traditional costume

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meaningsoftraditionalandcostume

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traditional
adjective
uk
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/us
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/
following or belonging to the customs or ways of behaving that have continued in a group of people or society for a long time ...
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costume
noun
uk
/ˈkɒs.tʃuːm/us
/ˈkɑː.stuːm/
the set of clothes typical of a particular country or period of history, or suitable for a ...
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(Definition oftraditionalandcostumefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Abyunaki people have persistently maintained thistraditionalcostumedespite pressures from time to time by the government trying to change it.
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In the event, people will dress up in thetraditionalcostume.
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Court musicians appear intraditionalcostume, maintain a rigid proper formal posture, and play stringed five-stringed instruments.
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Children re-enact the history of the town intraditionalcostume.
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Women are dressed as tricana (women dressed in atraditionalcostumewith a sensual walking style).
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The dress is neo-traditional, accommodating the changing times, but still resembling thetraditionalcostume.
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As soon as the war ended, production reverted totraditionalcostumejewellery and souvenir manufacture.
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So they had local people intraditionalcostumeinvite visitors stop and handed them a small dish of local fruit including blueberries.
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Organized dances and tests of skill culminate in men donningtraditionalcostume, headdress, and elaborate makeup.
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In that episode, he appears in a streamlined, trench-coated version of histraditionalcostume.
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At the end of term, atraditionalcostumeparty is held.
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Thetraditionalcostumeconsists of long johns and an embroidered vest with a velvet centre piece over the top.
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The regional identity of each female angels figure could be discerned in thetraditionalcostumethey were clothed with.
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Women are dressed as tricana poveira (women dressed in atraditionalcostumewith a sensual walking style).
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For this festival a wooden figure in the likeness of the deceased was commissioned and clothed intraditionalcostume, with shawl, headdress, and gold jewelry.
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White is thetraditionalcostumefor men, and the color of esteem and good fortune.
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Modern teams use a variety of kits, mostly based on thetraditionalcostume, with each team using different combinations of colours to try to have a unique corporate image.
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Each region has its owntraditionalcostume.
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As they dance in costume (eithertraditionalcostumesuch as charros or modern cartoon characters) they are accompanied by live bands which wander with them along the streets.
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It is rather their traditional costumes that make them appear larger and hide their physical deficiencies.
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