Minab traditional women’s clothing

Human clothing has undergone countless changes according to climatic characteristics, degree, civilization and culture, religious beliefs and customs. Clothing, such as food, has been and is one of the basic and essential needs of human beings. In the same way that early man made a cloak for himself from the skin of the animal he hunted and fed on its flesh. It is not clear when man began to wear clothes, but at least to this extent it can be said that thousands and maybe hundreds of thousands of years have passed since the life of this early human achievement. During this time, man has woven this cap in various ways and used it.

Minab city

Minab is one of the green, prosperous and prosperous cities of Hormozgan province. This city is located in the northeast of the Strait of Hormuz and on the coast of the Oman Sea, 110 km east of Bandar Abbas, and due to its distance from the sea, its height above sea level is 30 meters. Minab is limited to Rudan city from the north, Bandar Abbas city from the west, Jask city and Kerman province from the east and Jask city and Hormoz strategic strait from the south. The northern and eastern parts of this city are mountainous and the central and western parts are plain. Its plain part is about 120 km long from Tiab port to near the village of Kargushki. The climate of this city, like other parts of Hormozgan province, is hot and humid. The higher the humidity, the more noticeable the effect as we get closer to the shore.

Minab women’s clothing

The shape and variety of clothing (in low or high and short) depends on the specific situation of the region, which its people are forced to create on the protection of heat and cold or attention to moderation of the weather.

The southern coastal people, known as ports, have often exchanged permanent beach tastes due to the general influx by sea and land, and over the centuries, due to the good choice of Arabic and Indian clothing, have more or less seasoned their local tastes. They have created a special situation (with indigenous elegance) for themselves. But this special and desirable situation is specific to port women because port men do not have special clothes. If their trousers are not in Baluchi or Qashqai, or semi-Baluch and semi-Qashqai, their trousers are definitely lame on the middle and when necessary, another lame is worn on the shoulder or a turban-shaped fabric is more loose on the wrapped head and woven cloak of the plant. .

Minab women’s clothing consists of tunics, caps, slippers, a kind of mask or mask called burqa or in the local dialect of ponds and ornaments.

A) T-shirt

کنوره (kandure) A relatively tight dress up to the knee that has a slit at the bottom and a slit around the bottom slit of the dress, and the collar and around the wrist are also decorated with various ribbons or embroidered glabton.

گون (gavan) is the name of clothes that are folded at the waist, the sleeves are narrow, and the edge of the sleeves and the edge of the skirt are embroidered, embroidered, embroidered or sequined on the front of the chest.

Jam (jomme) is the name of another garment that is also folded from the waist and embroidered on it and its sleeves are wide, which is usually worn by the Baloch living in Minab. Its shape is similar to a Baluchi shirt; In the form of loose clothing, it is a bat sleeve that is tight at the wrist and is decorated only at the collar and in front of the chest and wrist.

Pants (Tonban) (tonbân) is a type of it that is tight from the bottom to the top of the ankle and is fastened with a zipper or button and straps. Pakistan is brought). Another type is pants that do not have a narrow bottom and are called fringe and are sewn like ordinary comfort pants and have a net and embroidery on the bottom or fringe and are usually used by the elderly and are usually made of cotton or silk and light colors. And it is happy and the patterns on the pants in the viewer’s mind evoke a green and prosperous atmosphere.

Minabi wedding dress: In Minab, it is customary for the bride to wear green on the wedding day and sit in a place consisting of mattresses, cushions and green tablecloths, and this vegetable is considered a sign of greenery and prosperity of life, which is based on the type of livelihood of the region. Agriculture and horticulture.

B) Cap

لچک (lačak) is like a small hat that is placed in the middle of the head and is tied under the chin by two braids. Glabton is embroidered on it. In the past, women used to attend various ceremonies as well as weddings, and according to the family’s ability, they used gold coins to decorate the front of the upper forehead. .

جلیل (Jelbil) (jelvil) (jelbil) is a kind of black scarf, mainly lace, and it is decorated with it. The bottom of the scarf is decorated with a ribbon, which is a ribbon with colorful threads, and it is embroidered with glabton or a long barrel.

لیسی (leysi) is a soft cotton scarf made of wool, which is prepared in bright and cheerful colors and is used in summer. Lizard is a relatively large scarf that women use instead of a tent when working or partying.

Ernie (orni) Another type of shawl is made of green silk and is embroidered and embroidered with glabton and is usually used for the bride’s head.

Tent The type of tent sewing is not different, but the way it is sewn is different. In this way, one side of the tent, or so-called tent handle, is wrapped around the neck or on the head. The other hand is placed under the armpit so that both hands are free to do things. Tents are usually made of yarn or wool, and light colors are commonly used. Older people use dark colors. The color of the tents depends on the situation in which the women participate. For example, in weddings, happy colors and thinner fabrics are used, and in mourning, black cotton tents are used.

C) Cloak

The women of Minab use a mask or mask called a “borqe” burqa to cover their faces from strangers. The burqa means the veil, the mask, and the piece of cloth with which women cover their faces. The burqa is an interesting and spectacular covering for women on the northern and southern shores of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of ​​Oman. On the coast of Hormozgan province and the coastal region of Baluchistan, it is called “Barakeh” and in the port of Bandar Lengeh, it is called “Batuleh”.

The burqa is made of cotton or silk fabric and is embroidered with silk threads in the color that is needed. The part on the burqa nose, which is known as the “burqa tree”, is cut to the size of the user’s nose, and inside the burqa part, the end stick of a date cluster is used, which is flat.

The color of the burqa depends on the age, social status and marital status of the user. For example, black is for girls and widows, and in some cases girls embroider their black burqa around the dark purple. Red is for married women, and some seniors use brown burqas. Baloch girls living in Minab wear a black burqa with a red embroidery.

D) Software or footwear

کبکاب (kabkâb) A type of shoe that is made of wood and is used by women. The sole is made of wood and leather strap that comes in the form of a strap on the shoe and is attached with a nail.

سواس (sovâs) is a type of software that uses a date leaf or in the local dialect peng (end of date cluster). The pong was beaten with a stone to soften it, then the sole of the shoe was woven and tied around the foot with a woven strap from the same pong. In the past, ordinary people in the area used to walk barefoot, and special and rich people used to eat sows.

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– Ziapour, Jalil (1967) Clothing of tribes, nomads and villagers of Iran, Tehran: Ministry of Culture and Arts

* Report by Mohammad Homayoun Sepehr and Zahra Shahdadian