Friday, January 7, 2011

 Remember us the three sisters in the 9th grade: Eman, Basma and Nahla. We are writing now about the women's clothes. Bedouin women wear long robe embroiders with beautiful colors and shapes. The shapes are for birds and flowers.  Because the desert is harsh, women tend to color their dresses to add joy to their hard life. Over the head, the Bedouin women wear "mandeel". They also wear black gown to protect them from the sun or the wind. Some women cover their faces with a black veil decorated with jewelry made from silver, copper or gold.
There are certain dresses for women of different ages and status. For example, young women dress bright colors on their gowns. A married woman wears dressing gown with red colors and different shapes. A widow will dress green or blue color which means mourning her deceased husband. Old women wear also dark colors and cover their head and body with black gown.
        

1 comment:

  1. hi nahla and basma, this is nicole and i am going to be your penpal. do you get to warm when you wear thoughs? it seems pretty hot.

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