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Around The World With 10 Hats
They can be practical, they can be cultural or even fashion forward but hats have always been a unique way to express cultural pride. Travel the world with these ten hats.
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It’s International Hat Day and the kind of hat you wear can mean different things depending on the choice, occasion or which part of the world you are in. Let’s take a look at some of the traditional head gear around the world.
Japan
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Rio De Janeiro
![Rio de Janeiro, Brazil --- Although Carnival is celebrated in towns and villages throughout Brazil and other Catholic countries, Rio de Janeiro has long been regarded as the Carnival Capital of the World. The Rio Carnaval is not only the biggest Carnival, it has also a benchmark against which every other carnival is compared and one of the most interesting artistic events on the Globe. Almost everyone has heard of the Rio Carnaval. Foreign visitors to it alone number around 500,000 every year. --- Image by © ROBIN UTRECHT FOTOGRAFIE/HillCreek Pictures/Corbis](https://albertonrecord.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Carnival-in-Rio-de-Janeiro-520x400.jpg)
France
![18 Feb 2007, Dunkerque, France --- Dunkerque is a small harbor town that celebrates its cultural heritage with a two month long Carnival every year, between late January and early March. The festival is the remainder of the town's traditional send off for its fishermen as they left for the dangerous Icelandic waters. --- Image by © Philippe Lissac /Godong/Corbis](https://albertonrecord.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/France-320x400.jpg)
Italy
![Women Preparing the Symbolic Host of Festival](https://albertonrecord.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Women-Preparing-the-Symbolic-Host-of-Festival-in-Italy-520x400.jpg)
South Africa
![13 Feb 1999, South Africa --- Zulu woman holding a basket --- Image by © Hoberman Collection/Corbis](https://albertonrecord.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Zulu-woman-holding-a-basket-520x400.jpg)
Benin
![Masked messengers from Yafin Nigerian King in Benin, West Africa. Image by © Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis](https://albertonrecord.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Benin-West-Africa-Porto-Novo-masked-messengers-from-yafin-nigerian-king-520x400.jpg)
Chile
![Local children dance group in traditional costumes in Puerto Chacabuco in the Chilean Fjords in southern Chile. Image by © Wolfgang Kaehler/Corbis](https://albertonrecord.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Local-children-dance-group-in-traditional-costumes-in-Puerto-Chacabuco-in-the-Chilean-Fjords-in-sout-520x400.jpg)
North America
![A woman in Native American headgear, which has become popular all over the world. Image by © moodboard/Corbis](https://albertonrecord.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Smiling-Woman-in-Traditional-Clothing-520x400.jpg)
Malaysia
![Malaysian coopers work making barrels at a winery. Image by © W. Robert Moore/National Geographic Creative/Corbis](https://albertonrecord.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Malaysian-coopers-work-making-barrels-at-a-winery-520x400.jpg)
Mexico
![This female tourist and her bandmate are wearing sombreros from Mexico. Image by © Hugh Sitton/Corbis](https://albertonrecord.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Mexico-520x400.jpg)