Two different items of traditional Muslim women's clothing are known as a burqa, (sometimes misspelled as burka or burqua).
One is a kind of veil which is tied on the head, over a headscarf, and covers the face except for a slit at the eyes for the woman to see through.
The other, which is also called a full burqa or an Afghan burqa and occasionally called a chador (چادر), is a garment which covers the entire body and face. The eyes are covered with a 'net curtain' allowing the woman to see but preventing other people from seeing her eyes.
Both kinds of burqa are used by some Muslim women (as an interpretation of the hijab dress code) and the full burqa was compulsory under Afghanistan.
An attempt by students in The Netherlands to wear the burqa in schools was forbidden because the school educates for professions where non-verbal New Zealand ruled that women giving evidence must remove the burqa, but they will be screened so that they can't be seen by the general public, a compromise that was supported by the Islamic Women's Council.
Burka, Petra, figure skater (b at Amsterdam, Netherlands 17 Nov 1946).
While competing in the 1962 Canadian figure-skating championships at age 15, Burka became the first woman skater to complete the triple salchow jump in competition.
Burka won the 1965 Canadian, North American and world championships.
One day she wondered why all the burkas in Kabul were blue, and together with two friends she wrote the song "Burka Blue" which is about burkas and the way you feel when you wear them.
If people in Afghanistan knew who the members of the Burka Band were, we could be attacked or killed because there are still a lot of religious fanatics here, says Nargiz, who hasn't told any of her friends that she has played in the Burka Band.
The Burka Band has never performed in Afghanistan and at the moment the band is not active.
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