The second type of needleworking includes methods of forming a single thread or strand of threads into a loose or tight-textured fabric. The best known of these methods are knitting and crochet. Embrodery has been used in clothing and other fabrics from extremley eary times. The earlisets of these pieces of art was found in Egypt. In Egypt archolgist have found embroded clothing preserved from the desert sand.
Their three meals often include a portion of white rice and sometimes hot sauce. Also, the meals will be seen with a small portion of meat and a few vegetables. In their native countries, the Hmong grow all of their spices, herbs, and vegetables. Typical Hmong appetizers include shrimp spring rolls, sweet soy bean rice patties, sesame balls, and cabbage rolls. Main dishes consist of caramelized red braised pork, chicken katsu, tender broiled pork with spicy pepper sauce, pad Thai, and chicken curry fried rice.
The characteristics of a Pollera is the gown, the skirt, and the petticoat, they use two different kinds of fabrics. One fabric light cotton for the summer and wool for the winter. They use one kind of special design which are two pom-poms that are towards center of the chest and back. Of course,you're thinking, do they wear any jewelry or hair ornaments with the pollera? Yes they do but it depends on the kind of Pollera they're wearing.
The first point which Riverbend makes explicitly clear is that a veil is equivalent to the burqa. Burqa is the khimar or pushi for veil in Iraq. While the hijab or rabata is the same as a headscarf. The hijab “seems more like a fashion statement than a religious one” (Riverbend 93). Women wear them all time with any outfit and in various colors.
Blackfeet chiefs wore long tall feather headdresses. Both men and women wore moccasins on their feet and buffalo-hides as robes in the winter. The dresses and shirts were decorated with porcupine quills, beads, and elk teeth. Some painted their face for special occasions. They used different patterns for war, religious ceremonies, and festivals.
It’s made out of sticks and grass. The Garielino used beautiful jewelry. They used feathers as decorations. Beds were also used as jewelry as well as shells. The Gabrielino made their own baskets, They used reed to make wick baskets.
Fabric was extremely valuable despite whether or not it was homemade or imported. The medieval threads were spindled with a distaff (an early part of a spinning wheel). For one whole dress where the density of threads was 12 threads per centimeter you needed as much as 15,000 meters of finished thread; i.e. 30 kilometers of one-filament thread. The thread had to be tightly woven and very durable.
Corn, millet, rice, cassava, plantain, green bananas, or varieties of yams may be used. For eating, the mixture is formed into small halls with three fingers of the right hand then dipped into sauces or relishes made from fish, meat, or vegetables – almost always spicy hot. G: Gumbo: with a consistency between a soup and a stew, gumbo is derived from the African Bantu word for okra. Simmered gently with spicy seasoning, okra, and other vegetables, gumbos take their name from the main seafood or meat ingredient and are usually served over wild rice. In America, gumbos are a treasured part of Creole cuisine.
Corn is generally used in many meals. Most foods are fried in oil. Other dishes served are enchiladas, tortillas, and vigorón (vegetables and pork skins). People usually use knives and forks but will also use tortillas to scoop their food. The economy of Nicaragua is VERY poor.
Navajo women used their sheep's wool to weave blankets and clothing for family use and for inter- and intertribal trade. By the early nineteenth century, Navajo blankets were prized within a wide regional market for their quality--so tightly woven they were waterproof--and their beauty” (Moore, 2001). Today the Navajo people are still practicing many of the traditions that were around in the past. Although some things have changed, gender roles are no longer as strict as they once were. Many men are now the farmers of the household and it is not uncommon for women to join the army.