I agree Octavia- however, I have also seen photographs of nomadic tribes using Kuchi as decoration on their mighty steeds- so I didn't bother to say anything as I'd seen it before.

Your links are great! I have also seen some beautiful ones on my favourite egyptian stores website - www.sphinxshop.com/bridle1.htm

I have plans to make a tassled one too...I just think the kuchi idea is cool!

Yeah, that's one thing that has always cracked me up about Tribal Bellydance costuming, and how it appropriates so much stuff that was originally meant for a quite different use. I wonder how Middle Easterners feel when they see us prancing around in our camel tassels and bedroll covers!

Nope 110% agreement on that. Most of the stuff I made for my horse has found it's way on to my belt.. .in this case vis versa... the Arabs my friends and I breed are pure Asil.... Al-Khamsa... straight from the desert kind of arabs, so with that comes cool pictures of tassels and thing...

but of course in a show ring that stuff isn't as 'pretty' but they do use the yarn and shells and things and some pretties... but mostly for parade events or when somone is important... The saddle rump rug set in the second pictures are a tad more modern, but still more 'authentic' ... but they sit horribly on a horse, take years to sweat to the poper shape etc etc... but they are pretty and look good when the governor comes to the village or whatever. =)

the third picture looks like one very familar to me actually.

Anyway thank you for pointing it out.. I was more going oh- sparkly kuchi on a horse! =) which I dont' get to do very often.