There was an interesting article in an issue of TI last year about how to wrap turbans, with pics.
Arlys On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:26:02 -0600 Dawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Saragrace Knauf wrote: > > I am watching a program on the Koran, and see several types of > men's head dress. One with a white cloth and then a black "rope" > circlet of two rounds. It looks like marine rope, but this seems > unlikely. Anyone know anything about it? Also, there are some > simple turban like head dress, both simply white and black....anyone > know how to wrap them? > > The red and white, or black and white checkered scarves are called > kaffiyeh. The rope bands that hold them in place are called agal. > There > are many ways to wear the keffiyeh, the color and they way it is > wrapped > often depend on the wearer's nationality or ethnic origin. They are > only > worn by men. The simplest way to wear one is to fold it in half to > make > a triangle, and drape it with the folded edge across the forehead. > My > father brought one home as a souvenier from working in Saudi Arabia > many > years ago. > The plain black and plain white turbans are made from very long > lengths > of narrow woven cotton. My husband works with a man who wears one. > He > graciously allowed me to borrow one for a few days. The cotton was > very > thin, and I was told the way to wear it was to just start wrapping > it > around your head until you got it all covered. It was horrendously > long, > but I forget how many yards. I suppose if you grow up in that > culture > you learn some tricks to wrapping it so it looks nice. > > > > > Dawn > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > ____________________________________________________________ What's the best for Internet Security? Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3mEWr18RoVRMCT0MnNlYUmMRac1D3xo8nQllrypJf4TOhFc8/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
