What do you think is the most popular souvenir in Dagestan? Hat? Blade? Horn for fault? Do not believe it – more often in the last time tourists bring from Dagestan… Russian dolls! Just in the Republic they added the Caucasian of color and “dressed” in traditional highland dress and the hijab. For the transformation came from Dagestani artist Diana Gamzatov.
I’ve been drawing national clothing of Amarok, darynok, Kubicek, lezginka, Tabasaran and other representatives of the peoples of the Caucasus, says Diana. – The result is no longer the doll, and maraska! I call them that because Maryam is very common in Dagestan name.
To create one marascu Diana go, sometimes weeks at a time. It examines the literature on the Dagestani national costumes, exploring the Internet for vintage pictures of the girls from the mountain villages, talking to residents of villages where still alive ancient customs.
Dagestan’s Mariacki gaining popularity in the Republic, give to visitors of the region as Souvenirs, show at exhibitions, including in cities outside the Caucasus as Moscow, Saint-Petersburg.
– Each marasca needs to be dressed status, ” said Diana . – For example, a married woman in Dagestan was not dressed like a young girl. Different patterns, stripes, pattern on dress, must be covered with a headscarf hair. And bridesmaid costume is all about the individual!
As reports “Komsomolskaya Pravda in the North Caucasus, Diana Gamzatov in Dagestan have appeared a follower. So, marasek creates and the artist Patimat Magomedov.
