Figure 1.--Here we see an Algerian family mourning in a cemetary. Notice the boy's resish scull cap and orange-red vest-like sleeveless jscket. |
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We note quite a few images of Algerian and other Arab boys wearing short jackets when dressing up. This could gave been an Ottomn infkuence, but we are not sure. We toay might call them bolero jackets, a Spanish term. We have been wondering about the origins of the bolero jscket. It may well be thst the bolero jacket is a Moorish inspired styled. Areas of the Iberian Peninsula were occupied by the Moors for 8 centuries, for a time almost the whole peninsula. The Moors that invaded Spain came fro mOrocco, bit there would hve been considerable similarity between Algeriab anMoriccan styles. In Algeria we see both jackets with and without sleeves. The boy here is wearing a short jakets with sleeves (figure 1). Red seems to have been a popular color. We also notice girls and women wearing these jackets. We have been unable to find what these jackets were called. As far as we can tell ghey are no longer common components of Arab dress.
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