The burqa is the body bag, minus the face bag, but with a hood attached in place of separate hijab...and usually worn with the face bag as an accessory.
The abaya is sort of like a caftan.
27 posted on 12/16/2008 5:32:19 PM PST by ApplegateRanch
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