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51+ Magical Stone Age Immersion Photos

51+ Magical Stone Age Immersion Photos

Are you ready for some magical Stone Age photos from our immersion in Finland? I have a confession to make: it was really hard for me to put my camera down during my time in Kierikki! For the most part of our Stone Age Winter Week, I tried to keep technology at bay...

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My Handmade Winter Clothing | How It Performed

My Handmade Winter Clothing | How It Performed

Hi dear friends, today is finally the day! I'll finally start sharing all about how my handmade clothing performed in the cold Winter of Northern Finland! I'm really excited to share this information with you, not only because I know some of you are quite curious...

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[VIDEO] Overview of our Stone Age Winter Week

[VIDEO] Overview of our Stone Age Winter Week

Surprise, surprise... there's a video for you! 😁 During our Stone Age Winter Week in Kierikki, I filmed several clips of our experience together there with the intention of making a small video later to share with Kierikki and the members of our tribe. My expectations...

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Media Appearances of our Stone Age Winter Experiment

Media Appearances of our Stone Age Winter Experiment

Hey friends! How are you? I really hope you are well and taking good care of yourself. Today, this will be a bit of a fun post as I'll be sharing with you all about our tribe's media appearances! Curious journalists During our time at Kierikki Stone Age Centre, we...

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Winter Clothes for the Stone Age | The Making Journey

Winter Clothes for the Stone Age | The Making Journey

Hello dear friends! I really hope all is well with you 😊 In this post, I will continue to share about the Stone Age Winter Experiment I was so lucky to be part of, which happened last month at the Kierikki Stone Age Centre in Yli-Ii, Finland. Today, I'll focus on my...

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Stone Age Living | My Week at Kierikki Stone Age Centre

Stone Age Living | My Week at Kierikki Stone Age Centre

When you open the door of this Stone Age home, you might see reindeer hides on the floor and hare, squirrel and fox skins being stretched and dried; you might see a fire being fed by birch wood, willow baskets and flint knifes being used, and even a reindeer carcass...

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The Home of our Stone Age Clan

The Home of our Stone Age Clan

This was our home, this entrance crossed so many times by the members of our tribe, like a portal in between two worlds. During this last week at our Neolithic living experience, we dressed in skins, cooked with a clay pot in the fire, ate reindeer meat and berries,...

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Neolithic Living | It’s happening!

Neolithic Living | It’s happening!

Neolithic Living is happening! After 2 months of intense preparation, here I go to finally meet my tribe at Kierikki Stone Age Centre and live a full week at the Neolithic village there ✨⁠ Time was very limited, so there was a lot more I wish I had done but couldn't....

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Caretos | The Ancient Entrudo Tradition of Portugal

Caretos | The Ancient Entrudo Tradition of Portugal

In Portugal, there's an ancient tradition that still lives today. A tradition of shapeshifters, of devils and masks, of rites and magic. This is the tradition of the Entrudo and of the Caretos. Every year in February or early March, the Entrudo is celebrated in...

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Natural Hide Tanning

Natural Hide Tanning

What is Natural Hide Tanning? Softening animal skins for clothing is one of the oldest human skills on Earth which is thousands of years old. Hide tanning is the act of turning a raw animal hide into a preserved skin that can work as a textile (the fibres woven by the...

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Natural Hide Tanning

Curtume Natural de Peles

O que é o Curtume Natural de Peles? Curtir peles de animais para roupa é uma das artes humanas mais antigas à face da Terra, com milhares de anos. O curtume é o acto de transformar uma pele de animal crua em couro, que age e pode ser utilizado como um têxtil (as...

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Hello there! My name is Ana Filipa Piedade and I am a portuguese hide tanner and ancestral skills student, practioner and teacher who finds a lot of joy in sharing about traditional living skills with others. I hope you enjoy this space!

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