Leaders’ and politicians’ costumes between 1948-2004 [Archives:2005/855/Culture]

The Cultural Development Programs Foundation (CDPF) is making the necessary arrangements to organize the First National Exhibition of the Yemeni State's Costumes between 1948-2004.

The exhibition will be staged on August 10-30 at the Culture House in Sana'a in cooperation with a number government and private institutions and apparatuses.

The exhibition, which tops activities of the CDPF, aims to study the historical developments of the civil community by analyzing the symbolic meanings of costumes and dresses cited by the Yemeni State from 1948 until 2004.

It also aims at expanding the social and cultural environment that encourages values of forgiveness and self-understanding.

In a statement to al-Thawrah daily, Dr. Ra'wfah Hassan stressed the idea of staging the First National Exhibition of the Yemeni State's Costumes where the CDPF started working two years ago.

The CDPF focused on searching the evidences of leaders' and politicians' costumes, both men and women and attempted to find out the reasons behind the absence of such national costumes at present.

Dr. Ra'wfah Hassan is a university professor and an activist distinguished by her traditional Yemeni dresses.
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