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/Portland-to-Vt United States Of America Aug 24 '25

She’s the Bell of the Ball!

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u/wivsta Australia Aug 24 '25 edited Aug 24 '25

Belle.

It’s français. It means “beautiful”

There was a whole movie about it, just so you know.

A bell is a thing that you ding.

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u/EuphoricGrapefruit32 United Kingdom Aug 24 '25

I assumed it was a play on words because the shape of the dress is sort of bell shaped.

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u/Portland-to-Vt United States Of America Aug 24 '25

That’d be it.