Cultural awareness is reflected sartorially: young men happily sport the goats' wool chukhoranek, and cummerbund.

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Mr. Lobban suggested wearing the cummerbund with the crew-neck tee as a contemporary evening look.

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Men are asked to wear a cummerbund and bow tie only.

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Each group can be identified by its costume, particularly the colour of the shirts, while the cummerbund serves to protect the back and is gripped by castellers as they climb up the tower.

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