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Ethnic
Costumes:
Turks
and
Tatars who live in ROMANIA
mostly in Dobrogea (Dobruja, or Dobrudja, or Dobrudzha,
or Dobruca in Turkish)
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Ethnic Costumes of
TURKS
who live in Romania.
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Women wear:
PANTS style
costumes
(salvar / shalvar / shalwar)
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Women wear:
DRESS style
costumes
[ dress = rochie = pasalî
]
(English, Romanian, Tatar)
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Women wear:
SKIRT style
costumes
[skirt = fusta = ieteclîc]
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First Turks settled in Dobrogea in 1264 A.D. in Babadag. From 1419
until 1877, Dobrogea was part of the Ottoman Empire. Today Dobrogea
is devided between Romania and Bulgaria
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Crimean Tatars settled in Crimea around 1200 A.D. After Russian annexation
of Crimea in 1783, some Crimean Tatars came to Dobrogea; at that time
Dobrogea was part of the Ottoman Empire)
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Nogai Tatars consider themselves as descended of the people of the
Golden Horde. They take their name from Nogai Khan, the grandson of
Genghis Khan. Tatars arrived in Eastern and Central Europe around
1250. In Dobrogea, a few Nogai Tatars settled around 1600.
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