Algerian Chedda Tlemcenia Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen

UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2012 URL: Description: During the wedding ritual of Tlemcen in northwestern Algeria, the bride is dressed in a traditionally woven golden silk dress, surrounded by her friends and married female relations; symbolic henna designs are applied to her hands, and an older woman helps her don a caftan of embroidered velvet, jewellery and a conical hat. Girls in Tl