Sunday, October 18, 2009

Nubian Traditional Dressing










Nubian dressing is unique especially among the women-"Gurbaba" worn beneath the dress or "Kamis Toub" is to cover the shoulders and head, same as "Fidiga" which is shorter than "Toub".

Other items of dressing are"Mendil", head scaf, "Ndala" is sandal for women and "Nila" for men.
Women also wear "Bangil, Fidua, swar,suksuk"-assessorries-Bangels etc.

The Nubian men are normally dressed in "Kanzu" but that is more like borrowing from the Swahili-Kanzu is a Swahili word that means robe, tunic, or kaftan, it is a white or cream colored robe. Note- in Kenya-kanzu is also worn by Muslims of all tribes

Here are photos of Nubian women dressed in Nubian traditional dress.

Below,some Nubian men in Kanzu,

















1 comment:

  1. Great job brother,, keep it up These is just an onset of many many achievements to come.

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