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The collection of Armenian women's costumes begins during the Urartu time period, wherein dresses were designed with creamy white silk, embroidered with gold thread. The costume was a replica of a medallion unearthed by archaeologists at Toprak Kale near Lake Van , which some 3,000 years ago was the site of the capital of the Kingdom of Urartu.
An Armenian woman from New Julfa in national costume. From The Costumes of Armenian Women by Gregory Lima (Tehran, 1974) ... Women in Armenia have had equal rights, ...
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Original – An Armenian woman dressed in a national costume poses on a hillside near Artvin (in present day Turkey), circa 1910. Alt 1 – Gently restored version from original TIFF file from Library of Congress. Blatant CMY colors removed from edges, color spots removed throughout. Remainder of photograph untouched. Reason
Women used hairpins to secure their veils on the arakhchin. [ 9 ] Arakhchins generally went out of use in the early twentieth century, with the mass adoption of European-style dress in Armenia and in what is now considered the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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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.
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