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Plantation Fair at the Crop Over festival. An enthusiastic audience looks on as the masked Donkey Man and masked Mother Sally dance to the music of the Bum Drum band.

Mr. Harding burns at the end of the Crop Over festival.

Villagers in an open space/pasture being entertained by a masked stilt walker and band and a lady dancing to the music,1880s.

A village band at Foul Bay, near Crane Beach, on the south-east coast of Barbados. Photo: Central Office of Information, March 1955. Crown copyright reserved, courtesy of The National Archives, UK.

‘Den-Mark’ logo.The right side of the logo states that it is a ‘traditional craft product appointed by the Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry’. Japan Traditional Crafts Aoyama Square website.

Entitled ‘Wearing Kijoka-no-Basho-fu, blessing nature: Toshiko Taira, a Living National Treasure’ (author’s translation). This article describes some production processes and records an interview with Taira about her work and techniques.

Cover of Kimono-salon, Spring 2011, featuring a popular TV anchor-woman in a kimono.

A piece of Kijoka-no-Basho-fu woven on a loom.

At the Bingata artist event, Sachiko Yafuso (right), a craftswoman, explains how to make Bingata.