القرقوش:
The Qaraqosh was worn by young girls in Sana’a from the age of 3 years until the day of her wedding, and she took it off on the day of the inscription, the day before the wedding day or the wedding night, and it is considered part of the girl’s personality and is associated with her appearance anywhere. Usually the girls were married at a young age
And the girl will have a gargoush she wears at home and another when she comes out, who the girl wears at home is embroidered with light embroidery with coral or the so-called meadow (small-sized coral beads) and a gossip with gold thread, and the gargoyle that is worn outside the house is made of stitching fabric, which is usually bright colors The edges are embroidered towards the face with golden, silver and colored silk threads alternately until it reaches a thickness of about 2 cm. This embroidery was called (voodoo), then the meadow or coral stones are embroidered on it with exquisite designs, and they add what is called a shield, which is a silver triangular piece in the form Connected chains, and when the cloth is worn out, this embroidery is transferred to the new karqosh.
All the girls of all social classes wear the gargoyles on the day of the engraving, and they only attend the day of the engraving, so that he can engrave their hands in the bride’s house.
The day of the engraving was a day of lunch and a feast for the beloved of the beloved family and girlfriends. On the day of the inscription, the young girls appear, wearing garments embroidered with gold, silver, silk and coral threads in contrasting and bright colors
And all the girls in Sana’a wore Qaraqish, even the girls of the Jewish community, as everyone lives one social culture.
