The sentence okay? Or edit it please

from the past

The children wore a grotesque mimickry of ancient Indian apparel.

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But , an object can be that that survived from the past. Can people survive from the (ancient) past?

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But I couldn't find the word mimickry in my dictionaries.

Mimicry (Laughhingoutloud has misspelled it) means bearing a superficial resemblance to something else. Contrex's sentence is reasonable, but you have a point that the people themselves do not survive from the past. Therefore, Laughingoutloud's suggestion may be better.

The children wore traditional costumes at the celebration.

This is the fella that was suggesting other folks' ideas on language were to be regarded as suspect.

'from the past' does not in any way indicate that these people survive from the past unless that is the intent, say, in a sci-fi situation. Then context would fill us in.

Google exact phrase search - "people from the past"
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Thanks to all.