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Belarusian straw weaving

Also known as Салома

Belarusian straw weaving: photograph by Viktar Pałściuk
Photo: Viktar Pałściuk, CC BY 2.5, source on Wikimedia Commons

Straw is folded and tied in geometric shapes into spiders, birds and stars hung as light mobiles.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Belarus.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Northern and Eastern Europe.

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