(takunya)
Decorated clogs given to the bride before her immersion in the mikveh (ritual bath).
Specific to Sephardic communities.
What is a mikveh?
Juhasz, Esther, ed. Sephardi Jews in the Ottoman Empire: Aspects of Material Culture. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1990, pp. 205-6.
The Sephardic Journey: 1492-1992. New York: Yeshiva University Museum, 1990, pp. 227-28.
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