Market day in all countries in the Middle East is a very colorful scene, Arab women from nearby villages in their robes and caps embroidered decorative wandering through the negotiation positions of the various merchants. His richly embroidered dresses are a flash of color and patterns, each dress is woven with complex skill and loving fashionista.
The wide flow costumes are well adapted to the climate of the area, being loose and in layers that form a sort of insulation against heat and cold. Favor women this dress complicated for reasons of modesty and decorum, and he hid the body well. ” But the ostensible use of the quantity of clothing was also a sign of social status.
An Arab is expected to have her on your wedding trousseau of embroidered clothing and other embroidered items, such as marriage is a social event and staff very important to the Arab people. Marriage in the Arab culture, symbolizes a spiritual union reach perfection and completion, “Peace and blessing to a lovely wife, whose arrival has honored and perfumed my house.” (The History of Unending Treasure).
In a symbolic sense, the cumulative pattern of intricate embroidery on the bridal couple to symbolize their flowering, and the wishes of their fertility. (Embroidery is the predominant red color of married women. Bordado blue is in use in Arab villages to designate a single woman and women past childbearing age.) Marital status is indicated by caps (UGA) satin striped red decorated with coins, and in some cases, bands of exchange (Burga) maintained in the face. The head is usually covered by a veil of blue or black cotton, and sometimes decorated with red trim appliques or embroidery for ceremonial use.
Departures for women to wear a jacket of black cotton embroidered in red, while jackets were once made of blue woolen cloth decorated with red silk cord. The head is covered with a veil of black crepe and tied with a silk ribbon with metallic brocade and gold coins. A similar layer of fine wool or cotton, unlined and with a metal thread embroidery on the neck, used for special occasions.
Therefore, an Arab girl will begin to embroider at an early age. A child learns from his mother and other relatives, and, after their wedding, she will continue to embroider all their lives, their own needs and for the family. Clothing, an Arab woman, refers to the social and civil condition, and the clothes of a woman’s tribe may indicate the location of the next.
Bedouin women wear a girdle of wool mark (shwahiyeh) indicating tribal origin. The waist has two parts, a large gray and black striped wool under braided belt that was tied over her dress and around her waist and pulled up and excess material folded over a belt embroidered with patterns of stripes Chevron colors and finishes with tassels. Bands of colored wool hanging from the belt for the festive occasion “Although their clothes are sweet, but added bliss.
The Arab woman dressed in an embroidered fabrics are made of dark cotton with embroidered motifs on the chest area, neck, sleeves and hemmed at the bottom of the back. The pattern of embroidered on the chest is of great importance: It is designed for more than just for aesthetic as their main objective is to protect against evil spirits. “The powers of the demons and darkness, devouring all animals and some animals with horns are bad man.” (Ahriman – symbols of evil). The fear of evil spirits is so great that many Arab women have their clothes stitched tiny silver bells (N’namnam) said it was well protected in their rooms to sound off.
The most magnificent style of embroidery is produced in Bethlehem and is known as real Malakh (). In Bethlehem dresses and suits, the pattern is embroidered on a piece of material made of different colored silks that are later sewn into the dress. For embroidery are fascinating in themselves, is the overall effect of the silk cotton dresses that causes eye, the blues and deep blacks leaving the beautiful orange and other colors used in fillings and applications.
The bottom of Arabs embroidered on the back, the Dyal, is embroidered with different patterns depending on the type of dress. When a woman walks her heels and wave Dyal and attention, a kind of flirtation. The original model was a horizontal line Dyal weaving in silk and gold dress. DYALS Others are characterized by large areas covered with dense embroidery, ex. Galilee pattern with bands of embroidered lace, as in the hem. A third pattern, characteristic of the type RAMALLAH consists of two verticle and horizontal stripes.
The basic reason is, in Muslim tradition, is the charm triangle HAJAB, which is believed to have protective qualities. It is why star symbolizing the heavenly bodies this star octagon is called the “Star of Bethlehem.” The pine and other tree flowers and decorations symbolize eternal life. Another notable element is a motif that resembles a clock that usually appears on the sleeves. Watch as the market (the Muslim tradition of infinite time) is expanded in the divisions of decoration.
Designs used in the cross-stitch embroidery are traditional and are passed from generation to generation. Designs never left, thus providing an easy way to accurately identify people of any person using such embroidery. But while no two pieces alike and there is considerable room for expression. In the Arab tradition of an artisan leaves a small part of their work unfinished or flawed in a way that reminds one of the infallibility of man.
The jewelry worn by an Arab girl, to complement the dress, is not only decorative but also symbolic. Some reasons for jewelry may symbolize good things like fertility and prosperity, while others are believed to protect against the forces of evil as sickness, miscarriage and, often, specifically, snake and scorpion bites. This magical function of most jewelry charms. Because of its beauty is also very supposed to distract the evil eye “of harm to the user. Jewelry has two other functions for the user – the beautification of the user or make them more sexually attractive and reflects the economic situation of the user by the opulence of the jewelry, the preciousness of the material and quality workmanship.