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July 17, 2008
Faces From Oman
![]() ![]() ![]() I've always loved the Omani turban. The way the Omanis wear it, the fabric (usually very thin pashmina-type material from India and Pakistan,) the fact that their headgear is colorful and so very different from other Gulf countries. I stopped men in the streets of Salalah and snapped a few pictures of the way the Mussar, as it's called, looks when wrapped tightly around a en embroidered skullcap, called the Kumma. During my last visit to Oman, I was told that the Mussar is the equivalent of a tie in the West. When the occasion calls for casual dress, they will only wear the cap. But for work or social occasions, they will most often tie the Kumma over the cap. It can take up to 10 minutes to do this, as it is important to recreate the paisley motif in the finished wrap. |
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