Kurdish clothing

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Kurdish traditional clothings (Kurdish: Cilî Kurdî) are variant. Kurdish women wear colorful clothes.

Types of clothing: Kewapatol Renk u choxe Klash Sorane Pishten

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Gold is very important in Kurdish culture.

Traditionally, being a woman in Iranian Kurdish culture is somehow considered as equivalent to how much gold you have.

 Kurdish coat of arms

An important part of the Kurdish woman's clothing is the girdle fashioned of a hand-woven wool scarf folded on the diagonal. The woman ties this girdle firmly around her hips to give both warmth and support to the stomach.

The coat of arms of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government is an eagle holding a sun on his wings. The sun is formed of three colors of red, yellow and green which represent the Kurdish flag.

 Kurdish stamps

• Kurds wear long sorts of clothes. • Traditional Kurdish clothing uses belts hats and long robes • Kurds also used puffed up pants (and white shoes). • Hats were usually this shape. Hat • The women wear two dresses, one on top of the other. The outer one has a low neckline which shows off the high neckline of the under garment. • Kurdish clothing is sometimes entirely embroidered in bands of multicolored flowers. • Sometimes Kurdish woman wear a turban and a veil. • Kurdish jewellary combines amber and turquoise beads with gold or silver. • Kurdish men usually wear the sherwal, an open necked shirt and tie a turban such as the women wear around the head. • Veils are made of sheer white cotton and may be edged with beads. • Veils fall at either side of the face but do not cover it. • Bright colour of dress characterize the appearance of the Kurdish people. • Their costumes are for everyday wear and are not reserved only for holidays • 30 million people live there.