Geography

Boots (Namibia)

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Namibia’s largest shoe factory is specialized in the manufacture of traditional shoes – soft, light, but surprisingly well holding moisture and does not allow the bites of insects and animals.

Paduka (India)

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It is the name of India’s oldest, most quintessential ceremonial footwear. It is little more than a sole with a post and knob, which is engaged between the big and […]

Lotus shoes (China)

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Silk. The Chinese custom of breaking and binding a little girl’s feet began over one thousand years ago. Since that time, millions of Chinese women from all classes have experienced […]

Mojari (India)

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Soles of Mojari are made of treated skin of buffalo, cow and/or camel, also with leather or textile upper part. Although Modjari traditionally are worn in Rajasthan, some varieties can […]

Hmong shoes (Vietnam)

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Handwork and embroidery, soles from natural materials. The Hmong are an ethnic group native to mountainous areas of modern China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.

Lapti (Russia)

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Lapti are the traditional bast shoes of the Russian peasants. The word lapti apparently originated from the word “lapa”, which meant “foot” in old times, and now means paw. Until […]