomecollection]

For the past few centuries, immigrants have brought with them their knowledge of European folk art painting to decorate furniture, walls, and accessories for various types. This particular type of decoration, called rosemaling, evolved in Scandinavia during the early part of the eighteenth century and is, perhaps, the most exuberant of all forms of folk art.

The Good Housekeeping Complete Guide to Traditional American Decorating, 1982

#vintage #vintage interior #1980s #80s #interior design #home decor #kitchen #dining room #wallpaper #stencil #rosemaling #Scandinavia #folk art #European #style #traditional #American #home #architecture

[foxsnails]

Today's a very important day, it's World Eel Day!!

European Eels have a fascinating life cycle, starting out in the sea as little leaf-shaped larvae, riding currents into Europe as they grow, and then finally returning to the sea as full-grown eels! You can learn more about these slippery fish and their conservation efforts at EelSuitcase !

(Psssttt, I'm selling prints of this here, the original A3 gouache painting will be going up for sale on my website soon)

#european eel #eels #world eel day #worldeelday #marine #aquatic #fish #traditional art #gouache #my art

[coffeebrownn]

dungeon meshi sona

#dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #delicious in dungeon #gnome #sona #oc #my art #ft my friends for the comix #my sona just vibe(?) they can do magic but really lazy/have very strict principle #will give party partially edible and stale trail mix that contains mildly poisonous herbs and spices #underqualified herbology #the formal 1 clothes was mainly inspired by eatern european traditional clothing

[castilestateofmind]

“For the old European world, the forest was the birthplace of Myth”.

Ivonne Verdier.

#Forest #Ivonne Verdier #ivan shishkin #myth #european mythology #collective unconscious #carl jung #traditions #european traditions #agrariarism #The forest passage #ernst junger #european art #european culture #traditionalism #ruralism

[2001hz]

Reiji Hiramatsu

#reiji hiramatsu #nihonga #european impressionism #traditional art #paintings #illustrations #nature #japan

[heather--moors]

#old money aesthetic #old money #family aesthetic #family life #traditional family #moodboard #not my pics #old money house #old money style #european summer #classy #classy aesthetic #italy vibes #living in paris #paris cafe #france #france aesthetic #Parisian cafe #europe #europe aesthetic

[shinonart]

I recently illustrated a memo game "Endangered Animal Babies" for Treecer. This memo game contains 72 unique illustrations and 36 endangered animal species. Each pair consists of the parent and the baby animal and all the illustrations were done in watercolor.

I'm really grateful for this opportunity and very happy with the outcome of the game! The game is sold by WWF Finland and Treecer at the moment.

SET 1 | SET 2 | SET 3 | SET 4 | SET 5 | SET 6 | SET 7

#artists on tumblr #traditional art #watercolor #traditionalart #traditional #animal art #wildlife art #giant panda #eastern gorilla #gorilla #tamarin #golden lion tamarin #european sturgeon #pangolin #chinese pangolin

[froggyfroo-art]

Amphibiuary 2024 Day 23: Common

One of my favourite frogs, the European common toad! While they are endangered in the UK, thankfully they are abundant over the rest of Europe.

#amphibiuary2024 #common #european common toad #frogs #artists on tumblr #toads #my art #original work #cartoon #cute #cartoon illustration #traditional art #art #traditional illustration #bufo bufo #amphibiuary