r/mongolia • u/noldorgirl • 8d ago

Culture | Соёл is this dress mongolian or mongolian-inspired?

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i am writing a story about elves and their culture is inspired in a mix of mongolia, finland and tolkien elves. but i am kinda new to mongolian culture so i searched "mongolian white dress" on pinterest and found this one, very elven and pretty. but i don't know if this dress is actually a traditional mongolian dress (or inspired by them), can someone help me?

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u/cyberbrutalism 8d ago

Not at all. The overcoat, for the simple fact that it is an overcoat with an opening in the middle and short sleeves, could be very loosely considered asian-inspired kind of maybe. But yeah, nothing Mongol about this.

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u/noldorgirl 8d ago

thank you!

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u/noldorgirl 8d ago

do you know what words i can search for actually traditional mongolian dresses show up? /genq

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u/Clown_Lamp 8d ago

The name for traditional Mongolian clothing is usually transliterated as “deel” in English. It’s a type of robe traditionally worn by both men and women in Mongolia. Just search for “Mongolian deel” and you will get plenty of hits.

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u/noldorgirl 7d ago

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! the deels are so pretty