the Pogho a #Khakas traditional female adornment that mothers prepare for their daughters who inherit it on their wedding event… some people in know can read ornaments and motifs by which the Pogho is decorated… according to some researchers first prototypes of Khakas traditional Pogho may be dated as far as III millennium BC (well-known Okunev archaeological period, a name of which has been derived from a Khakas village Okunev Ulus located in south of Khakasland)… Women wear a “pogho”, a female breast ornament made of cowry shells, pearl buttons and colourful beads sewn to leather or textile, and how they live is explained in one specific tale, where the rules are described in ornamental form. The poghos build a bridge between generations and function at the same time as a spiritual protective shield that protects female fertility and thus secures offspring (animist thinking) against external enemies... https://twitter/aronberk/status/386815551311319041/photo/1
Posted on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 11:32:52 +0000
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