What Was ‘Marama’ Like?

The marama is a Crimean Tatar headscarf with sacred significance. Candidate of Historical Sciences, ethnographer, and associate professor at F. Yakubov KIPU, Ulviye Ablaeva, spoke about the types of marama, their purpose, and history in a lecture at the «Zolaman» museum, organized by the magazine «Nenkecan». Ahead is a whole series of lectures on various elements of Crimean Tatar costume, ornaments, lace, etc.