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TALKING LACE - FLOWERS WERE MOSTLY THE EXPRESSION OF FEELINGS
Anatolia's vast varieties of plants and coloured flowers are reborn in the imagination of its women mostly as an expression of emotions and these lace edging is called "OYA". Traditionally, the headdresses and scarves women wore on their heads, the printed cloths, and prayer and funeral head coverings were decorated with various kinds of lace, which was also used on garments, around the edges of towels and napkins and as a decorative element in many other places. In some regions even men’s headdresses were decked with layers of lace. New brides and young women traditionaly conveyed their loves (whether hopeful or hopeless) their expectations, their happiness or resentment with their husbands to those around them through the lace they wore. Flowers are mostly for the expression of joy and happiness, but a woman who wrapped yellow daffodil lace around her head was declaring a hopeless love. A woman whose man had gone abroad to work bound wild rose lace around her head; new brides on the other hand wore lace of roses and arbor roses. Girls engaged to marry the man they love wore lace of pink hyacinths and almond blossoms, while a girl in love wore purple hyacinths. Plum blossom lace was worn by brides, if a new bride wore a ‘pepper spice’ lace, it was to say ‘my marriage was unhappy from the start’. But if she bound red pepper lace around her head, this was a sign that her relationship with her husband was as spicy as red hot pepper.
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