Traditional Palestinian dress

(9 Aug 2011) AP Television Bethlehem, West Bank - July 13, 2011 1. Various of Bedouin tent and traditional Palestinian costumes in Palestinian Heritage Centre 2. Close tilt down of Palestinian dress on mannequin 3. Mid of Maha Saca, Palestinian Heritage Centre Director, hanging traditional dresses 4. Mid of Maha Saca putting headdress on model UPSOUND (English) Maha Saca, Palestinian Heritage Center Director: "This piece is very important and very nice. And also it''s full of embroidery from the front and from the back. And we put it on our head like a hat. It sure is like the bank, you carry your bank. Because before one hundred years there is no bank and you carry your money on your head." 5. Various of model posing in Palestinian outfit 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Maha Saca, Palestinian Heritage Center Director : "I started this work since 1991, more than 20 years. I feel that this is very important work because I make many research in the refugee camps and I took my knowledge from the people themselves. This is very important, especially the dresses because every woman, she carry her dress from where they expel her, from village and town in Palestine to these refugee camps." 7. Mid of model looking at herself in the mirror 8. Various photographs of Maha Saca''s great-great-grandmother wearing traditional Palestinian costume 9. Pan of wall of photographs 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Maha Saca, Palestinian Heritage Centre Director: "Took the old design and from our old dresses, more than 120 years old. And we make typical, the same colour and the same design to keep the culture alive and to keep the identity alive." Dheisheh Refugee Camp, Bethlehem, West Bank - July 13, 2011 11. Various exteriors of Palestine Heritage Centre 12. Wide of Maha Saca greeting embroiderer Asma Aamesh 13. Various of Maha Saca, embroiderer Asma Aamesh and her mother looking at embroideries 14. Close of basket of coloured threads 15. Close of Asma Aamesh embroidering 16. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Asma Aamesh, embroiderer: "Maha gives us the freedom to work and the chance to create something different as long as we keep the original tradition and value in our works. Especially to keep the original Palestinian colours, such as red and orange but not bright colours, so the work should keep its origin and beautiful shape." 20. Mid of Asma Aamesh showing embroidered cloth 21. Various of Maha Saca outdoors with Asma Aamesh and family Bethlehem, West Bank - July 13, 2011 22. Close of embroidered cloth 23. Wide of Maha Saca in Palestinian Heritage Centre examining cloth 24. Close pull of embroidered cloth 25. Wide of Maha Saca talking to customers 25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Leyla Jiha, Customer from Peru (originally from Bethlehem) "I''m going to buy this and if I take it to my country everybody tell me: ''Where do you buy this? From where is this?'' So, I''m very happy to tell my friends that it''s from here, from Bethlehem, from Palestine." 26. Wide of display showing couch and cushions 27. Mid of oud, a traditional musical instrument 28. Wide of shop interior 29. Various of photographs showing Palestinian women in traditional dress 30. Various exteriors of Bethlehem town and Nativity Church LEAD IN: Red for married women, blue for young girls and black for widows: traditional Palestinian dresses are a symbol of a woman''s native town and social status. The Palestinian Heritage Centre of Bethlehem includes the largest private collection of traditional garments worn at weddings, special occasions or even daily life. STORYLINE: Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...