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  2. Khalat - Wikipedia

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    Mohammed Alim Khan (1880–1944), emir of Bukhara, wearing a khalat. A khalat (Persian: خلعت, from Arabic: خِلْعَة, romanized: khilat) is a loose, long-sleeved outer silk or cotton robe common in Central Asia and South Asia and worn both by men and women, although in differing styles.

  3. Djellaba - Wikipedia

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    Men often wear a light-coloured djellaba sometimes along with a traditional Arab red fez hat and soft yellow babouche slippers (balgha in Arabic) for religious celebrations and weddings. Almost all djellabas of both styles (male or female) include a baggy hood called a qob (Arabic: قب) that comes to a point at the back. The hood is important ...

  4. Kaftan - Wikipedia

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    In West Africa, a kaftan is a pullover robe, worn by both men and women. The women's robe is called a kaftan, and the men's garment is referred to as a Senegalese kaftan. A Senegalese kaftan is a pullover men's robe with long bell-like sleeves. In the Wolof language, this robe is called a mbubb and in French, it is called a boubou.

  5. Senegalese kaftan - Wikipedia

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    In the Wolof language, this robe is called a mbubb or xaftaan and in French it is called a boubou. The Senegalese caftan is an ankle length garment. It is worn with matching drawstring pants called tubay in Wolof. Normally made of cotton brocade, lace, or synthetic fabrics, these robes are common throughout West Africa.

  6. Religious clothing - Wikipedia

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    The kittel is a white robe worn on certain occasions by married men (and some women) [14] in Ashkenazic and Hasidic communities, such as Yom Kippur and Passover Seder, and may be worn by those leading prayers (and in some communities by all married men) on Rosh Hashanah, Hoshanah Rabbah, and for Tefilas Tal and Tefilas Geshem.

  7. African textiles - Wikipedia

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    Cotton fibers from the kapok tree has been extensively used by the Dagomba to produce long strips of fibre to make the Ghanaian smock. Other fiber materials included undyed wild silk used in Nigeria for embroidery and weaving, as well as barkcloth from fig trees used to make clothes for ceremonial occasions in Uganda, Cameroon, and the Congo.

  8. Islamic clothing - Wikipedia

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    A survey done in 2011 by the Pew Research Center asked women of different Muslim countries to choose which of several dresses they think are most appropriate for their country. Among Saudi women, 11% of women said a fully headed burqa is most appropriate, 63% of women said the niqab that only exposes the eyes is appropriate, only 8% said a ...

  9. Boubou (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    The garments and its variations are known by various names in different ethnic groups and languages. It is called Kulwu in Kanuri , babban riga in Hausa, boubou , mbubb , mboubou or grand mboubou in Wolof, k'sa or gandora in Tuareg , Kwayi Bèri in Songhai , darra'a in Arabic , grand boubou in various French-speaking West African countries and ...

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