‘Traditional Kurdish Women’s Clothes’ book comes out

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The Nûbihar Publishing House has released Nevin Reşan Güngör's "Traditional Kurdish Women's Clothes" book. The book focuses on the Kurdish women's traditional clothing and ornaments.

* Toplumsal Tarih (Social History) Journal, Issue: 111, March 2003, Cover Photo

The book is the product of nearly 20 years of work.

All drawings in the book have been reinterpreted based on many archives, museums and sources. Before the drawings, there are introductory texts in three languages, Kurdish, English and Turkish.

* The Jews of Kurdistan: Daily Life, Customs, Arts and Crafts, The İsrael Museum, Jerusalem 2000, p. 86,

In the introduction to the work, detailed information has been shared with the readers under titles such as "The Necessity and Functions of Dressing", "National and Cultural Codes of Dressing", "Fashion", "Jewelry and the History of Kurdish Women's Costumes".

* The Kurdish Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

In the introduction to the 200-page work, Güngör states that the most important purpose of the study is to make a record of traditional Kurdish women's clothing and to transfer this culture to future generations.

The drawings in the book are listed as follows: Clothing, Head Scarf, Accessories and Jewelry, Socks and Shoes, Hand-Woven Fabric Pattern, Weaving Machines and Hand Tools, Dress Patterns and Jewelry. (FD/SD)