We have that too. I think we took it from the Turks.
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Thats true horten
turkish clothes
http://turkishculture.org/images/ima...olkloric56.jpg
http://turkishculture.org/images/ima...olkloric61.jpg
http://turkishculture.org/images/ima...olkloric43.jpg
http://turkishculture.org/images/ima...costumes52.jpg
http://turkishculture.org/images/ima...olkloric92.jpg
these are typical swedish folk costumes
I found similar headdresses from mostly Muslim cultures, the Dagestanis wear them too so it could be of central asian or middle eastern origin?
From Palestine:
http://thedetroiter.com/b2evoArt/blo...lheaddress.jpg
"Headdresses indicated whether women were married or unmarried. An unmarried woman would have very few coins, if any, on her headdress, whereas a married woman would display and carry her wealth on her head."
Moroccan girls with coin jewelry:
http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI..._4163-6062.jpg
http://img2.allposters.com/images/NIM/@ARM775.jpg
I love this thread! Here are some images from Norway.
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6217/6...89db5677_o.jpg
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6019/6...6e96e224_o.jpg
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6105/6...4cea8ef6_o.jpg
http://www.moscowtopnews.com/image/a.../2/0/2220.jpeg
http://www.rusfolk.ru/dataphotos/d/d...f367113b17.jpg
http://kp.ru/f/3/image/44/00/1060044.jpg
http://cs10281.vkontakte.ru/u781504/...y_4a984764.jpghttp://cs10595.vkontakte.ru/u1916878...z_8a609677.jpg
http://img1.liveinternet.ru/images/a...1652076_18.jpg
http://static.eva.ru/eva/150000-1600...0524303722.jpg
http://cs4112.vkontakte.ru/u4580307/...x_9ec1f668.jpg
http://www.barynya.com/images/zabava.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1221/...df82b804dd.jpg
http://rescuemevintage.files.wordpre...tumesnorth.jpg
http://cs9879.vkontakte.ru/u29185651...x_d2674a98.jpg
http://cs9879.vkontakte.ru/u29185651...x_777392ea.jpg
http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImage..._front_CP4.jpg
Latvian folk dresses
http://www.li.lv/images_new/VP02_Lat...s_Polakovs.jpg
http://www.li.lv/images_new/VP06_Lat...s_Polakovs.jpg
http://www.li.lv/images_new/VP03_Sel...s_Polakovs.jpg
http://www.li.lv/images_new/VP08_Zem...s_Polakovs.jpg
http://www.li.lv/images_new/VP09_Kur...s_Polakovs.jpg
http://www.li.lv/images_new/VP05_Kur...s_Polakovs.jpg
http://www.li.lv/images_new/VP01_Aus...s_Polakovs.jpg
http://www.li.lv/images_new/VP07_Vid...s_Polakovs.jpg
http://www.li.lv/images_new/VP11_Vid...s_Polakovs.jpg
http://www.li.lv/images_new/AG01_KUR...uzu_gimene.jpg