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Scotland Traditional Clothes

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The kilt is a  garment with pleats at the rear, it’s knee-length. The origin  is young men clothing in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century. Since the 19th century it has become associated with the wider culture of Scotland in general. It is most often made of woollen cloth in a tartan pattern. Although [...]

Welsh Poeple

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Wales is a country in the borders of United Kingdom. Wales is regarded as one of the modern celtic nations today. Among the cultes I’ve  had the chance to familarize, Welsh culture is one of  the distintive ones. They have their own style of music, clothes, dance, holidays along with a seperate language. Incoming search [...]

Saami Tribe: Culture and Clothing

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Sami tribe, also known as Sámi or Saami, mostly live in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Kola Peninsula of Russia where was called Sápmi once. They are indigenous to this area of inhabiting. These people are the only official indigenous people of Nordic Countries. Their traditional clothing is called gakti. Gakti is worn for formal ceremonies and [...]

European Clothes

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  European culture can be considered as overlapping cultures rather being one; it is a mixture of cultures.  There are cultural innovations and movements, sometimes at odds with each other. Thus the question of “common culture” or “common values” is pretty complex. Greeks had laid the foundations of the Europe. Then strengthened by Romans; however stabilized [...]