Clothing of Nomads in MongoliaClothing of nomads has not changed much because the nomadic lifestyle remained virtually intact through the centuries. Nomads still live in traditional dwellings and wear the centuries old fashion dels as their general outfit throughout the year.This fact alone blows me away! How about you? Where else in the world today people do wear thousands years of old fashion outlets? And these nomads wear them as if their outfits are the newest designs from The Fashion World.
    Above are some fashion styles of different ethnic groups, tags say they are khalkhas of different regions, uriankhai, yzemchin. torguud, tuva, zakhchin etc and below they are in everyday use
The clothing will correspond to the four seasons of the year. During the hot and short summer the nomads wear light dels made of cotton. In harsh and very cold long winters they wear warm dels made of lamb's skin. In between during the spring and autumn the nomads wear both heavy and light dels due to highly contrast weather.
The clothing will vary from the simplest everyday use to the gorgeous and full colorful custom made outfits that will speak of the sex and age, the status and welfare of the person.Also, they will correspond to cultural events and specific celebrations. Mongol clothing will slightly differ according to the ethnic groups like their dialects.
For the outsiders it is hard to tell the difference between the clothing of Mongolia and that of China. The similarity is evident due to thousands of years of close neighborhood. Historically, some will argue that 2 out of 5 Chinese dynasties were established and ruled by the Mongols. We will be back with more on clothing of nomads Have An Information On This Topic?If you have or found great information that you think is valuable and interesting to our visitors and readers, please, share it! Learn More About Traditional Clothing...Click below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...
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