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Description
If a Japanese couple decides to have a Shinto ceremony, the groom will wear the formal kimono-hakama-haori ensemble and the bride will wear white, including:
-a white shiro-kakeshita kimono (like the shiromuku but lighter weight with a smaller padding at the hem), tied with a white obi
-a white shiromuku kimono, worn open (without an obi), with a thick padding at the hem. Traditionally this is made with white, ivory or cream tone-on-tone jacquard silk. Modern versions might have a subtle trim color at the hem or an iridescence in the fabric, and common motifs are cranes, pine, peacocks, noshi ribbons, dowry carts, and fans.
-a white tsunokakushi, which is a wide, white headdress or hood which covers her elaborate wig or hairstyle. Tsuno means "horns" and the headpiece represents a covering of any "horns of jealousy" a bride might have, so that she may enter her new home with openness and obedience.
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