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Kidan habesha (alt. ije tebab) is a clothing style from Eritrea, particularly among the Tigrinya ethnolinguistic group. [1] [2] It comprises a white shirt and pants.Then a thin, gauze-like, fabric is wrapped around the shoulders and chest.
Female attire has been changed through the 19th and 20th century and in mid-19th century consisted of a percale shirt with wide sleeves, a decorated corset made of fabric, a wide percale skirt with floral motif, a muslin apron (fartuch), boots with high soles, trinkets or coral necklaces around the neck and a muslin (or tybet, or woollen) scarf worn on the head or over the shoulders.
Habesha peoples (Ge'ez: ሐበሠተ; Amharic: ሐበሻ; Tigrinya: ሓበሻ; commonly used exonym: Abyssinians) is an ethnic or pan-ethnic identifier that has been historically employed to refer to Semitic-speaking and predominantly Oriental Orthodox Christian peoples found in the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea between Asmara and Addis Ababa (i.e. the modern-day Amhara, Tigrayan, Tigrinya ...
The name Ashenda (Tigrinya: ኣሸንዳ) originates from the Tigrinya and Amharic word for a type of tall green grass, which grows in the Tigray region. During the festival, girls and women use this grass as part of their attire, often weaving it into skirts or carrying it as decorative bundles on their backs.
The clothing includes a robe that fits over one shoulder, a sash, an apron, a veil (for women), and a cap (for men). All of the clothing is white, including shoes and neckties, except for the apron, which is green. [7]: 1:55 [8] It is common for Latter-day Saints to be buried in their temple clothes. [9]
If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress. Traditional clothing often has two forms: everyday wear, and formal wear. The word "costume" in this context is sometimes considered pejorative, as the word has more than one meaning, and thus "clothing", "dress", "attire" or "regalia" can be ...
Eritrean women dancing in traditional zurias. A zuria is a dress worn by the Tigrinya women in Eritrea and Ethiopia. [1] Traditional zurias often feature intricate designs, [2] go to the ankles, and are accessorized with a netsela, a white, scarflike accessory worn about the shoulders and head.
Medri Bahri (Tigrinya: ምድሪ ባሕሪ, English: Land of the Sea) or Mereb Melash (Tigrinya: መረብ ምላሽ, English: Beyond the Mereb), also known as Ma'ikele Bahr or Bahr Melash was a semi-autonomous province of the Ethiopian Empire located north of the Mareb River, in the Eritrean highlands (Kebassa) and some surrounding areas.