dance clothing

Carnival costume in the form of a bunch of bananas, including a hat. Body covering made of green fabric, to the outer surface of which padded shapes of bananas in yellow fabric have been stitched. The pill box-shaped hat is of green fabric with a padded banana shape affixed. The costume was made by Toula Sykopetritis and worn by her granddaughter, Maria Pieri, in the 1989 Limassol carnival.

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