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Kurkhars
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| Type | Headdress |
|---|---|
| Material | Red felt or dense cloth |
| Place of origin | Ingushetia |
Kurkhars (Ingush: Курхарс) is the traditional female headdress of the Ingush. Its male counterpart is the Bashlyk. It was traditionally weekend clothing of the Ingush, worn during the holidays and for "going out". They are usually made of red felt or dense cloth and were originally made out of tanned and dyed bull scrotum. They are high caps in the form of a ridge with a forward curve and forked end.[1]
First mentioned in a 17th-century article list of Russian ambassadors describing their route through the Ingush lands to Georgia,[2] researchers consider Kurkhars, like the Bashlyk, in historical and cultural relationship with the ancient headdress of the Scythians and Phrygians, via the so-called "Phrygian cap", which was also most notably worn by the Persians, Thracians and Dacians.[3][4][5]
- ^ Dolgieva et al. 2013, pp. 170–171.
- ^ Genko 1930, p. 731.
- ^ Semyonov 1935, pp. 157–158.
- ^ Chakhkiev 1998, p. 64.
- ^ Semyonov 1959.
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