Text and photo Laila Duran ©
The young man, in the bunad from the county of Sogn and Fjordane in Norway, will represent the second book in the series Scandinavian Folklore. The book will have the same structure and layout as the first, but all the folk costumes and bunads will be from different areas in Scandinavia. There will be a Scanian wedding as well as a funeral, childrens games and handy craft from Dalecarlia. Norwegian bunads in the settings of mountains and coastal landscapes and a long journey over the Arctic parts of Scandinavia to visit the Sami people and their herds of reindeers.
For those of you who are new to this blog, the photos here are not the ones being presented in the book. These are photos I like and find hard not to show. There are hundreds and hundreds of beautiful pictures that will not make it to the book and I like to share these with you, hoping they will inspire or just make you happy!
The wide open jacket has its roots in the 16th century, but the waistcoat and the high collar is influenced by the Empire fashion.
The jacket has shoulder wings and bright green piping. The back of the jacket is flared.
At the end of the day we found time to change in to this bunad from Sunnfjord in Norway. There will be several photos of both the men and womans bunad from that area in vol II.
A distinct detail for the men´s bunads from Sunnfjord is the belt, richly decorated with cross stitching and a large brass buckle. This photo shoot was made in cooperation with Norsk Institutt for Bunad og Folkedrakt.
Scandinavian Folklore vol. II will be released at Norsk Folkemuseum in Oslo on 13th of May. The museum will also be hosting a large photo exhibition: “Folk Costumes Close-up” or “Bunader i nærbilde”, featuring a selection of photos from the production of the books. The exhibition is open all summer until September 15th. Read more at:
http://www.norskfolkemuseum.no/en/Exhibits/Upcoming-exhibitions/Folk-costumes-close-up-/
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Gabriela Meyer
/ March 1, 2012Hei Laila,
gleder meg veldig til den nye boka di og håper at jeg får anledning til å se utstillingen i Oslo engang i sommer! Lykke til videre med prosjektene dine som virkelig gleder meg nesten hver dag!
Hilsen Gabriela fra Tyskland
Laila
/ March 1, 2012Så hyggelig å höre Gabriela. Det gleder meg! //Laila
Bjørg
/ March 2, 2012Takk for en nydelig blogg!! Dette er jammen en spenstig versjon av Sunnfjord bunad. Har aldri sett denne før, fint at ting utvikler seg videre. Ser fram til neste blogginnlegg..
Josephine
/ March 22, 2012Your photos are delightful. I look forward to each new set. What a rich heritage you are capturing!