{"id":110763,"date":"2016-01-15T12:33:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T10:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/110763\/around-the-world-with-10-hats\/"},"modified":"2016-01-18T09:45:10","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T07:45:10","slug":"around-the-world-with-10-hats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/01\/15\/around-the-world-with-10-hats\/","title":{"rendered":"Around The World With 10 Hats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s International Hat Day and the kind of hat you wear can mean different things depending on the choice, occasion or which part of the world you are in. Let\u2019s take a look at some of the traditional head gear around the world.<\/p>\n<h2>Japan<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110773\" style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Japan-Hida-Takayama-Spring-Festival.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-92105\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Japan-Hida-Takayama-Spring-Festival.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Copyright 2015 Corbis Corporation\" width=\"325\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This man wears a traditional kasa at Takayama Spring Festival in Japan. Image by Corbis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Rio De Janeiro<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110772\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Carnival-in-Rio-de-Janeiro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-92106\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Carnival-in-Rio-de-Janeiro-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"Rio de Janeiro, Brazil --- Although Carnival is celebrated in towns and villages throughout Brazil and other Catholic countries, Rio de Janeiro has long been regarded as the Carnival Capital of the World. The Rio Carnaval is not only the biggest Carnival, it has also a benchmark against which every other carnival is compared and one of the most interesting artistic events on the Globe. Almost everyone has heard of the Rio Carnaval. Foreign visitors to it alone number around 500,000 every year. --- Image by \u00a9 ROBIN UTRECHT FOTOGRAFIE\/HillCreek Pictures\/Corbis\" width=\"320\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman wears an elaborate headpiece for the Rio de Janeiro Carnival in Brazil. Image by Corbis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>France<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110771\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/France.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92107 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/France-320x400.jpg\" alt=\"18 Feb 2007, Dunkerque, France --- Dunkerque is a small harbor town that celebrates its cultural heritage with a two month long Carnival every year, between late January and early March. The festival is the remainder of the town's traditional send off for its fishermen as they left for the dangerous Icelandic waters. --- Image by \u00a9 Philippe Lissac \/Godong\/Corbis\" width=\"320\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man celebrates his heritage at the Dunkerque Festival in France. Image by Corbis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Italy<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110770\" style=\"width: 337px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Women-Preparing-the-Symbolic-Host-of-Festival-in-Italy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-92108\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Women-Preparing-the-Symbolic-Host-of-Festival-in-Italy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"Women Preparing the Symbolic Host of Festival\" width=\"337\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women Preparing the Symbolic Host of Festival in Italy. Image by Corbis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>South Africa<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110769\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110769\" style=\"width: 341px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Zulu-woman-holding-a-basket.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92109\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Zulu-woman-holding-a-basket-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"13 Feb 1999, South Africa --- Zulu woman holding a basket --- Image by \u00a9 Hoberman Collection\/Corbis\" width=\"341\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traditional Zulu headgear. Image by \u00a9 Hoberman Collection\/Corbis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Benin<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110768\" style=\"width: 348px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Benin-West-Africa-Porto-Novo-masked-messengers-from-yafin-nigerian-king.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-92110\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Benin-West-Africa-Porto-Novo-masked-messengers-from-yafin-nigerian-king-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"Masked messengers from Yafin Nigerian King in Benin, West Africa. Image by \u00a9 Eric Lafforgue\/Art in All of Us\/Corbis\" width=\"348\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Masked messengers from Yafin Nigerian King in Benin, West Africa. Image by \u00a9 Eric Lafforgue\/Art in All of Us\/Corbis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Chile<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110767\" style=\"width: 353px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Local-children-dance-group-in-traditional-costumes-in-Puerto-Chacabuco-in-the-Chilean-Fjords-in-sout.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-92111\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Local-children-dance-group-in-traditional-costumes-in-Puerto-Chacabuco-in-the-Chilean-Fjords-in-sout-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"Local children dance group in traditional costumes in Puerto Chacabuco in the Chilean Fjords in southern Chile. Image by \u00a9 Wolfgang Kaehler\/Corbis\" width=\"353\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local children dance group in traditional costumes in Puerto Chacabuco in the Chilean Fjords in southern Chile. Image by \u00a9 Wolfgang Kaehler\/Corbis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>North America<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110766\" style=\"width: 363px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Smiling-Woman-in-Traditional-Clothing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-92112\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Smiling-Woman-in-Traditional-Clothing-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in Native American headgear, which has become popular all over the world. Image by \u00a9 moodboard\/Corbis\" width=\"363\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman in Native American headgear, which has become popular all over the world. Image by \u00a9 moodboard\/Corbis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Malaysia<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110765\" style=\"width: 379px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Malaysian-coopers-work-making-barrels-at-a-winery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-92113\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Malaysian-coopers-work-making-barrels-at-a-winery-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"Malaysian coopers work making barrels at a winery. Image by \u00a9 W. Robert Moore\/National Geographic Creative\/Corbis\" width=\"379\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malaysian coopers work making barrels at a winery. Image by \u00a9 W. Robert Moore\/National Geographic Creative\/Corbis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Mexico<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110764\" style=\"width: 374px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Mexico.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-92114\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/01\/Mexico-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"This female tourist and her bandmate are wearing sombreros from Mexico.  Image by \u00a9 Hugh Sitton\/Corbis\" width=\"374\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This female tourist and her bandmate are wearing sombreros from Mexico. Image by \u00a9 Hugh Sitton\/Corbis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='4de4fa124a71aae2b9fc4cef2bd4402a'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They can be practical, they can be cultural or even fashion forward but hats have always been a unique way to express cultural pride. Travel the world with these ten hats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7663,"featured_media":110775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[6633,9395,9396,1719,9397,3145],"class_list":["post-110763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-culture","tag-hat","tag-hat-day","tag-heritage","tag-traditional-headgear","tag-world"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["culture","hat","hat day","heritage.","traditional headgear","world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}