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The Armenian national costume, having existed through long periods of historical development, was one of the signals of self-preservation for the Armenian culture. Being in an area at the crossroads of diverse eastern styles, Armenian dress is significant in not only borrowing but also often playing an influential role on neighboring nations.
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 ...
The way this traditional headdress was worn was a marker of its owner's marital condition, just as in Eastern Armenia, the right to wear an arakhchi belonged to a married man. [3] Even though the arakhchi was traditionally a man's hat, Armenian women wore this headress as well; especially in Muş where Armenian singer Armenouhi Kevonian was ...
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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Church and Culture in Early Medieval Armenia. — Ashgate, 1999. Vrej Nersessian, Tim Greenwood. Art of the Armenians. — Sam Fogg, 2004. Nira Stone, Michael E. Stone. The Armenians: Art, Culture and Religion. — Chester Beatty Library, 2007. On folktales: Seklemian, A. G. The Golden Maiden and Other Folk Tales and Fairy Stories Told in ...
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