The power of fashion is strong. All social groups use clothing to create their identity. Meet people from three decades, the 1780s, 1860s and 1960s, times when the economy, currents of ideas and technical developments clearly affected clothing and fashion.
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The Biennial has taken place every other year since 2001. Since 2006, Röda Sten Art Centre has been the main organizer of Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, commissioned by the City of Götebor’s Cultural Affairs committee.
With the arrival of the computer in our schools, the blackboard has almost completely disappeared from teaching. But in art it has been important as a way of emphasizing the position of art as a conveyor of knowledge.
All Saints' Day is a day of dignity and reflection. The custom of lighting candles on family graves is still widely practised, and anyone travelling trough Sweden on this weekend is met by some beautiful scenes. With luck, the first snow has fallen over the country’s cemeteries.
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St Martin's Day is a celebration of the goose — all other connotations have largely been forgotten. In early November, geese are ready for slaughter, and on St Martin's Eve, November 10, it is time for the traditional dinner of roast goose.
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