肇兴侗寨, guizhou province by cssiw
Saffron picking in Abruzzo (Italy). Photos by Susan Wright.
The flowers are picked before sunrise, cleaned by hand and dried by an open flame. It takes about 4000 flowers to make one ounce of saffron powder. The ‘red gold’ is the most expensive spice in the world.

Girl buried with a crown of ceramic flowers. Patras, 300-400 B.C.
Can be seen at the Museum of Patras (Greece)
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Girls in traditional Sorbian costumes. The "gift children" are an old Sorbian custom. To be touched by them is said to bring happiness