. Cook's practical guide to Algeria and Tunisia . OSTUMES. The original Arab costume is undoubtedly the costumeof the Arab of the plain, for the costume of the town Arabhas degenerated into a mixture of Turkish and Jewishaccoutrement, which has no fixed characteristic. The Arab of the plain dresses in haicks and burnouses,and should he be wealthy, wears the most becoming andmajestic costume on the surface of the earth. The dressconsists first of all of a liaick, or Long strip of striped woollengauze, which covers the white felt cap on his head and hangsHat at the back of his head, covering his
. Cook's practical guide to Algeria and Tunisia . OSTUMES. The original Arab costume is undoubtedly the costumeof the Arab of the plain, for the costume of the town Arabhas degenerated into a mixture of Turkish and Jewishaccoutrement, which has no fixed characteristic. The Arab of the plain dresses in haicks and burnouses,and should he be wealthy, wears the most becoming andmajestic costume on the surface of the earth. The dressconsists first of all of a liaick, or Long strip of striped woollengauze, which covers the white felt cap on his head and hangsHat at the back of his head, covering his shoulders and neck,and is fastened on to the belt or sash by a foulard of white orcoloured silk material, which prevents the haick from falling COSTUMES. 10 to the ground. The haick is kept on the head by a longstring of twisted camel-hair of light or dark brown colour,which is rolled round the felt cap some ten to twenty times ;only a little part of the haick is allowed to emerge on theforehead, just enough to shade the eyes. The weight of the. Algerian Costumes. burnous and the Mohammedan chaplet keeps it firmly roundthe neck. On the body the Arabs wear a ijavdoura, or gownof white woollen material striped with silk, and a wide colouredsilk sash over it round the waist. Over this, they wear a white B 2 20 ALGERIA AND TUNISIA. woollen burnous of very fine texture, and over this burnousagain, one or two more burnouses, according to the ricli Arabs wear as a top covering a light or dark plaincloth burnous, braided or embroidered with silk, and tassels ofthe same colour. The poorer classes wear a camels clotheither plain or striped—burnous of such strong texture thatone of these garments is supposed to last their lifetime. Thecavaliers wear red-top leather boots, which they make use ofas stockings, as this boot goes into a shoe, flat heeled, same asworn by all the Arabs of Algeria. The Arab women are shrouded from head to foot in whitehaicks and muslin materials, b
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