Monday, May 1, 2017

Research:

Central Asia-
The predominant culture in this region is of Islam, however minority groups of other religions are scattered around the region. Central Asia has been conquered by several groups such as the Mongols, Persians, Russians etc. Due to that, the cultured has been influenced by the Chinese, Arabian, South Asian and even Russian. Languages that spoken in this region of the world are Arabic, Uzbek as well as a little amount of Mongolian. To the citizens of this regions, their culture is very significant to them, and they tend to wear their traditional clothing in regular bases. Showing too much skin for women is considered a taboo, which is very similar to other Arabic countries. In countries like Kyrgyzstan, they had the ancient practice of "Bride Kidnapping", mainly because of opposition from the family or other reason, but lately it has been prohibited by a law. Most of the people from this region are the descendants of the Turkic tribe, and they lived as semi-nomadic for most of their life; in some part of this region, the amount of animals actually out numbers the citizens. They have a lot of colorful festivals in which the family members get together and have fun. In Turkmenistan, they celebrate the "Turkmen Melon Day", in which everyone get to together and its kind of like a bazaar, mainly takes place on Sunday, and they have food stalls as well as some of the best melons and pumpkins. One of the regional holiday celebrated is of "Nowruz", which is celebrated in early spring, and this is mainly when the families shops for new clothing and other major items for their house.
Kyrgyzstan- Because most of the people were nomads, their clothing had to be light and easy to move around it. The traditional clothing for women consist of a white shirt, and a long pantaloons. For men, they would wear a large trousers made out of leather and a shirt along with a belt. Both gender wore boots with ornaments decorating them, and hats were also very significant to their culture.
Turkmenistan- Traditional clothing for Turkmenistan consist of  tight-fitting black trousers, white or brown shirt with long sleeves and boots. This is the most common outfits which were wore by both genders.
Uzbekistan- The most common clothing for men is Chapan, the quitted robe secured with a kerchief. Women mainly wear khan-atlas tunic dress with wide trousers, and both genders tend to wear boots with their clothing.
West Asia- West Asia consist of countries such as Israel, territories of Palestine, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. West Asia is mainly known as Middle East, however the citizens of this region preferred to be called as West Asians. This region is the birthplace of the religion of Judaism, but today most of the population is Islamic. There are some minority groups, Jews and Christians, scattered around the region. The literature is rich with Arabic, Jews, Persians, and Turkish domination. The art style is borrowed from the Sumerians, and most of the artwork deals with geometric patterns. It is also a taboo to draw the face of anyone, more specifically 'Allah', the almighty. There are also a lot of myths and folktales which are past down from generations. One of the most famous epic that has been passed down from years is The Gilgamesh from the Sumerians. Women are also not allow to show their skin as well as their hair to other people, except their family members.
Kuwait- The traditional clothing for women is a long sleeve dress which touched the floor, and during festivals or important events, the dress are covered with rich embroidery or it is covered with sheer. Men usually wear dishdasha, a button-down, long sleeves, very much similar to the women's clothing.
Qatar- Women usually wear an abhaya, a long dress, and cover their hair with a black hair dresser. Men traditionally wear a black robe, agal, with a headdress, gutra.
Israel- Traditionally, women in Israel wear a tznuit and they are not allow to wear bright colors such as hot pink. Men usually wear a Bekishe, a long black silk robe, with a spodik , a long tall hat.
North Europe- North Europe consists of countries such as Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom. The predominant religion that is followed by people in North Europe is of Christianity, however, there are also some followers of Judaism and Islam. The language that is spoken by people is this region is mainly of English. One of the main difference between the North European countries is their different ways of greeting or formalities towards people as well as  different way of giving respect to people. Other than celebrating Christmas, one of the most well known festival that is celebrated is called Glastonbury, and people across the world wanting to travel to England in order to celebrate it. In the festival, there are performers performing in theaters, concerts, as well as children's show, and it gives off a very hippe like vibes yet the sense of diversity and the colorfulness of the people.
Iceland- The traditional clothing for men in Iceland consists of woolen breeches or trousers, a buttoned up vest as well as buttoned up jacket; a tail cap is also a common form of accessory. Women traditionally wear a long dress or twirl skirt with a jacket, and usually some sort of headdress covering the head. Fish skin boots are also very common for men and women to wear.
Ireland- Traditionally women and men both wore Leine or a shirt, and women usually wore long Leine so there won't be any trousers to wear. With the shirt, men usually wore a kilt, man's skirt.
Norway- The traditional clothing for Norway is called Bunad, and it is worn by both male and female. Bunad is basically looks like a dress, it contains very elaborated embroidery, and they wear can wear an apron over it.
Eastern Europe- Eastern Europe consist of countries such as Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech, Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, and the most eastern part of the Russian Federation. Most of the people in this region follow the religion of Christianity, and most of them are Catholics


Cite: https://www.triphobo.com/blog/european-festivals
http://nationalclothing.org/19-nationalclothing/europe/iceland/14-national-costume-of-iceland-shoes-of-fish-skin,-high-curved-headpieces,-ruffs-and-floral-ornaments.html

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