{"id":2727,"date":"2012-08-08T10:44:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T15:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/blog\/?p=2727"},"modified":"2012-08-08T11:11:38","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T16:11:38","slug":"lowell-folk-festival-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2012\/08\/lowell-folk-festival-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowell Folk Festival Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had great fun at this year&#8217;s Lowell Folk Festival, where artisans demonstrated the folk art of head and foot gear. Who knew there were so many ways to adorn the head and protect the feet?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2792\" title=\" Luidgi Felix with one of his headdresses.\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Carnival-1-Luidgi-Felix-edit3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Luidgi Felix and Nicole Scott from the Trinidad and Tobago Social Club brought several Caribbean Carnival headdresses to show. These handmade costumes are worn by dancers in Boston&#8217;s annual Caribbean Carnival.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2755\" title=\"Nicole Scott  with one of her headdresses.\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Carnival-2-Nicole-Scott-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here Nicole Scott shows off one of their creations. Months of work go into constructing these costumes made of wire, steel, feathers, sequins, and glitter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2732\" title=\"Jonas Stundzia makes a head garland for visitors.\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Jonas-Stundzia-3-edit1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jonas Stundzia brought the tradition of Lithuanian Midsummer celebration to Lowell. Under a huge double-horsehead gate,\u00a0to the sound of\u00a0Lithuanian folk songs, he created head garlands out of oak leaves and wild flowers. Visitors joined in, making garlands for themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2761\" title=\"Visitors view Puerto Rican vejigante masks made by Angel S\u00e1nchez Ortiz. \" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Vejigante-masks-2-edit1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Angel S\u00e1nchez Ortiz\u00a0 brought his Puerto Rican vejigante masks used for carnival celebrations.\u00a0\u00a0His striking, fantastical masks of boldly painted papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9 depict animals, legendary people, and sometimes spirits and monsters that are imbued with cultural meaning.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2735\" title=\"Qamaria Amatul-Wadud shows off her designs.\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Qamaria-Amatul-Wadud-1-edit1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Qamaria Amatul-Wudud designs and sews fashionable clothing for Islamic women who choose to dress modestly. She brought some of her elegant dresses and showed visitors how to wrap headscarves.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2739\" title=\"Eniko Farkas talks about embroidery with a visitor.\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Eniko-Farkas-1edit2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eniko Farkas brought her Hungarian beaded maiden crowns worn by\u00a0unmarried girls after confirmation. Before marriage, they would ritually replace them with a married woman&#8217;s headdress. Eniko also talked with visitors about the traditional Hungarian art of embroidery.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2742\" title=\"Arthur Poitras shows off his tools of the trade.\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Arthur-Poitras-2-edit1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"368\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our own J. Arthur Poitras from Lowell seemed to have brought his entire cobbler&#8217;s shop with him. There were pliers, knives, creams, and even a hanging shoe last.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2745\" title=\"Amy Clayton tells visitors about San Pedro fiesta in Gloucester.\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Hat-Lady-1-Amy-Clayton-edit1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"347\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The infamous &#8220;Hat Ladies&#8221; of Gloucester, Amy and Robyn Clayton amazed people with their whimsical hats.\u00a0Here, Amy\u00a0hands out pamphlets\u00a0about the Saint Peter&#8217;s Fiesta next to\u00a0their handmade statue of\u00a0Saint Peter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2748\" title=\"Robyn Clayton telling the story of her hat.\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Hat-Lady-3-Robyn-Clayton-edit1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"358\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Hat Ladies&#8221; make a new hat every year for the Saint Peter&#8217;s Fiesta, featuring local sights in miniature. For the Lowell Folk Festival, they even brought a life-size cut out of Saint Peter for visitors to pose with.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2750\" title=\"Theodore Green constructing a shoe on a shoe last.\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Theodore-Green-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Theodore Green entranced visitors as he constructed hand built shoes out of leather. If you looked down, you may have noticed his own glittering gold shoes!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2752\" title=\"Samuel Brown tells visitors about his hats.\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Samuel-Brown-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"326\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Samuel Brown and his custom made hats were a big hit. It was all he could do to keep the ladies from walking off with his hats on their heads.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2757\" title=\"Faith Izevbijie ties a headwrap while Samuel Brown sews hats.\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Faith-Izevbijie-and-Samuel-Brown-edit1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"323\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Faith Izevbijie demonstrated how to\u00a0tie <em>gele<\/em>, Nigerian headwraps.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2759\" title=\"Eleni Zohdi cooks while ranger David Blackburn looks on.\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Eleni-Zohdi-and-David-Blackburn-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And, last but not least, there were tomatoes, lots of tomatoes. Eleni Zohdi was one of five cooks demonstrating recipes using tomatoes. Here she explains how to make a Greek dish called Kayiana, with\u00a0Lowell NHP Chief of Cultural Resoruces David Blackburn looking on.<\/p>\n<p>We all had a good time and hope you did too. If you missed it, there&#8217;s always next year!<\/p>\n<p>Photos and blog by Lesley Ham<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had great fun at this year&#8217;s Lowell Folk Festival, where artisans demonstrated the folk art of head and foot gear. 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