Foreign Customs
The Billiken
Woman imagines a deity, it become part of the native cultures of Alaska and Japan. That's pretty weird.
Wikipedia entry here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 23, 2016 -
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Category: Cult Figures and Artifacts, Religion, Superstition, Foreign Customs, 1900s
Dulce Dolor
DULCE DOLOR from Filmaciones de la Ciudad on Vimeo.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 18, 2016 -
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Category: Puppets and Automatons, Sexuality, Surrealism, Foreign Customs, Candy
“I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke!”
Egyptian swingers get down with Coke.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 12, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Foreign Customs, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1950s
The Romance of Transportation in Canada
The Romance of Transportation in Canada by Colin Low, National Film Board of Canada
With so many USians threatening to move to Canada if the November Presidential election goes one way or another, I thought it would be handy to screen this comical but accurate cartoon to get such folks ready for their new citizenship.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 27, 2016 -
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Category: Foreign Customs, Cartoons, Transportation, 1950s, North America
Jungle Yachts in the Belgian Congo
Holy cats! Look at those gorgeous weird trailers!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 15, 2016 -
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Category: Design and Designers, Ethnic Groupings, Motor Vehicles, Foreign Customs, 1940s, Africa
Carnival in Trinidad: Then and Now
I don't mean to sound like an Old Fart, but the 1957 Carnival just seems to me so much more charming and weird and ingenious--look at those bipedal seahorses with the mermaid--than the current version, which seems to be about nothing more than bare flesh. Maybe the 2015 videographer simply did not film the weird costumes--but then again, every other video of the 2015 carnival on YouTube features the exact same stuff. Now, I like bare flesh as much as the next voyeur, but I would really prefer to see a papier-mache Godzilla any day.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 10, 2016 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Costumes and Masks, Music, Parades and Festivals, Sexuality, Outsider Art, Foreign Customs, Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Creatures, 1950s, 2010s, Caribbean, Body Painting
Midwest Furfest 2015
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 12, 2015 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Pets, Public Indecency, Fetishes, Foreign Customs
Texas Toilets
Just in time for Christmas! Visit "Lone Star Western Decor" for all your cowboy-themed toilet gifts. Six pages of items here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 18, 2015 -
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Category: Hygiene, Regionalism, Foreign Customs, Interior Decorating, North America
El Santo vs. la Invasion de los Marcianos
I regret that I cannot find English-language versions for you. But the visuals are everything.
Complete film below. Wikipedia page for Santo.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 25, 2015 -
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Category: Aliens, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Movies, Wrestling, Foreign Customs, Science Fiction, 1960s
Japan Blames It on the Heat
Summer's coming!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 08, 2015 -
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Category: Foreign Customs, 1950s, Asia
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