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  2. Marriage and wedding customs in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Apart from silk, popular materials used to make the wedding cord are strings of flowers, links of coins, or a chain designed like a long, double rosary. Bible [ edit ] Catholic and Protestant weddings include entrusting to the couple a copy of the Bible.

  3. Garland - Wikipedia

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    A gajra is a flower garland which women in India and Bangladesh wear in their hair during traditional festivals. It is commonly made with jasmine. It can be worn around a bun, as well as in braids. Women usually wear these when they wear sarees. Sometimes, they are pinned in the hair with other flowers, such as roses.

  4. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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    Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a western perspective, the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for example.

  5. Costume jewelry - Wikipedia

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    The trend of jewelry-making at home by hobbyists for personal enjoyment or for sale on sites like Etsy has resulted in the common practice of buying wholesale costume jewelry in bulk and using it for parts. There is a rise in demand for artificial or imitation jewelry by 85% due to the increase in gold prices, according to a 2011 report.

  6. Chantilly lace - Wikipedia

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    Chantilly lace is a handmade bobbin lace named after the city of Chantilly, [1] France, in a tradition dating from the 17th century. [2] [3] The famous silk laces were introduced in the 18th century. Chantilly lace, was also produced in the 19th century but this one was actually made not in Chantilly area but in the French Norman town Bayeux ...

  7. Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten

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    Sir Philip Mountbatten (later Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) The wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Sir Philip Mountbatten (later Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) took place on Thursday 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom. The bride was the elder daughter of King George VI and Queen ...

  8. Paithani - Wikipedia

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    Paithani is a sari made of silk and zari. It is a plain weave, with weft figuring designs according to the principles of tapestry. Traditionally, Paithanis had a coloured, cotton muslin field that often contained considerable supplementary zari patterning. However, in the 19th century, silk fields were also woven.

  9. Obi (sash) - Wikipedia

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    Obi. (sash) Back of a woman wearing a kimono with the obi tied in the tateya musubi style. An obi ( 帯) is a belt of varying size and shape worn with both traditional Japanese clothing and uniforms for Japanese martial arts styles. Originating as a simple thin belt in Heian period Japan, the obi developed over time into a belt with a number of ...

  10. 1840s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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    Princess di Sant' Antimo's gown of watered silk shows the short sleeves, lace flounce collar, and long pointed waist of the early 1840s. The tiny pleats that gather her skirt can be seen at the waistline. 1840–1844. Shoulders were narrow and sloping, waists became low and pointed, and sleeve detail migrated from the elbow to the wrists.

  11. Sapphire - Wikipedia

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    An uncut, rough yellow sapphire found at the Spokane Sapphire Mine near Helena, Montana. Sapphire is one of the two gem-varieties of corundum, the other being ruby (defined as corundum in a shade of red). Although blue is the best-known sapphire color, they occur in other colors, including gray and black, and also can be colorless.