A chokha,[a] also known as a cherkeska,[2] is a Kartvelian woolen coat with a high neck that is part of the traditional male dress of peoples of the Caucasus.[3] It was in wide use among Avars, Abazins, Abkhazians, Azerbaijanis, Balkars, Chechens, Circassians,Georgians, Ingush, Karachays, Kumyks, Nogais, Ossetians, Tats, the peoples of Dagestan, as well as Terek, Kuban[4] Cossacks, Eastern Armenians,[4] Kurds[5] from the Russian empire who adopted it from the aforementioned peoples.
Silver belts and long sashes were worn by women from both western and eastern Armenia. Men also wore silver belts and sashes. In the eastern regions wide silver belts were worn over the common chukha, which is similar to the Caucasian cherkeska.
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