Word: tagelmoust
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...Some customs endure. There's the unspoken language of the veil, the tagelmoust, worn by the men. It covers the mouth, a "zone of pollution ... disrespectful to expose before others." Each man adjusts his veil subtly, constantly, in response to others and in accordance with status. One of high rank may let the veil fall. "Only someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca," Keenan writes, "can divest himself entirely...
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