Straw hat (dholas)

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YEMEN SAIJIKI

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Straw hat (dholas)

***** Location: Yemen
***** Season: Summer
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation


Straw hats and bamboo hats

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"As spring turns to summer, and the days heat up, farmers in Yemen are taking to their fields. But Yemen’s sun can be fierce, and so to protect themselves, Yemenis have invented broad straw hats to provide shade from the sun’s harsh rays. "

The traditional Yemeni shade hats include the dhola, a tall, flat-topped hat woven from palm; the kofia, a short, circular hat woven from bamboo; and the Hadrami pyramid hat, a tall pointy hat woven from palm fronds. These hats fly off the shelves this time of year.


"They are expensive because they are made from the heart of the bamboo, he said. The bamboo hats are made in certain governorates like Hadhramout, Dmat in Ibb, Rada’a, al-Baidha, and are mostly found in Marib, he said. Add to that, making the hats is tiring, because the maker must take a big bundle of bamboo and take out the heart only, said al-Matari. Unlike the others, al-Matari has some Hadhrami pyramid hats, which are worn primarily in Hadhramout. “Those are only bought by the foreigners; there is a French lady who ordered them and I imported them from Seiyun to here,” he said. “Obviously, they like their appearance because it is uncommon,” he added half teasingly."
http://www.yobserver.com/news-varieties/10012048.html






Kofias




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Things found on the way


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HAIKU

peasant digs around
in his chest..
"It's time, bamboo hat!"


moving
cackling like a hen..
straw hat

Heike Gewi, Yemen, May 2008

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Related words

***** Hat, Strawhat and more (kasa) Worldwide



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