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Each region in Anatolia has its own unique goods, traditional weavings and clothing. They have unique patterns and color structures. The main factors that make up the regional structure are the climate of that region, ethnic structure, lifestyle, raw material types, production techniques and ceremonies. It is seen that different materials are used in weaving due to climatic reasons or according to their accessibility.
Here, the traditional clothes in the nomad villages of Ayvacık district of Çanakkale and the apron called gergi in the region in these clothes are discussed. The function of aprons in clothing, weaving material and technique, patterning (embroidery) and pattern structures will be emphasized. It is seen that many of the traditions and customs of the nomads, who settled in the places where they spent the winter in the nomadic period, 100-120 years ago, still continue in this region. It is seen that many of the traditions and customs still continue by nomads. Traditions and customs are the same in villages that are separated from the same tribe and settled close to each other. Various ethnic groups settled or were settled in the Ayvacık region. The traditional weaving of each ethnic group is unique. In the past, the nomads migrated with their herds of sheep and goats to the cool plateaus in the spring and to the places they call winter, where the climate is warm in the autumn. The lands they settled on now are not suitable for agriculture. For this reason, the settled nomads earn their livelihood from their herds and carpet-rug weaving, as in the past. In earlier settled villages are weaving fabrics. In the periods before the development of weaving industry, societies used to produce the weavings they needed with the materials they had, within the bounds of their possibilities. What they could not produce, they would have the masters who took this job done. In their production, they used tools and equipment that they made and developed in-house. As a result, as long as these products are used, their production methods, patterns and colors have been transferred from generation to generation in the same way, in other words, they have become traditional. Today, technology and communication facilities are easy; brought changes in their traditions, lifestyles, production tools and materials.