Elements of ingush women's wedding costume: traditions and practices of the 20th – beginning of the 21st centuries
https://doi.org/10.31143/2542-212X-2026-2-104-122
EDN: IMSLMR
Abstract
This article examines existing traditions and emerging practices involving the use of elements of Ingush women’s wedding costume: the bride's dress (“chokhi”), chest decoration, belt and traditional hat, throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries. During this period, the tradition of passing on a wedding dress to an unmarried sister-in-law as part of a wedding gift exchange went from active implementation to complete disappearance due to the emergence of commercial dress rentals. The metal chest decoration, belt and hat were passed down from generation to generation and made a part of newly formed family traditions; these elements of traditional costume could also be loaned free of charge for weddings. The influence of economic factors on these processes is noted, leading to the emergence of commercial rentals of wedding costume elements in the post-deportation period. By the 2010s, due to the emergence of affordable and accessible alternatives to these costume elements, existing practices of interaction with these items ceased to exist. The article contains quotes from interviews conducted in Ingushetia and Moscow in 2020–2025.
About the Author
Alena A. Khalukhaeva
Kabardino-Balkarian scientific center of Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Khalukhaeva A.A. Elements of ingush women's wedding costume: traditions and practices of the 20th – beginning of the 21st centuries. Kavkazologiya. 2026;(2). (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31143/2542-212X-2026-2-104-122. EDN: IMSLMR
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