البيت
الفلسطيني
للفلكلور
The Palestinain House For Folklore
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Jaffa
Dress:ثوب
مدينة يافا Sleeves and center skirt panel of a Jaffa-area dress are silk heremsih
fabric, CA. 1930. Source: Aramco World, March/April 1997.
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Ramallah
Bridal Dress:ثوب
مدينة رام
الله A wedding dress of hand-woven linen embroidered with
cross-stitching in silk. The coin-edged head-dress is known as smadih,
Ramallah CA. 1910. Source: Aramco World, March/April 1997.
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Ramallah
Bridal Dress:ثوب
رام الله A wedding dress of hand-woven linen embroidered with
cross-stitching in silk. The coin-edged head-dress is known as smadih,
and the shawl is locally called khirqah, Ramallah
CA. 1910. Source: Aramco World, March/April 1997.
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Haifa
Typical Dress: بثو
مدينة حيفاThis dress is worn with the asbih,
or headband, typical of northern Palestine, Haifa, early 20th C. Source: Aramco
World, March/April 1997.
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Bethlehem
Wedding Dress: ثوب
مدينة بيت
لحم A rare ikhdar malaki,
or "royal green" wedding dress, so called
because of the green lines in the skirt; it includes the shatwih
headdress, which dates back to antiquity, and a rare 19th-century scarf,
Bethlehem, late 19th C. Source: Aramco World, March/April 1997.
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Hebron
Dress: ثوب
مدينة
الخليل Bridal costume with wuqayat-al-darahim
headdress, CA. 1930. Source: Aramco World, March/April 1997.
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