Suk el Turk - Tripoli, Libya

Myanmar - Women of the Akha Tribe in traditional headdresses. Speakers of Tai languages in Myanmar and Thailand refer to them as "gaw" or "ekaw" (ikaw/ikho), terms which the Akha view as derogatory (this card describes them as Kaw'). Akha women define their age or marital status with the style of headdress worn. Headdresses are decorated by their owner and each is unique withsilver coins, monkey fur, and dyed chicken feathers being just a few of the things that might decorate the headdress, each of which differ by subgroup

Bead Beaded Beads Beadwork Burmese Distinctive Elaborate Headdresses Jul16 Keng Myanmar String Strings Tong Tung

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