Traditional Dresses
Najat Habash
The female
costume consists of four main pieces:
A plain SHALL is for casual use only. HABRIA is the head dress which is shown on the shoulders of the girl in the picture below. Very bright and delicate scarf, yellow or orange with a black print, similar to tiger skin colors.
The male traditional dress consists of three main pieces SARWAL is the inner piece similar to the western pants but wider for an easier movement. Over the SARWAL a long sleeveless vest like piece is worn locally known-ZOBON-has an open front and two little side openings on the lower sides. The edges around the ZOBON are decorated with a cord. DEMIR which is a shorter waist length piece is worn over ZOBON with full sleeves and front opening, bordered with a cord too. Other accessories are TAKIA is a little woven cap covering the top of the head.
GUTRA is a white delicate scarf square in shape, when worn it is folded diagonally to form a triangle. The fold is worn on the front side of the head. JAMADANEE is a thicker and machine embroidered head scarf that comes in two colours; red or black on a white background, worn mostly in Winter as shown in the pictures below.
IGAL a rope like double band worn over GUTRA or JAMADANEE to hold it in place as shown in the right picture above. KHACHIA is a woven cloak worn over the main pieces in Spring or Fall when the days are cooler. FARWA a locally made coat of sheepskin worn in Winter.
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