Anarakhchi (Armenian:արախչի,romanized: arakhchi,Azerbaijani:araxçın) is a traditionalArmenian[1][2][3][4] andAzerbaijani[5] flat top skull cap headdress, worn by both men and women in the past.
Arakhchis could be sewn of various textiles, such as tirmawool andsilk. However, only one single-colour textile per arakhchi was used. The textile was made into a round shape fitting the head and then decorated withembroidery,lace,beads and even pieces of gold. Men's arakhchis were relatively plain, especiallythose used for religious purposes.[6]
InWestern Armenia, men, especially freedom fighters, wore a red arakhchi draped with a bandana with tinsel as their native headgear to identify themselves.[2] The Armenian arakhchi was a truncated skull cap, knitted from wool or embroidered with multicolored woolen thread and a predominance of red. The way this traditional headdress was worn was a marker of its owner's marital condition, just as inEastern Armenia, the right to wear an arakhchi belonged to a married man.[3] Even though the arakhchi was traditionally a man's hat, Armenian women wore this headress as well; especially inMuş where Armenian singer Armenouhi Kevonian was known for her colorful arakhchi at her concerts.[7]
An arakhchi could be worn alone or under other headdresses, such aspapakhi, aturban or akalaghai. Women's arakhchis worn as early as the sixteenth century often lacked a special sack intended forbraids. By the eighteenth century, it was already one of the most widespread headgears.[8] Women used hairpins to secure their veils on the arakhchin.[9]
Arakhchins generally went out of use in the early twentieth century, with the mass adoption of European-style dress in Armenia and in what is now considered the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Man's hat Arakhchi
{{cite book}}:ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)Der Minasian states that all the fedayees were wearing the same uniform which consists of native headgear that was called Arakhchi; a flat red tarboosh draped with a bandana with tinsel
{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal= (help)It is the headscarf (kalaḡay, Pers. kalāḡī), made from specially woven silks, that is the most persistent of traditional garments, sometimes worn over a low (6 cm) flat topped skullcap (araqčın), almost covered with gold embroidery, or alternatively a small bonnet (täsäk).
Armenouhi Kevonain photographed in the attire she would often wear to her concerts. The hat "arakhchi" which she wears is from Moush and traditionally the arakhchi is a man's hat.
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