Argentina · Tradition
Fileteado
Filete porteño adorns Buenos Aires's taxis and buses with ornamental lettering, flowered plants, and poetic aphorisms—a twentieth-century art…
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Craftsmanship
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France · Tradition
Grasse
Grasse, on the French Riviera, is the world's perfume capital, where master artisans blend botanical essences using centuries-old…
Romania · Tradition
Horezu ceramics
In Horezu, Romania, potters continue an ancient ceramic craft using hand-shaping and traditional decoration techniques, inscribed by UNESCO…
Indonesia · Tradition
Indonesian kris
An asymmetrical dagger of patterned iron, the Indonesian kris blends martial prowess with spiritual essence.
Turkey · Tradition
Islamic calligraphy
In Istanbul, calligraphers continue a centuries-old practice of transforming Arabic script into devotional art.
Morocco · Tradition
Kaftan
In Fez, master craftspeople create ornate caftans—robes with roots in ancient West Asia—that remain symbols of Moroccan dignity,…
Azerbaijan · Tradition
Kelaghayi silk headscarves
Kelaghayi is a silk headscarf bearing traditional prints, created and worn by Azerbaijani and Armenian women as an…
Ukraine · Tradition
Kosiv painted ceramics
A Hutsul pottery tradition from western Ukraine, distinguished by hand-painted designs and complex firing, producing tableware, tiles, toys…
Poland · Tradition
Kraków szopka
Kraków szopka are elaborate wooden nativity scenes that recreate the birth of Jesus within architectural replicas of the…
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