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A Reflection on Pomak Culture in Modern-day Turkey: Traditional Female Clothing and the Bride's Wedding Outfit

Many anthropologists, including Zdenek Salzmann, claim that cultural change proceeds at a much slower pace in societies that are only slightly affected by new technological developments (Salzmann 1973, 16) than in more developed ones. Thus, while no society or culture stands still, the rate of societal and cultural change may vary from one society to another, or from one institution to another within a given society. Some cultures, such as that of the Pomaks, have, in fact, passed through many different phases of change over the millennia. This paper deals with the role of traditional clothing, especially the female wedding costume, as a cultural marker among the minority Pomak ethnic group in Turkey.