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2. Art of Tuvalu - Wikipedia

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   A traditional skirt made of Futu (Barringtonia asiatica) leaves from Nanumea atoll.. The women of Tuvalu use Cypraeidae (cowrie, pule) such as Cypraea mauritiana, C. arabica, C. tigris, C. depressa, C. mapa, C. carneola, C. vitellus, C. lynx [5] and other shells harvested from the reefs in traditional handicrafts [5] which includes creating shell necklaces (tui misa or tui pule) and the ...

3. Isidwaba - Wikipedia

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   The isidwaba [isidʷaːɓa], a traditional Zulu leather skirt worn by married women, is made from the hide of animals that belonged to the woman's father. This article will illustrate how the traditional skirt is made and at which occasions it is worn.

4. Mamianqun - Wikipedia

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   Mamianqun (simplified Chinese: 马面裙; traditional Chinese: 馬面裙; pinyin: mǎmiànqún; lit. 'horse face skirt'), is a type of traditional Chinese skirt. It is also known as mamianzhequn (simplified Chinese: 马面褶裙; traditional Chinese: 馬面褶裙; lit. 'horse-face pleated skirt'), but is sometimes simply referred as 'apron' (Chinese: 围裙; pinyin: wéiqún; lit. 'apron'), a ...

5. List of hanfu - Wikipedia

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   An unpleated skirt which is composed of two pieces of fabric sewn to the same waistband. The middle part of the skirt overlap and are not sewn together. [20] Song Baidiequn 百迭裙 A one-piece pleated skirt; the top is narrow and the bottom is wide. [20] Song Sanjianqun 三裥裙 A skirt made of 4 skirts pieces sewn together. [20] Song Zhejianqun

6. Sumbanese woman's ceremonial skirt (Indianapolis Museum of ...

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   This skirt is densely covered in symbolic imagery. The large male and female figures, an ancestral couple, symbolize fertility and the continuity of life. In addition to their elaborate crowns, the couple's wrists, elbows, knees, and ankles are decorated, since the Sumbanese believed those regions to be energy repositories.

7. Sindhi clothing - Wikipedia

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   Original dress code of Sindhi women was Lehenga/Ghagra Choli with a long and wide veil, up until the 1840s, women started wearing the suthan underneath the lehnga, later on around 1930s with time Sindhi women stopped wearing lehenga and only wore Sindhi suthan and choli got replaced by long cholo, and men originally wore Dhoti or Godd and a long or short angrakho or Jamo [1] [2] [3] later ...