Word: garbed
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...Pontiff, as well as ensure security at the Apostolic Palace and the four main entrances to the Vatican, an around-the-clock job that requires skills as diverse as fluency in Italian and proficiency in martial arts. Swiss Guards have been the beneficiaries of papal blessings and colorful garb since 1506, when 150 Swiss soldiers arrived in Rome to guard Pope Julius II. But such perks may no longer be enough to entice young Swiss Catholics to serve in the Papal army. Although 28 recruits joined in May, the 110-member force is still 17 men short. "Recruitment...
Around mid-morning, the buses begin to arrive en masse, and by lunchtime the main drag has become a noisy testament to European automotive engineering. Under the Golden Triangle sign, a dozen or so children clad in gaudy hill-tribe garb jump into everyone's photographs, invited or not, then proffer palms for payment. Refusal is not brooked kindly, and even the most tightfisted succumb under the onslaught of teary eyes, wailing and shirt tugging. "Everyone can smell the tourist dollars," says Miss Pim, owner of the Arabica coffee shop, as she bustles around fixing espressos and cappuccinos. "Once people...
...George Washington’s birthday, a little late. We all get together, and the kids do skits that, while maybe not so accurate, are always a good time.” Forman’s daughter is part of the group as well, dressing up in colonial garb and running onto the field to tend to the dead each year. “Amongst kids of a certain age group, it seems to be something of a status symbol in this area to be involved with the Minute Men,” says Forman. “She?...
...Texas bow,” she says. But she says the bow (which she calls the “Full Court Bow”) is very hard. Not only is it difficult to rise from the floor, bowers are also hampered by their heavy dresses and hoop skirts. Their garb acts like a suction and pins them to the floor. But when done right, she says, “It’s supposed to look like you are melting to the floor and acknowledging the people you are bowing to gracefully...
...burka, or more correctly the chadari, has long been traditional wear for Afghan women in the countryside and in conservative cities like Kandahar. In 1919, the first Afghani king encouraged women to shed the head to toe garb by revealing the face of his wife in public. Many women in the more liberal cities obliged and by the 1980s less than half the women in Kabul, the capital, wore the burka. Under the Taliban, women had little choice: wear the robe in public or face a vicious beating. But Afghan women say this was more inconvenience than hardship. "Under...