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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.
The Hmong people are an ethnic group currently native to several countries, believed to have come from the Yangtze river basin area in southern China. [1] The Hmong are known in China as the Miao , which encompasses not only Hmong, but also other related groups such as Hmu , Qo Xiong , and A-Hmao . [ 2 ]
Yeerongpilly is an Aboriginal word meaning rain coming according to Thomas Petrie [5] or is derived from the Aboriginal words yurong meaning rain or yarung meaning sandy or gravelly. The suffix "pilly" means a gully or watercourse. [3] Yeerongpilly grew from an area named Boggo, [3] which was logged for timber for Brisbane. [citation needed]
In 1981, Margaret Wood (Navajo/Seminole) of Arizona, known for fashion design as well as for her quilts, [45] [46] published Native American Fashion: Modern Adaptations of Traditional Designs. [47] The book was the first treatment of contemporary Native American fashion and remains the sole in-depth treatment of the subject. [48]
FNL Network (Fashion News Lifestyle Network) is an American television network founded by Rocco Leo Gaglioti in 2015 and based in Los Angeles, California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is available on a variety of devices including Amazon Fire TV , Apple TV , Roku , and all Android and Apple iOS devices.
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A Persian community developed in Westwood, Los Angeles after the Islamic Revolution of 1979 prompted thousands of Iranians to flee to the United States. It is a shopping, eating and gathering place for the large number (estimates range from 500,000-600,000) of Iranian-Americans and their descendants residing in the Los Angeles metropolitan area ...
South Asians are among Los Angeles County’s fastest growing ethnic groups including Bangladeshi (122%), Pakistani (59%), Sri Lankan (45%), and Indian (29%). [2] Asians are concentrated in the San Gabriel Valley. [3] The Asian American population in San Gabriel Valley grew by 22% between 2000 and 2010. [4]