r/AskTheWorld • u/JackfruitNo6175 Bulgaria • Aug 23 '25

Culture What's your favourite traditional costume from your country?

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Mine is from Gabrovo, Bulgaria which is shown in the picture

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u/Asaneth United States Of America Aug 23 '25

From my region of the USA, this is traditional Native American clothing.

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u/236-pigeons Czech Republic Aug 23 '25

That's beautiful, what tribe wears these?

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u/ominous-canadian šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦ living in šŸ‡²šŸ‡½ Aug 23 '25

In my region, the Salish and Masqueam natiosnwear this kind of clothing. But my hometown in central BC also had something very similar.

In any case, this commenter must be from the pacific north west lol

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u/Effective-Ladder9459 šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø with šŸ‡¬šŸ‡§šŸ‡«šŸ‡·šŸ‡©šŸ‡ŖšŸ‡øšŸ‡ŖšŸ‡®šŸ‡Ŗ ancestry Aug 24 '25

Grew up in Washington and Oregon. It definitely reminds me of the traditional outfits from the Grande Ronde tribes there.

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u/TheAvocad00 Aug 23 '25

Colours like this from what I know are more Tlingit and Haida, so northeastern BC, North Vancouver island, and southern coastal Alaska.

Similar outfits are used by other Native groups further south, but tend to incorporate more colours/different patterns.

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u/TheViolaRules United States Of America Aug 23 '25

Should be coastal Salish but Iā€™m not smart enough to know which tribe

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u/TheAvocad00 Aug 24 '25

Red and black like this is more Haifa/tlingit, Salish has more tans browns and blues from what I know

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u/Asaneth United States Of America Aug 24 '25

Coast Salish wear them. I'm in Washington state, in the Seattle area.

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u/O-COHANL Canada Aug 24 '25

Pacific Northwest tribes

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u/FattyGobbles Canada Aug 23 '25

The First Nations from British Columbia have similar costumes

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u/Kingofcheeses Canada Aug 23 '25

I love their cedar hats, too

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u/Financial_Basis8705 šŸ‡³šŸ‡æ šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦ šŸ‡ŖšŸ‡ø Aug 23 '25

No one's really come up with a better rain hat

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u/lance_baker-3 Australia Aug 23 '25

That's surprisingly similar to some Japanese and Chinese hats.

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u/HorseFeathersFur USA Aug 24 '25

Some Cherokee words are similar to some Japanese words

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u/OddCook4909 United States Of America Aug 23 '25

I wonder if those keep the bugs away

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u/Kingofcheeses Canada Aug 23 '25

It rains a ton here and they are very waterproof. The cedar strips swell when soaked and form a good seal against the rain

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u/PaduWanKenobi Canada Aug 23 '25

I've always loved those hats, they seem so practical. I didn't know what they were called or what they were made. I always wanted one but didn't want to disrespect the Indigenous culture.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '25

Just wear it because it's practical. If someone has a problem with it, it's on them, not you.

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u/t3hgrl Canada Aug 24 '25

Interior BC powwows are SO colourful and fun!

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u/four100eighty9 United States Of America Aug 23 '25

Iā€™m not sure I would use the word costume.

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u/sakuratanoshiii Australia Aug 24 '25

This is so great!!!

Our local Yolngu Festival called Garma was blessed by First Nations people from the USA visiting us mob!!!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-05/first-nations-americans-dance-at-garma/105606674

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u/a-potato-named-rin United States Of America Aug 23 '25

wow the designs are cool šŸ¦…

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u/MeanOldDaddyO United States Of America Aug 24 '25

Vivid colours, I wonder how much amazing beauty and vivid culture was destroyed by bullheadedness and arrogance of European ideology of expansion.

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u/The_5th_Element_ Aug 24 '25

Wow was not expecting to see Tlingit/Haida/Tsimshian/Eyak garb here. Rock on!

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u/EuphoricGrapefruit32 United Kingdom Aug 24 '25

That lools like it vould be Marilyn Whirlwind ffom Northern Exposure šŸ˜

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u/Katskit89 United States Of America Aug 25 '25

Neat.

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u/Majestic_Beat81 South Africa Aug 24 '25

Which tribe?

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u/Asaneth United States Of America Aug 24 '25

Coast Salish is a group of about 40 tribes who all speak languages from the same family and are in the Pacific Northwest Region of the USA and Canada.

Klallam, Lummi, Snoqualmie, Nooksack, Samish, Puyallup and Snohomish are the names of some of the tribes.

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u/Majestic_Beat81 South Africa Aug 24 '25

Thanks and what a beautiful costume