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| pearl.arts.ed.ac.uk/ Material dates from 1949 onwards and depicts all aspects of 20th century Scottish Ethnology including customs, culture, songs, and tales. Images a Selection of articles from the magazine 'Tocher', available as English and Gaelic texts, or in audio format. | |
| fattuesday.com/ Includes history, images and parade schedule. Information about the customs and history of the Mardi Gras parades held in New Orleans, USA. | ||
| haldjas.folklore.ee/folklore/ Electronic version of the journal of the same name, with full text articles available relating to many areas of ethnological research. Topics of interest include comparative religions, cosmology, traditional customs, ethnomusicology, and belief concepts f | ||
| orkneyjar.com/ Comprehensive coverage of all things Orcadian, including historical information on the island, the language, genealogy, and further links to resources which include Icelandic sagas. Traditional customs and the folklore of Orkney are detailed, with images | ||
| alsirat.com/silence/ Resource dealing with the cultural appreciation of death and burial customs. Includes a listing of related terminology and a glossary of symbolic actions such as offerings to the dead, particular days that commemorate death, and Gods associated with dying | ||
| symbols.com/ Includes the symbols' histories, uses, and meanings. The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo A collection of more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into over 50 groups according to their graphic characteristics. | ||
| mythinglinks.org/ Resources cover aspects of mythology and folklore that are connected to the likes of calendar customs, and themes that are found in both Eastern and Western cultures, including information on the quarter days | ||
| executiveplanet.com/community/ Covers topics such as entertaining, making appointments, addressing others, gift-giving, public behaviour, business dress, and conversation. Presents articles on business etiquette and culture in prominent US trading partner countries. | ||
| santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm Brief descriptions of the Christmas traditions of different countries, India, including Vietnam, Guatemala and Russia. | ||
| chcp.org/Vwedding.html Includes history, ancient marriage customs, proposal, betrothal, the wedding, after the wedding, a comparison with western traditions and a bibliography. Information about wedding customs in China. | ||
| umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/ An alphabetical listing of all entries is provided. Searchable dictionary aiming to provide possible cultural significance of various symbols, and suggest ways in which those symbols may have been used in context. | ||
| drizzle.com/~celyn/mrwp/mrwp.html Includes traditions, ceremonies, handfastings, attire, flowers, headpieces, the feast, bibliographies and Viking traditions. Information about weddings during medieval and Renaissance times. | ||
| www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZU/DEATH.HTML Project investigating the funerary customs and beliefs of the ancient Egyptians, covering the provision for life in the 'next world' and the significance of shabtis. | ||
| costumes.org/pages/ethnolnk.htm Includes historical and modern day costumes, as well as those associated with specific events. Text based and pictorial examples of traditional textiles used and dress worn, around the world, browsable by country. | ||
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