A digital archive showcasing the extensive collection of jewellery and adornment images shared on the former Ethnic Jewels Ning site over the years. These images have significantly enriched discussions on cultural adornment and its global dispersion.
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It is disappointing, but perhaps inevitable. Not a single person at this wedding was wearing traditional Tunisian clothing or jewelry. I barely saw a khamseh! Fortunately, traditional attire seems to have continued in the south and in some towns along the Sahel coast. But in the north, traditional jewelry is quickly disappearing.
Fascinating! What are those squares on the other sheet I wonder?
what an important moment! Wonderful that you could capture this! Sometimes brides want to be modern, my sister in law also married in a white European dress (i only saw photos of her in that dress), for her it was great, but I was disappointed, I love the traditional dresses and headdress.
Hi Eva: Despite my disappointment about the jewelry, it was a fascinating and emotional event. Immediately after the bride signed the contract, traditional musicians began to play. An army of men descended on the house whisking every last item the bride owned out of her parent's house and onto trucks bound for the new house the groom had built for her. I could not imagine leaving my parents' house at her age in such an abrupt and final manner, even if I had prepared for it for a few years.