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They bring from the lands of Europe the Fao, which is a spherical and elongated artificial coral. From all of this, they make necklaces and wear them. Each woman wears them according to her financial status, whether wealthy or not. You will see some of them who have one necklace, and some who have two, and some who have three. The wealthiest do not exceed four necklaces. They arrange the aforementioned beads in a pleasing manner, such that the eye finds them appealing and the heart inclines to wear them. They fashion headdresses for themselves from the seeds of a plant called "Shoush," which are small red seeds like pomegranate seeds. On the side of each seed, there is a black dot. These seeds are very joyful and pleasing. They also use cowrie shells and "Qul." This "Foul" comes in various colors: some are bright red, some are brown, some are black, and some are honey-colored. They string the Shoush, the cowrie shells, and the Qul together. They consider the Shoush alone to be headdresses, but they place at the bottom of each headdress either a small shell or a cowrie shell. They make them into clusters.

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