Tuesday, May 6, 2008

New Clad Kajir Outfit


It Among the Wagon Peoples, to be clad Kajir means, for a girl, to wear four articles, two red, two black; a red cord, the Curla, is tied about the waist; the Chatka, or long, narrow strip of black leather, fits over the cord in the front, passes under, and then again, from the inside, passes over the cord in the back; the Chatka is drawn tight; the Kalmak is then donned; it is a short, open, sleeveless vest of black leather; lastly the Koora, a strip of red cloth, matching the Curla, is wound about the head, to hold the hair back, for slave women, among the Wagon People are not permitted to braid, or otherwise dress their hair; it must be, save for the koora, worn loose.

Special thanks to Master Atheas Zenovka and his girl for helping bedi in designing this outfit, without their keen insight on the wagon peoples it would not be so lovely and exotic!