State dress and identity exhibition launched in Mukalla [Archives:2006/931/Local News]

MUKALLA, March 20 ) A State dress and identity exhibition was launched Monday, March 20 in the Hadramout governorate capital of Mukalla.

The exhibition was organized by the Cultural Development and Program Foundation (CDPF) under the patronage of Hadramout Governor Abdul-Qader Ali Hilal.

The exhibition, which continues until March 30, displays leaders' dress, pictures and coins from different epochs in Yemeni history.

“We aim to create an optical memory for a new generation through which they can view Yemen's modern history. We also aim to study civil community's historical developments by analyzing the symbolic meanings of costumes and dresses worn by the Yemeni State from 1948 until 2004,” CDPF head Raufa Hassan said.

She added that a second exhibition will be held in Aden December 20-30. This exhibition was preceded by last August's first “National Exhibition of Yemeni State Costumes 1948-2004” at the Culture House in Sana'a.

CDPF is an independent nonprofit organization focusing on searching the evidence of leaders' and politicians' costumes – for both men and women – and attempting to discover the reasons for such national costumes' current absence. Founded in the late '80s, CDPF officially registered with the Ministry of Culture in 1995 and the Ministry of Social Affairs in 2003.
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