At Jeddah's annual festival, the organisers display the colourful costumes women used to wear before the puritans imposed the black abaya of the central desert on the whole country.

在吉达的年度盛会上，组织者会展示五颜六色的服装，而这些服装是在清教徒迫使女性身着黑色长袍之前女性曾穿过的服装。

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And though the lords were clad in their red and white ermine cloaks and ambassadors from around the world wore colourful national costumes, at least nobody turned up in a suit of armour. Illegal.

虽然英国议会上议院的议员身穿红白相间的貂皮大衣，来自世界各地的大使们也都穿着五颜六色的民族服装，但至少没有人身披一副盔甲出现在这里，因为这同样违法。

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Energetic dancers, wearing colourful wooden or composition face masks and stylised costumes, depict heroes, demons, death heads, animals, gods, and caricatures of common people.

精力充沛的舞者，戴着华美的木制或合成的面具，穿着有固定风格的服装，扮演英雄、魔鬼、死神、动物、神和人们熟知的丑角。

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Throw the usual stunning sets and colourful costumes into the mix and the Theatre Royal's panto is set to be a winner with audiences of all ages.

BBC: Aladdin at the Theatre Royal

Despite trading his colourful stage costumes for suits on the campaign trail, he has referred to his musical success as he sought support for the presidency.

BBC: Profile: Michel Martelly

The costumes as well as the sets of Mr Fotopoulos are superb, colourful, surprising, full of echoes, yet not dragged down by any particular time or place.

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