Chador

A chador (Persian چادر, DMG Cador, tent ') is a large, mostly dark cloth in the form of a lined semicircle, which is wound by Muslim women as a wrap around head and body, and only the face or parts of the face can be freely. It is worn in public about the rest of his clothing, primarily of conservative women.

The motives for wearing the chador are varied and change with the social and political situation. At the time of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in Iran women wore the chador also to set against the loss of Islamic way of life a character. In the Iran-Iraq War ( First Gulf War ) the chador expressed national unity. After the Islamic revolution, the state imposed obligation to wear a chador, increasingly annoying and is now considered a sign of particular faith severity. Many Iranians instead wears a headscarf and a light, floor-length skirt ( Manto or Abaya ), which often only has an alibi. In particular, young women from urban backgrounds often wear coats that look tighter and to reach just above the knees. A hair bedeckender scarf ( khimar ) slips with them often stressed, " chance" down on your shoulders.

The chador is obligatory for some professions, belongs to some schools for school uniform and is customary when entering mosques. Another form of the chador is the Gebetstschador. It is usually made with a subtle pattern of hellgrundigem material and is used in prayer. In the 1960s it was common especially in rural areas, that women wore the Gebetstschador as a covering over their "western" clothing and it is neither a headscarf nor the prescribed since the revolution cloak ( Manto ).