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Bridegroom/festive costume - Keles (Bursa / Turkey) – Yörük.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on February 23, 2016 at 1:43pm

Traditional bridegroom/festive costume of the Karakeçeli villages in the district of Keles (south of Bursa). Clothing style: mid-20th century. Inserts: (top) rearview; (down) three embroidered items given by the girl to her future husband: a small triangular engagement ‘kese’ (purse), a ‘peşkir’ (hand towel, worn in the waist belt) and a square ‘tütün kesesi’ (tobacco pouch). (Kavak Costume Collection-Antwerpen/Belgium). (This full costume was SOLD to the ‘Etnografisch Museum, Antwerpen’).

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