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Meanings of the turbans are that the white turban means a saintly person leading an exemplary life, and an off-shade color of white means someone is learning in the Sikh religion. The blue turban signifies a mind as broad as the sky with no place for prejudice.
Dubat from Italian Somalia with rifle, futa and lanyard, 1938. Dubat (Wadaad's Somali :,دُوب عد); Arabic:العمائم البيضاء ); ḍubbāṭ: English: White turban) was the designation given to members of the semi-regular armed bands employed by the Italian "Royal Corps of Colonial Troops" (Regio Corpo di Truppe Coloniali in Italian) in Italian Somaliland from 1924 to 1941.
The bigger the tassels, the more important the person. This red-and-white keffiyeh is associated with Jordan and is its national symbol. [9] The shemagh is worn mostly in Jordan and by Bedouin communities. [10] It is made from cotton. The Jordanian shemagh and the Palestinian keffiyeh are different in regard to color and geographical meanings. [11]
A white kanzu and suit jacket or blazer is the formal wear of Swahili peoples. [citation needed] In West Africa, there is the kufi hat, or alasho/tagelmust turban, which is worn with the grand boubou for all official functions, weddings, and Islamic celebrations.
The Palestinian version of the keffiyeh The Palestinian keffiyeh is a distinctly patterned black-and-white keffiyeh. White keffiyehs had been traditionally worn by Palestinian peasants and bedouins to protect from the sun, when Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire. Its use as a symbol of Palestinian nationalism and resistance dates back to the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, which ...
A Baul from Bangladesh wearing white Thobe and Turban, playing a Dotara. Sufi mystics of Bangladesh, known as "Baul Fakirs", can often be identified by their distinctive clothes. Men typically wear long tunics, known as Alkhallah and turbans known as "Pagri". [3] Women usually wear white Handloom saris, jewelleries, can sometimes also be ...
White turban traditionally worn by Kyrgyz women, currently reserved for special occasions. [9] [10] Hijāb حجاب May refer to any head covering. See Hijab: Jilbāb (1) جلباب generic: The term used in the Qur'an (Suratu l-Ahzāb, āya 59) to refer to the outer garment. In Indonesia, the term jilbab refers exclusively to the head-covering ...
It requires both men and women to wear turbans, adopt the surname Khalsa, and wear all-white attire. They also call themselves the "Sikh Dharma movement" and "Khalsa Dharma movement" and are often called Gora (meaning "white person", though not all White Sikhs follow 3HO) Sikhs and Bhajanists [166] by the mainstream adherents of Sikhism. Their ...