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okay what does this mean??

galabeya, a sort of kaftan

2007-01-23 12:24:10 · 4 answers · asked by ohsnapitslexaa 2 in Travel Africa & Middle East Egypt

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A galabeya is something lots of Egyptian men wear, you can wear it for daytime + nightime..

2007-01-24 09:32:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

1- The Galabeya is a tunic worn by Egyptian men. It is also worn by monks and bishops of the Coptic Church.

2- A kaftan (sometimes spelled caftan) is a man's cotton or silk cloak buttoned down the front, with full sleeves, reaching to the ankles and worn with a sash. It is traditional wear in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The kaftans worn by the Ottoman sultans constitute one of the most splendid collections of Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. Some of them were so precious that they were given as rewards to important dignitaries and victorious generals during elaborate religious festivals, compare the "khalat" article.

Kaftans [1] were often embroidered on the front and on the sleeves, but like everything else under the Ottomans, there was a strict hierarchical order in the colours, patterns, ribbons and buttons, which were chosen according to the rank of the person to which they were presented.

While in the 14th century large patterns and subdued colours were used, these became both smaller and brighter in the next century. By the second half of the 17th century the most precious fabrics were those with 'yollu'- vertical stripes with various embroideries and small patterns, the so-called "Selimiye" fabrics.

Most fabrics were manufactured in Istanbul and Bursa, but some came from as far as Venice, Genoa, Persia, India and even China. Each had very specific characteristics and was named accordingly: there was velvet, aba, bürümcük, canfes, gatma, gezi, diba, hatayi, kutnu, kemha, seraser, serenk, zerbaft, tafta, and many others; the most often used colours were 'China blue', 'Turkish red', violet, "pişmis ayva" or cooked quince, and saffron yellow.

2007-01-23 22:35:27 · answer #2 · answered by ReDWiNe 4 · 0 0

a galabeya is sort of like a nightgown but egyptian people can wear them anytime

2007-01-23 20:53:21 · answer #3 · answered by Daraweesh rocks!=) aka Shankooty 3 · 0 0

it is akind of cloth wear on in egyptian country side some people think that it is an pharaoh cloth

2007-01-24 06:28:08 · answer #4 · answered by dodo 4 · 0 0

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