مــــا أجـــمــــلك حــــواء الســـــودانيــــه
Women Toab Long time ago and today
History:Before the Muslim invasion in the 13th century, women in Nubia (later known as Sudan and Egypt) used to wear draped pieces of material made out of the flax plant (it grows up to 47 inches with slender stems). With the Muslim rule, the sharia law was implemented, and men and women had to adopt the new clothing style of Arab countries. Women's clothing includes a tob, a hijab and a chadur.
Tob
A tob is the traditional Sudanese dress, a 15-foot long piece of material wrapped around the body worn by both men and women. They wear it during all activities, even inside the house. The women's tob is more colorful. While men wear it with each end thrown over each shoulder, women throw just one end over the left shoulder. The dress covers the legs down to the ankles, and it has an open edge in the front. Usually, women wear the tob over a short dress.Hijab
Do Muslims Have to Wear Certain Clothes? 
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Sudanese culture
Clothing habits are generally an important
indication of a society's culture, and of the prevalent moral, and
artistic values and traditions. This makes it an important subject of
study to the majority of social sciences. Old historic Nubian paintings
have demonstrated the nature of Nubian dresses and the clothing habits;
they were made either of cotton or by using animal skin and wool.
Female clothes were generally different from men's, but in sometimes they were the same. Women's clothing was mainly in the form of two simple garments, a loincloth, similar to the experts had lain claim to as the origin of the contemporary Sudanese costume, the (Toab). As for Traditional Patterns men, their clothes were of a single piece that was worn to cover the area between the navel and the knees, the rest was left bare.
The type of cloth and the look of the clothes were used to signify the social status for the Nubians. With the coming of the Arabs and their gradual settlement in Sudan , new forms of clothing were introduced, while some of the old ones were maintained and developed in accordance with traditions.
For example; the (Rahat), a leather belt to which were attached other leather straps and was worn by females since their childhood, this (Rahat) was preserved. In most cases, women wore the (Rahat) without other clothes, while in sometimes they put on with the of the (Rahat), a (Shaigga) which is a piece of cotton cloth put on to cover the upper part of their bodies or otherwise women wore the (Rahat) with their chests bare.
Women's clothing were mainly the (Rahat), (Gurgab), (Shaigga) and (Toab). The only difference perhaps was in the materials used, this was due to the environmental and material variance, for example a woman of the Nilotic tribes made the (Rahat) of tree leaves.
The importance of covering women's bodies differed of tribe to tribe and was according to the social and class differences in societies. In the case of men, costumes were highly affected by Arabs'clothing. The nomads' clothing consisted of the (Araaqi), a knee long gown or robe, (Sirwaal) which is also a knee long, wide pantaloon, and the (Taqiya) which is small head-cover or hat, these garments were worn mainly for their suitability to their life style.
Female clothes were generally different from men's, but in sometimes they were the same. Women's clothing was mainly in the form of two simple garments, a loincloth, similar to the experts had lain claim to as the origin of the contemporary Sudanese costume, the (Toab). As for Traditional Patterns men, their clothes were of a single piece that was worn to cover the area between the navel and the knees, the rest was left bare.
The type of cloth and the look of the clothes were used to signify the social status for the Nubians. With the coming of the Arabs and their gradual settlement in Sudan , new forms of clothing were introduced, while some of the old ones were maintained and developed in accordance with traditions.
For example; the (Rahat), a leather belt to which were attached other leather straps and was worn by females since their childhood, this (Rahat) was preserved. In most cases, women wore the (Rahat) without other clothes, while in sometimes they put on with the of the (Rahat), a (Shaigga) which is a piece of cotton cloth put on to cover the upper part of their bodies or otherwise women wore the (Rahat) with their chests bare.
Women's clothing were mainly the (Rahat), (Gurgab), (Shaigga) and (Toab). The only difference perhaps was in the materials used, this was due to the environmental and material variance, for example a woman of the Nilotic tribes made the (Rahat) of tree leaves.
The importance of covering women's bodies differed of tribe to tribe and was according to the social and class differences in societies. In the case of men, costumes were highly affected by Arabs'clothing. The nomads' clothing consisted of the (Araaqi), a knee long gown or robe, (Sirwaal) which is also a knee long, wide pantaloon, and the (Taqiya) which is small head-cover or hat, these garments were worn mainly for their suitability to their life style.
Sudanese Women `s you are beautiful
التوب السوداني
Modern Sudanese Fashion Shaw:-
Am so proud am Sudanese women ,am try to be ambassador of my Sudanese Cultures when ever is there is chance i wear my Sundanese toab ....My happiest moment when Canadian ask me about the Sari i wear !! then i start explain what is Sari and what is Sudanese Toab....
Web Selling Sudanese Toab مواقع يباع فيها الثوب السوداني :-
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Shiffon is a specialist boutique selling the stylish Sudanese costume Thoub, Toub, Toob or Tiab. Through Shiffon you can shop while you are relaxing at home and have your order delivered to your door step in a few days. No matter where you are world wide.
Shiffon boutique has unique designs and materials that suit all ages at affordable prices for everyone. In addition, we import different types of high quality materials and gorgeous designs manufactured in Switzerland, Japan and France.
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