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The '''tantour''' (''tantoor'') is a form of cone-shaped women's headdress similar to the [[hennin]], popular in the [[Levant]] during the nineteenth century, but seldom seen after 1850 outside of use as a [[folk costume]].<ref>{{Citation | url = http://almashriq.hiof.no/general/600.technology/640/646/costumes_of_the_Levant/19th.html | contribution = 19th Century Lebanese Princess |title= Almashriq | publisher= Hiof | place = NO}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.trmkt.com/tantour.htm |title= The Tantour or Shihabbiyeen |publisher= TRMKT | access-date= 2010-08-16}}</ref>
The '''tantour''' (''tantoor'') is a form of cone-shaped women's headdress similar to the [[hennin]], popular in the [[Levant]] during the nineteenth century, but seldom seen after 1850 outside of use as a [[folk costume]].<ref>{{Citation | url = http://almashriq.hiof.no/general/600.technology/640/646/costumes_of_the_Levant/19th.html | contribution = 19th Century Lebanese Princess |title= Almashriq | publisher= Hiof | place = NO}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.trmkt.com/tantour.htm |title= The Tantour or Shihabbiyeen |publisher= TRMKT | access-date= 2010-08-16}}</ref>

The tradition persisted longer in [[Lebanon]] among the [[Druze]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-25 |title=Druze woman of Lebanon wearing a tantour headdress with scarf, over... |url=https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/druze-woman-of-lebanon-wearing-a-tantour-headdress-with-news-photo/1756682472 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Getty Images |language=en-gb}}</ref>


The tantour was a customary gift presented to the bride by her husband on their wedding day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://almashriq.hiof.no/general/600/640/646/costumes_of_the_Levant/origin.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224115446/http://almashriq.hiof.no/general/600/640/646/costumes_of_the_Levant/origin.html|archive-date=2010-02-24|website=Almashriq|title=Origin of Levantine Costumes|publisher=Hiof|access-date=2010-08-16}}</ref>
The tantour was a customary gift presented to the bride by her husband on their wedding day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://almashriq.hiof.no/general/600/640/646/costumes_of_the_Levant/origin.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224115446/http://almashriq.hiof.no/general/600/640/646/costumes_of_the_Levant/origin.html|archive-date=2010-02-24|website=Almashriq|title=Origin of Levantine Costumes|publisher=Hiof|access-date=2010-08-16}}</ref>

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The tantour (tantoor) is a form of cone-shaped women's headdress similar to the hennin, popular in the Levant during the nineteenth century, but seldom seen after 1850 outside of use as a folk costume.[1][2]

The tantour was a customary gift presented to the bride by her husband on their wedding day.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "19th Century Lebanese Princess", Almashriq, NO: Hiof
  2. ^ "The Tantour or Shihabbiyeen". TRMKT. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
  3. ^ "Origin of Levantine Costumes". Almashriq. Hiof. Archived from the original on 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2010-08-16.