Battoulah

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Close up of a woman in southern Iran wearing the battoulah

Battoulah ( Arabic البطولة) is a mask traditionally worn by Muslim, Arab women in Arab states of the Persian Gulf , including Bahrain , Kuwait , Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates , Oman and Qatar , as well as in southern Iran . The origin of the battoulah is unknown, but it is believed that it reached the eastern Arabian Peninsula from Gujarat in the late 18th century.

The tradition is less widespread among the younger generations, but is maintained by women aged 50 and over and those who live in rural areas.

See also

Web links

Commons : Battula  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ fashionhance.com: Different types of head coverings worn by muslim women . August 2018.
  2. ^ Lynne Brydon, Sylvia H. Chant: Women in the Third World: Gender Issues in Rural and Urban Areas . Rutgers University Press. August 11, 1989.
  3. ↑ Moin Qazi: Women In Islam - Exploring New Paradigms . Notion Press. 11th August 2018.
  4. ↑ a b Clothing xxiii. Clothing of the Persian Gulf . In: Encyclopaedia Iranica .
  5. ^ Jehan S. Rajab: Silver Jewelery of Oman . Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait; Palgrave Macmillan, 1997, ISBN 978-1-86064-310-1 , pp. 48 and 52