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Did you know that in Samarkand a woman’s age was determined by the color of her dress?

The colors of women’s dresses were traditional and determined by generally accepted rules.

Girls and young women – bright red or pink with fine patterns’ in women who had 4-5 children, along with red and pink, blue could be used, and the elderly women – red and pink were considered unacceptable. In their dresses were dominated blue, dark-blue, or gray color with white pattern. 

Old women wore dresses of white and blue colors, black one was intended for mourning.

You will find more examples of national Uzbek clothes in the book-album "Traditional Uzbek costume on materials of museum and private collections of Uzbekistan (Part 1)" (volume XLVIII) from the series "Cultural legacy of Uzbekistan in the world collections."

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Did you know that in Samarkand a woman’s age was determined by the color of her dress?
Did you know that in Samarkand a woman’s age was determined by the color of her dress?
Did you know that in Samarkand a woman’s age was determined by the color of her dress?
Did you know that in Samarkand a woman’s age was determined by the color of her dress?
Did you know that in Samarkand a woman’s age was determined by the color of her dress?