Ever since I was a little girl I have been fascinated by adornment. All kinds of adornment. I thought I had been pretty versed on tribal adornment rituals until a few months ago when I saw images of Yll Citaku's video; Nusja Jone-Our Bride on Imprint. Lubinje brides of Kosovo are meticulously dressed and made up for their wedding day. It's done to ward off the "evil eye, and discourages gossip and speculation."
I was just looking through my bookmarks and found the images again so I thought I would share. I searched for the original video and just watched it for the first time. Wow — it's absolutely dreamy.
Nusja Jone-Our Bride from Kosovo 2.0 on Vimeo.
This is stunning. What a wonderful compilation of images and ideas.
Posted by: peregrine honig | Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 02:42 PM
oh wow ....thanks meighan , what a fabulous article .....so beautiful and inspiring !
Posted by: jane o sullivan | Friday, November 18, 2011 at 12:36 PM
Yeah, I thought the same -- stunning, inspiring, beautiful. I never really have 'favorite' posts because I love what I post, but this is up there for sure.
Posted by: meighan | Friday, November 18, 2011 at 11:46 PM
amazing
Posted by: kaylovesvintage | Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 04:36 AM
The will also feature on a Day on Earth 2010 film! :)
http://www.onedayonearth.org/page/motion-picture-trailer
Posted by: mon | Tuesday, December 06, 2011 at 07:51 AM