FINLAND - The Lapps

Thanks to Kati for the card.

"The Lapps, or Sämi as they prefer to be called, reside in a vast area of land that is nearly 400,000 square kilometers and crosses the boundaries of four countries: Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Russia. They are the oldest known inhabitants of Finland. The Sämi are in the minority in each of these countries and are often faced with discrimination. Their territory once extended even farther to the south, but as the rest of the world’s population grew and moved closer to the Sämi, they retreated farther north. To the Sämi, the name “Lapp” is derogatory."

CHINA - Fuyang, Chongqing

Thanks to Lingrui for the card.

RUSSIA - Young Russian Women, 1909

Young Russian peasant women, 1909. Thanks to Victoria for the lovely card.

GERMANY - Romantic Black Forest

Thanks to Sabrina for the card. In her card she explain, 'The red hats the women wear on this card means that they are not married!  Married women had to wear black hats.. easy for the men in the old days." Interesting..

SOUTH KOREA - Folk Dance

Thaks to SoJeony for the card.

KOREA - King robe

Thanks to Hye for the card and great stamps!

CHINA - Traditional costume in Tang Dynasty

Thanks Guo for the card.

ALAND Maxicard - Folkdresses from Saltvik

Stamp: Woman's folkdress form Saltvik.

Maximum card: Folkdresses from Saltvik.

Stamp: Women's folkdress from Eckero and Brando.

Maximum card: Women's cap and shawl from Eckero.

Women and Men's folkdress from Mariehamn.

CHINA - China Clothing

Thanks to Randy for the card.

SLOVENIA - Pohorje

Thanks so much Karmen for the cards.

NETHERLANDS - Tulip shape card

CHINA - Traditional Cloth

Thanks to Zhong Yongyu for the card.

CHINA - Women in Old Shanghai

Beautiful view of women in old Shanghai.  Thanks to Shatoulu for the card.

RUSSIA

 Thanks to Elena for the card.

DAGESTAN - Traditional costume

"The Republic of Dagestan (/dɑːɡɨˈstɑːn/ or /ˈdæɡɨstæn/; Russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respublika Dagestan; also spelled Daghestan) is a federal subject (a republic) of Russia, located in the North Caucasus region. Its capital and largest city is Makhachkala, located at the center of Dagestan on the Caspian Sea.

With a population of 2,910,249, Dagestan is ethnically very diverse (it is Russia's most heterogeneous republic, where no ethnicity forms a majority) with several dozen ethnicities and subgroups inhabiting the republic, most of which speak Caucasian and Turkic languages. Largest among these ethnicities are the Avar, Dargin, Kumyk, Lezgian, Laks, Azerbaijani, Tabasaran and Chechen. Ethnic Russians comprise about 3.6% of Dagestan's total population."

AZERBAIJAN - Traditional Crafts of Azerbaijan

Thank you to Maryam for my first card from Azerbaijan, country #131.

"Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası), is a contiguous transcontinental presidential republic in the Caucasus region, situated at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west and Iran to the south. The exclave of Nakhchivan is bounded by Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, while having a short border with Turkey in the northwest."

IRAN - Girl in traditional costume

One new country to add to my collection, card #119, from Iran. It shows a beautiful girl with traditional outfit and head cover. Received the card on 16 Dec 2014.

"Iran, also known as Persia, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia and Azerbaijan, with Kazakhstan and Russia across the Caspian Sea; to the northeast by Turkmenistan; to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan; to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman; and to the west by Turkey and Iraq. ran is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations."

CHINA - Cheongsam Beautry

BULGARIA - Land of Roses

"Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgar, is a country in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east."

CZECH REPUBLIC - Traditional costume, Hodonin

"Hodonín is a town on the River Morava in the southeast of Moravia, in the Czech Republic. It lies in the South Moravian Region."