Bridal costume of Alexandria Bridal costume of Alexandria

The bridal headdress looks like a helmet and is called “katsouli me tis foundes”: the katsouli is the hard, egg-shaped part of the headdress held in place on the crown of the head by a lock of hair taken from married women which was never taken off even in bed. Wrapped round the katsouli are the three kerchiefs of the headdress, one black and two white. One of the white kerchiefs hangs down the back of the neck and is called the “peristera” (dove). A good bridal katsouli also has a pair of tassels. The hair is cut in a fringe. Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation Collection