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The full veil and its Burka variant were worn by the elite or relatively rich women in olden times to protect their expensive clothes and face & makeup from dust & sand while travelling.
Painting Source: wellcomecollection.org/works/s84tr3tv
The full veil and its Burka variant were worn by the elite or relatively rich women in olden times to protect their expensive clothes and face & makeup from dust & sand while travelling.
Painting Source: wellcomecollection.org/works/s84tr3tv
Also, abaya & Burqa are imported innovations in the Pashtun society. Pashtun women have always worked in the farms and participated in all kinds of labors (Fetching water & collecting logs from miles away, raising cattle etc.) and that couldn't be done while wearing such dresses.
Also, add headscarf to that list. Dopatta & Chaddar (Parooney) are different though. These dresses came as imported fashion from other societies into our society. Widely promoted by the religious class, these dresses found a grand market in our womenfolk.
We will see many debates on Burka and Veil in the coming days and weeks so I suggest you to read this essay of Allama Iqbal who wrote on the subject about 90 years ago.
https://twitter.com/NafeesRehmanDr/status/1368925203519188992?s=20
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