The wedding ritual of Tlemcen

UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity – 2012 URL: http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/RL/… Description: During the wedding ritual of Tlemcen in northwestern Algeria, the bride is dressed in a traditionally woven golden silk dress, surrounded by her friends and married female relations; symbolic henna designs are applied to her hands, and an older woman helps her don a caftan of embroidered velvet, jewellery and a conical hat. Girls in Tlemcen are initiated into the costume tradition at an early age, while the craftsmanship involved in making the precious wedding costume is transmitted from generation to generation. Country(ies): Algeria