In: from Morocco

More than two months time it took for them to arrive, but they did!
Totally intact, two postcards from Eva, cancelled the 11th of March, and delivered in my mailbox today, 21st of May!

The card above is from Volubilis, an ancient city, close to the present city of Meknes. The city expanded and became important in the Roman time, 2nd-3rd century, and these mosaic floors are remains of that era. See how modern (cartoonish even) the picture top left is!



The other postcard shows 'Lharira classique', classic harira soup from Fassia (Fez). On the back side there is the recipe. As a soup lover I really should have a try to make it at home one day :-)



The stamps have been issued in 2015, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 'Marche Verte', the 'Green March'.



Thank you very much, moltes gràcies, Eva!

Sunday Stamps: Folk Art

This Sunday Stamps' theme is 'Folk art'.
I was wondering what to choose, as I think there are many, many subjects within this theme! There's a lot which we could call 'folk art', isn't it? The first things which come into my mind are ceramics, fabric, certain paintings. And many more.

The following stamps I would think they're showing 'folk art':

From Belarus these two stamps arrived, showing a beautifully embroidered rooster, and a pattern, of which I don't know on which medium it is usually (painted, embroidered, too?).



! Update: more on Belarussian fabric art stamps you can find on the A Postcard a Day blog!



The Chinese lanterns, would they be considered 'folk art', too? And the bird painting? I do think so (although the bird painting is of course fine art, too):



Finally two stamp sheet, issued the 27th of January 2014. Both are showing Dutch ceramic from former times. The city of Tegelen was named after the Roman word 'Tegulae', tiles. The Romans were living there about 2000 years ago. From the red clay of this neighbourhood not only roof tiles and bricks were made, but also articles of daily use.



Around 1780 porcelain was made in the city of Loosdrecht, which you can see on this stamp sheet.
These two are the first of a serie to be issued on this theme 'ceramics'.