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Is it too hot to wear Arab-style robes? (I'm not saying that those are a Mafia hallmark, but I do wonder whether the robes would make sense in Brazil. As far a
by thaumasiotes 1y ago
Is it too hot to wear Arab-style robes?
(I'm not saying that those are a Mafia hallmark, but I do wonder whether the robes would make sense in Brazil. As far as I'm aware they are the gold standard of heat-adapted clothing. They probably don't do much about humidity.)
- sdeer 1y agoI am from eastern India, not Brazil. It is definitely too humid to wear robes. Arabia is dry and hot, very different from humid and hot.
- thaumasiotes 1y agoReally? Here's an image of what I take to be some Indian clothing: https://www.lerevecraze.com/product/mep14377/ https://www.lerevecraze.com/product/mep14377/ And here's some Arab clothing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dishdasha.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dishdasha.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thawb#/media/File:Sheikh_Mohammed_Bin_Rashid_and_Mohammad_Al_Gergawi_during_World_Government_Summit.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thawb#/media/File:Sheikh_Moham... They don't look very different, to me. I pulled this from a Bangladeshi newspaper's website: https://cdn.bd-pratidin.com/public/news_images/2025/09/29/1759124098-9bf4989c13221da464270f151d4201b2.jpg https://cdn.bd-pratidin.com/public/news_images/2025/09/29/17...