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2. Chokha - Wikipedia

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   A chokha, [a] also known as a cherkeska, [2] is a woolen coat with a high neck that is part of the traditional male dress of peoples of the Caucasus. [3] It was in wide use among Avars, Eastern Armenians [4] Abazins, Abkhazians, Azerbaijanis, Balkars, Chechens, Circassians, Georgians, Ingush, Karachays, Kumyks, Nogais, Ossetians, Tats, the peoples of Dagestan, as well as Terek, Kuban [4 ...

3. Czech traditional clothing - Wikipedia

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   In Haná, folk dress was traditional and indicated occupation; dark, simple colors were worn by working people. Women wore a long dress or a high-belted skirt (oplicko) with a short bolero jacket with a stand-up collar. [7] Hanakian women wore a coloured scarf (uvodnice) on special occasions.

4. Burka (Caucasus) - Wikipedia

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   Svan man with burka and kinjal Georgian burka (nabadi) and papakhi displayed at a folk festival in 2008. A burka (Abkhaz: ауапа awápa, Adyghe: кӏакӏо chakwe, Armenian: այծենակաճ aytsenakach, Avar: буртина burtína, Azerbaijani: yapıncı, Chechen: верта verta, Georgian: ნაბადი nabadi, Ingush: ферта ferta, Kabardian: щӏакӏуэ [1] shakwe ...

5. Chechens - Wikipedia

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   The Chechens (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ tʃ ɛ n z, tʃ ə ˈ tʃ ɛ n z / CHETCH-enz, chə-CHENZ; [20] Chechen: Нохчий, Noxçiy, Old Chechen: Нахчой, Naxçoy), historically also known as Kisti and Durdzuks, [21] are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group of the Nakh peoples native to the North Caucasus. [22]

6. 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.

7. Chechen cuisine - Wikipedia

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   Chechen cuisine is the traditional folk cuisine of the Chechen people, who dwell in the North Caucasus. The bases of Chechen cuisine are meat , leeks , cheese , pumpkin and corn . The main components of Chechen dishes include spicy seasonings, onion , wild garlic , pepper and thyme .

8. Chechen Americans - Wikipedia

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   Exact statistics are difficult to obtain because Chechens are categorized as Russians in asylee reports. The estimated 150 Chechen families live mainly in Paterson, New Jersey, and form part of the larger North Caucasian community there. Other most significant Chechen communities are in Boston, Washington, D.C., New York City, and Los Angeles ...

9. Ottoman clothing - Wikipedia

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   A significant example of European emulation of Ottoman dress for the purpose of portraying a dignified, elite appearance. Interactions between Ottomans and Britons occurred throughout history, but in the 18th century, European visitors and residents in the Ottoman Empire markedly increased, and exploded in the 19th century. [ 4 ]