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Introduction
Attention Getter: We all have strange customs and traditions in our wedding ceremonies; some of us wear weird, yet beautiful traditional clothing or dresses; for me and my culture, we Palestinians wear a special hand knit dress on the day prior to our wedding day.
Purpose Statement: My goal today is to inform my audience about the Traditional Palestinian Embroidery Henna dress (Thob).
Central Idea: I will inform you today about historical and cultural background of the Palestinian dress (Thob), the unique characteristics this dress represents, and the traditional embroidery in today’s world.
Statement of significance and/ or credibility: I come from a traditional Palestinian background
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She interviewed many Palestinian women about their culture and teachings.
Transition: After we have got a little historical/cultural background of the Traditional Palestinian dress; these are significance it represents:
II. Main Point #2: The Traditional Palestinian Embroidery is a unique characteristic that represents culture and heritage in it symbolic
Stitching features.
Source: Sue Jones wrote in publication journal, “ The Journal of Cloth & Culture,” describes the unique patterns and symbols of the Palestinian Thob, ”These patterns are symbolic; they represent hope, prosperity, good health and protection. Nature was a common design element.”
A. For example: people who lived by the Jaffa would have citrus and sea pattern stitches, other who leaved near the valley or farms would have features of wheat plants, crops or flowers.
B. The two traditional colors are black and white clothes with red and green stitching.
Transition: over the past years the designs and fabric have been adapting to today’s style, and brides have shifted far from the originally appearance of the dress to more fashionable
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