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  Patricia Deany March 14, 2013 at 12:48pm

  What kind of parade would these be worn in?
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  howah March 14, 2013 at 12:54pm

  Hi Patti,

   

  This is a adjusted version of what Linda said in her Bolivian shoes post:  'I posted these for Howah.. I thought you would like these.. Yes these are parade shoes, worn by young boys or young girls with festive costumes for religious festivals. I saw a pair like them at the Denver museum of art and they said they were rare, the costumes are quite fancy also.  These are lt 19th / early 20th c. These shoes are used over and kept by costume keepers of the Church where most of the religious figures and floats are housed for the parade'.

   
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  howah March 14, 2013 at 1:18pm

  My pair reminds me somewhat to the one Michael Backman has sold in the past.

  http://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/1548.html 

  

  There is also a pair in the book that accompanied the exhibition on Ottoman art held in the past here in the Netherlands, that looks similar to my other South American shoe pair. Please note that the silver work on below pair is done in the rococo style. In terms of shape and the use of motifs and materials, there are many similarities between Ottoman and South American (Spanish colonial) antique silvered shoes as far as I can tell.

  
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  Lanajnaj June 13, 2014 at 8:06am

  Hello, I can tell you that the shoes are Tunisian the bride wears for the hammam before marriage .They are made of wood decorated with velvet and  silver. The inspiration is othomane
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  howah October 2, 2014 at 9:01pm

  Hi Lanajnaj,

  Thank you so much for this information. I totally missed this input from you. Do you happen to have more information? Are these types of wedding still worn or is it a thing of the past? I am trying to find more information on the internet, but not very successful.