Canoe parades. Junkanoo probably began in the 16th or 17th century. Around Christmas‚ Bahamian slaves were given a few days off. This allowed them to leave the plantations to be with their families and to celebrate the holiday with music‚ dance and costumes. In the early years‚ Junkanoo participants wore grotesque masks and walked on stilts. They were allowed to move around anonymously and let off steam. After slavery was abolished‚ Junkanoo almost disappeared‚ but a few islanders kept the tradition
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Racist’ Halloween costumes stir debate Ohio university group’s ’We’re a culture‚ not a costume’ campaign goes viral By Marlene Habib‚ CBC News Posted: Oct 27‚ 2011 6:23 AM ET Last Updated: Oct 27‚ 2011 6:18 AM ET [pic]A poster campaign by Ohio University’s Students Teaching About Racism in Society fights the use of Halloween costumes that stereotype ethnic groups and cultures. (Ohio University’s Students Teaching About Racism in Society) | | | | |Facebook
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designs to paper with the various costumes and characters that were to change the Sci-Fi world. These drawings were brought onto the BIG Screen with “Star Wars” ‘a new hope’ after Stuart Freeborn and other artists bought the characters and costumes to ‘life’. Not only Star Wars but also “alien” 1979 where John was to receive a BAFTA nomination for best costume designer. As you can see in his work he uses extreme detail to outline the particular areas in the costume for example the mask it has various
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customize costumes for customers. To protect ourselves from such risks‚ the e-store will be sure to establish a bond between the community and the designers with our website as the social networking platform. Thus‚ new entrants would find it difficult to take the market share away from CCC as the cosplayers will already be incorporated in the social platform. Threat of Substitute Services A threat to our e-store would be the use of Facebook pages where individual cosplayers post their costume designs
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For my costume design project I decided to take regular Macbeth and put a Roman‚ Dark Ages spin on it. I chose this specific time and place because it personally interests me and I thought it would be an awesome concept to turn Macbeth from a knight to a Spartan warrior. The Dark Ages were a time of economic and cultural deterioration within in Western Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire. Therefore‚ these conditions would have a major effect on how these characters would dress in their
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Usually‚ not every traditional costume in a country was invented initially in a native land or made by one country’s history. However‚ it’s not for both kebaya and sari. Conversely‚ kebaya‚ as well as sari is made for women as the national clothing that originate from both countries. Kebaya
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Costume: Traditional Itneg Costume Musical Instrument: Gangsa Formation: Partners stand opposite each other about six feet apart. The girl stands at the right side of the boy facing the audience. This may be danced by two to five couples. Properties: Square bilao‚ six feet long bamboo stick‚ malong and a white linen sash hung over the left shoulders of the female dancers. Carinosa - Costume: The girl wears Balintawak Style costume or Patadyong and Camisa‚ while the boy wears Barong tagalog and
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Snigdha Singh (n8779171) KFB210: Fashion and Costume in Film Assessment: 1 “A good costume must be material enough to signify and transparent enough not to turn its signs into parasites.” (Barthes Roland‚ 1972 pg 5) That is exactly what is portrayed in Marilyn Monroe’s white halter dress in “The Seven Year Itch” (1955) directed by Billy Wilder. The movie revolves around Richard Sherman (Tom Ewell)‚ an employee at an advertising company who resolves to eat healthy food‚ and quit smoking
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campuses and their students wearing certain Halloween costumes has raised racial issues that still remain. For years‚ college campuses have demanded their students to refrain from wearing “offensive” costumes and to keep in mind minority students that could possibly be offended by these costumes. Cultural appropriation has taken a role into the college’s reasons for advising their students to avoid wearing “culturally unaware and insensitive” costumes. This past month there has been significant racial
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The History of Fashion & Costume Fashion & Costume Costume has developed for thousands of years‚ the most obvious line of division is the male and female dress. The Greeks and the Romans wore tunics which are similar to skirts. In this period the garments would have a draped detail whether it is masculine or feminine. The fashion history on ancient Greece has been inspired by the Greek vases‚ pots and statues. The Greek and Romans would use fabrics like silk and linen. Ancient Egypt Ancient
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