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🇯🇵 JapanAuxiliary armour (Japan) Extra guards that filled the gaps left by the six main pieces of a Japanese armour setDress 🇯🇵 Tokyo, JapanBoroぼろ Japanese cloth kept going by mending: patched layers dyed with indigoCraft 🇨🇳 ChinaSankeng三坑 Chinese slang for three dress styles young fans wear, and the money they takeDress 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreKurti A midriff-covering top worn across the Indian subcontinent in many regional stylesDress 🇮🇳 India and 4 morePuttee A cloth leg wrap worn by soldiers, from the Himalayas to the armies of two world warsDress 🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKasayaकाषाय The traditional patchwork robes worn by ordained Buddhist monasticsDress 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, IndiaClothing of Hyderabad Traditional attire of Hyderabad, shaped by South Asian and Islamic stylesDress 🇮🇳 IndiaLohepfhe A handwoven black shawl with red and green bands, worn by Angami and Chakhesang Naga men as a marker of identity.Dress 🇦🇫 AfghanistanPashtun clothing Loose linen clothes worn by Pashtun men and women in Afghanistan and PakhtunkhwaDress 🇬🇧 United KingdomGuernsey A traditional seamless wool sweater crafted for seafarers across the British IslesDress 🇨🇳 ChinaHuadian花鈿 A forehead ornament of Chinese women, painted or fixed on, still worn with hanfuDress 🇿🇦 South AfricaIsidwaba A knee-length leather skirt of cowhide or goatskin, worn by married Zulu womenDress 🇳🇬 Nigeria and 2 moreGeleGèlè A voluminous sculpted headwrap worn by Yoruba women for gatherings and daily lifeDress 🇮🇳 Jammu, India and 1 moreChura A set of bridal bangles worn across South Asia at weddings and in early marriageDress 🇷🇸 Belgrade, Serbia and 5 moreSerbian traditional clothingсрпска народна ношња (srpska narodna nošnja) The regional folk attire of Serbs, featuring wool, linen, and leather, worn for celebrations and cultural identity.Dress 🇮🇷 Tehran, Iran and 5 moreChadorchādar A full-length open cloak that is pulled over the head and held shut by handDress 🇳🇵 Kathmandu, NepalTraditional Newar clothingनेवार समुदायमा भएको संस्कृति पहिरन The customary handwoven dress and ceremonial garments of Nepal's Newar peopleDress 🇲🇲 Amarapura, MyanmarAcheikအချိတ် A Burmese silk weave of waves and stripes, made with up to 200 shuttlesDress 🇪🇸 Seville, SpainTraje de flamenca The ruffled dress women wear to the fairs of AndalusiaDress 🇪🇸 Valencia, Spain and 1 moreZaragüellessarāwīl (Andalusi Arabic), saragüells (Valencian) Wide, pleated breeches of Andalusian origin, worn as traditional dress in parts of Spain and Morocco.Dress 🇰🇭 Longvek, Cambodia and 2 moreKhmer traditional clothing How Khmer people dress: the wrapped sampot, the embroidered sbai, the checkered kramaDress 🇰🇭 CambodiaAv pakអាវប៉ាក់ A Cambodian women's shirt in silk or cotton, embroidered or laced, for festivalsDress 🇫🇷 FranceBreton costume The traditional folk dress and lace headdresses worn for festivals across BrittanyDress 🇹🇷 Turkey and 3 moreYashmakyaşmak A traditional face and head veil worn in Turkey, Egypt and TurkmenistanDress 🇵🇭 PhilippinesTapis A hand-woven wrap skirt from the Philippines, fastened at the waist with a sashDress 🇩🇿 Tlemcen, AlgeriaChedda of Tlemcenشدة تلمسانية The bridal dress of Tlemcen, velvet and gold thread, worn with a jewelled headdressDress 🇨🇭 Zurich, SwitzerlandSwiss traditional costumeSchweizer Trachten Distinct regional festive dress worn across the cantons of SwitzerlandDress 🇳🇬 Nigeria and 1 moreOkpu Aguokpu agụ A knitted wool cap from southeastern Nigeria, historically worn by warriors to display status and now used in ceremoniesDress 🇮🇳 IndiaNadiri A sleeveless coat made for Mughal Emperor Jahangir and the courtiers he choseDress 🇨🇳 China and 3 moreMianfu冕服 The most formal dress of China's emperors, worn at coronations and court ritesDress 🇨🇳 China and 1 moreChinese patchwork A needlework craft joining fabric scraps into protective clothing, quilts and folk artCraft 🇨🇳 ChinaXifu戏服 The stage dress of Chinese opera, its colour and pattern telling rank, sex and characterDress 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreWedding dress The dress a bride wears at her wedding, white in the West and often red in the EastDress 🇰🇬 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and 1 moreAk-kalpakАк калпак A traditional Kyrgyz four-sided white wool felt hat worn by men across generationsDress
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