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Festive costume of betrothed girls - Keles (Bursa / Turkey) – Yörük.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on February 23, 2016 at 1:43pm
A traditional festive costume of betrothed girls from Karakeçeli (Yörük) villages of the Keles district (south of Bursa). Ca. 1950-1985. In some villages, betrothed girls wear the ‘arkalık’ (triangular waistcloth) on the hip instead of on the back (and also: on top of the ‘önlük’/apron, instead of under it). (Kavak Costume Collection - Antwerpen/Belgium).
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Tags: Anatolia, Anatolia., Karakeçeli., Turkey, Yörük, costume, late-Ottoman, traditional
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