Battoulah
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Battoulah, also called Gulf Burqah, is a metallic-looking fashion mask traditionally worn by Khaleeji Arab and Bandari Persian Muslim women in the area around the Persian Gulf.
A Khaleeji woman wearing the battoulah.
A woman wearing the Battoulah in the United Arab Emirates.
An elderly woman wearing the battoulah in the United Arab Emirates.
A woman wearing the Battoulah in Bandar Abbas fish market.
Alasho
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Alasho is an indigenous Hausa long turban, worn across the head and neck. It is near identical in length, colour and dimensions to that of the Tuareg tagelmust, but is wrapped differently to the Tuare
Battoulah
…The wearing of battouleh is declining among the younger generation. Alasho Shayla…
A 1902 drawing of a Hausa man from Yola in an Alasho