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Today's featured article Bäckadräkten worn by Clue Bäckadräkten is Sweden's first unisex folk costume, designed in 2022 by musician Fredy Clue (pictured) and textile designer Ida Björs. Their mission was to encourage wider participation in folk traditions by providing an outfit that is not restricted to any gender or geographic region. The design merges elements traditionally considered either male or female and borrows heavily from older folk costumes. The release generated international press attention and discussions on social media, much of the latter about the relationship between folk arts and gender. Many welcomed the design, saying it provides an opportunity for non-binary Swedes to be more involved in folk culture. Others reacted negatively, resisting the social change they see as associated with it. Clue released a sewing pattern in 2023 and started taking custom orders by 2024, encouraging users to modify as they see fit, saying: "The real work continues with us learning to listen to oneself and others." (Full article...) Recently featured: Nadezhda Stasova Black-throated loon 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger Selected anniversaries August 28 SMS Mainz shortly before sinking in the Battle of Heligoland Bight 1169 – Black African troops of the Fatimid army stationed in Cairo, along with other Fatimid troops and ordinary Cairenes, attacked Saladin's palace, starting the Battle of the Blacks. 1833 – The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent. 1914 – In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight (pictured). 1993 – The first direct Presidential election in Singapore was held. 2003 – A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded. He Gui (d. 919) Edward Dando (d. 1832) Vittorio Sella (b. 1859) Katharine Abraham (b. 1954) More anniversaries: August 27 August 28 August 29	In the news Kasia Niewiadoma In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma (pictured) wins the Tour de France Femmes. Doctors strike and protests occur across India after the rape and murder of a female physician in Kolkata. Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Prime Minister of Thailand after Srettha Thavisin is dismissed by the Constitutional Court. The World Health Organization declares the mpox epidemic to be a global health emergency. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Maryvonne Le Dizès Betty Halbreich Sven-Göran Eriksson Atsuko Tanaka Afa Anoaʻi Sphen Did you know... Interior of Liebfrauenkirche ... that Liebfrauenkirche (pictured), a Catholic church in Zurich, was designed with Italian influences to distinguish it from churches of other denominations? ... that a Stegosaurus fossil sold for $44.6 million? ... that according to Charles Melville, poet Hatefi implied that Timur was another Alexander the Great by making Timur the subject of the fourth poem of a quintet? ... that photographs of Donald Trump taken during the failed attempt to assassinate him have been acclaimed as "immediately legendary"? ... that Jerzy Artysz was given a gala concert on his 70th birthday by the Chopin University of Music? ... that Ernest Hemingway broke a cane over John O'Hara's head in Costello's, an Irish bar in New York City? ... that after her 2019 death in rural China, Huang Wenxiu was elevated into a national model by the Chinese Communist Party? ... that traditional folk dances are an essential part of Pontic Greek culture? ... that police were called several times in 2014 about a fictitious post on r/nosleep?
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