In Daghestan, Traditional Dress To Please The New Boss

A woman wears Avar dress to a public event celebrating Daghestan's Constitution Day on July 26.

A man wears Nogai attire during the celebration of Daghestan's Constitution Day. The Nogais are a Turkic-speaking ethnic group who live mostly in the north of Daghestan.

Men wear the uniforms of the Terek Cossacks, whose costumes borrow elements from several ethnic groups in the Caucasus. Daghestan alone is home to several dozen ethnic groups and subgroups.

A man wears a Tatar uniform during the celebration in Makhachkala.

Abdulatipov (center) attended the Constitution Day celebration dressed in a white "cherkeska," worn by men of many ethnic groups throughout the Caucasus.