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Updated: May 10, 2025
The men, it is true, never indulge in this practice, which is prohibited by the spirit of the law; but the women, in the interior of the house, wear mourning in every part of Egypt: for this purpose, they first dye their hands blue, with indigo; they put on a black borko, or face-veil, and thus follow the funeral through the streets; and if they can afford it, they put on a black gown, and. even a black shift.
The face is concealed by a white, or light blue borko; on the head, covered by the mellaye, they wear a cap like the men's, around which a piece of coloured muslin is tightly twisted in folds. The head-dress is said to The poorer women wear the blue Egyptian shirt, and large trowsers, like those already mentioned; and bracelets of horn, glass, or amber.
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