Yaşmak
A yaşmak ( Turkish for veil ) is a Turkish thin white head veil or niqab that only leaves the eyes exposed. It is used by some Muslim women to cover their faces in public. Today the garment is almost completely out of use in Turkey .
description
In contrast to an ordinary veil, the yaşmak includes a veil for the head and a face veil. As a result, it consists of two pieces of muslin , one tied around the face under the nose, the other tied around the forehead and placed over the head.
A yaşmak can also include a rectangle of woven black horse hair that hangs down from above and covers the face, called a peçe . However, it can also be a lace-trimmed veil with slits for the eyes, which is attached to the back of the head with cords and can be decorated with a small piece of gold above the nose.
See also
Remarks
- ↑ Derives from the Old Turkish verb of the same name with the meaning to cover . The original verb was replaced by the newly developed yaşmak-la-mak for veil .
literature
- Adrienne Lynn Edgar: Tribal Nation: The Making of Soviet Turkmenistan . Princeton University Press, September 5, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4008-4429-6 , pp. 235-238.
- Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood, WJ Vogelsang: Covering the Moon: An Introduction to Middle Eastern Face Veils . Peeters, December 1, 2008, ISBN 978-90-429-1990-7 , pp. 61-63.
Web links
- Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism - The Costumes Of Ottoman Women