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  2. Yoruba clothing - Wikipedia

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    Ankara is also known as Dutch wax, African wax, or African print. There are Yoruba made Ankara cloth. Ankara can have various themes and symbols printed on it, such as flowers, animals, stars, or abstract shapes. Eya / Lace: a delicate fabric made from yarn or thread that is looped, twisted, or knotted to create intricate patterns. Lace can be ...

  3. African wax prints - Wikipedia

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    African wax prints, Dutch wax prints [1] [2] or Ankara, [3] are a type of common material for clothing in West Africa. They were introduced to West Africans by Dutch merchants during the 19th century, who took inspiration from native Indonesian batik designs. [4] They began to adapt their designs and colours to suit the tastes of the African ...

  4. Newar traditional clothing - Wikipedia

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    Boys celebrating their coming-of-age ceremony wear a loincloth. For Buddhist boys, the corresponding right is Bare Chhuyegu which is an initiation into the monkhood, and they wear a monk's robe. Girls dress up in the fancy attire of silk and brocade in grown-up designs for their Ihi and Baray, two ceremonies they undergo before reaching their ...

  5. 22 Black-Owned Fashion and Beauty Gifts for Everyone on ... - AOL

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    The holidays are a great time to celebrate the small joys wherever we can and if that means helping people find gifts for their loved ones—while also supporting Black-owned...

  6. Clothing in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Urban Algerian man wearing a burnous (woolen cloth). In Northeastern Africa, particularly in Egypt, styles of traditional women's clothing have been influenced by Middle Eastern cultures; this can be exemplified by the simply embroidered jelabiya which are similarly worn in Arab states of the Persian Gulf.

  7. The best White Elephant gifts that everyone will be jostling for

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    White Elephant, Dirty Santa, Yankee Swap. It's the Christmas gift exchange that goes by a hundred names, with thousands of different rules that vary family to family.

  8. Folk costume - Wikipedia

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    Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.

  9. Children's clothing - Wikipedia

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    1912 advertisement for boy's clothing was titled "A Boyish Dress for a Real Boy". Before the 1940s, young boys and girls alike wore short dresses. [ 6 ] In the US, during the 1940s and 1950s, boys were dressed like their fathers, which meant shirts and trousers and the same colors that their fathers wore. [ 6 ]