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The Dominican Republic was the site of the first European settlement in the Western Hemisphere, namely Santo Domingo founded in 1493. As a result of over five centuries of Spanish presence in the island, the core of Dominican culture is derived from the culture of Spain. The European inheritances include ancestry, language, traditions, law, the ...
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.
Two guayaberas seen from the back, showing the alforza pleats and the Western-style yoke. The guayabera (/ ɡ w aɪ. ə ˈ b ɛr ə /), also known as camisa de Yucatán (Yucatán shirt) in Mexico, is a men's summer shirt, worn outside the trousers, distinguished by two columns of closely sewn pleats running the length of the front and back of the shirt.
Dominican Republic mother and three female children on a bike in the town of Jarabacoa. Women of the Dominican Republic who belong to the lower-class live in families that have a matriarchal structure, often because the father is not at home. While among women who belong to the middle and upper-classes exist in families with patriarchal structures.
The Alta Gracia factory opened in 2010 [4] as a subsidiary of Knights Apparel. The company was founded with the promise to pays its employees a living wage, as established by the Workers Rights Consortium, for adequate food and shelter, which is about three and a half times the average income of apparel workers in the Dominican Republic.
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Edith Bellot, in the national dress of Dominica, 1961. The Wob Dwiyet, also called the Wob or Gwan Wob, is the national dress of the countries of Dominica, [1] Saint Lucia, and French West Indies. A traditional four-piece costume. The Wob Dwyiet (or Wobe Dwiette), a grand robe worn by the earlier French settlers.