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Head-dresses are divided into two groups: first one that was used to cover the head, and the second type of headgear was used to be worn. Taj, tesek, chutgu, arakchin, dinge were used as headgear decorations. Alike the men’s arakchin, women’s one was relatively smaller, and played the role of hairpin at the same time in order to prevent kalagai from slipping down from the hair. Cloth covering head-dresses included kalagai (head scarf), orpek, chargat as well as ruband (a light scarf or veil covering the face), charshab, duvag, lechek, chalma, giygaj and etc.

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  • Title: Head-dresses
  • Location Created: Karabakh, Azerbaijan
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