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Young Brunette Girl With A Veil In The Mountain Forest At The Tarn
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A veil is an article clothing, worn almost exclusively by women, that is intended to cover some part the head or face.
One view is that as a religious item, it is intended to show honor to an object or space. The actual sociocultural, psychological, and sociosexual functions veils have not been studied extensively but most likely include the maintenance social distance and the communication social status and cultural identity . In Islamic society, various forms the veil have been adopted from the Arab culture in which Islam arose.
An occasion on which a Western woman is likely to wear a veil is on her wedding day, if she follows the traditions a white wedding. Brides used to wear their hair flowing down their back at their wedding to symbolise their virginity, now the white diaphanous veil is ten said to represent this.
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