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…Sun gods of many Indo-European pantheons were thought as riding a chariot or a boat. Greek Helios, Egyptian Ra, Vedic Indra could be mentioned among them. The most ancient images of The Sun Boat belong to cave paintings founded at Scandinavian Peninsula. A boat depicted there is pulled by a pair of waterfowls, probably, swans...
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- 08.09.2009 - a paragraph (in English):
Waistband.
... a waistband is a must-be part of a traditionlal Russian clothes. It proves a wearer is a human, and he/she belongs to Cosmos, not Chaos. Despite its pagan origin, a symbolism of a waistband
was deeply incorporated into Russian Orthodox Christianity. For a true Orthodox, it was totally forbidden not to wear a belt for any moment of her/his life.
Symbolically, a belt is a border between Inside and Outside. Those In and Out could be thought in any sence: physical, spiritual, or social...
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- 06.30.2009 - Gallery of Embroidery:
a Palik (a shoulder detail for a woman's dress, a copy of the 19th century masterpiece), a photo and a description.
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