Publication Date
Before 1925
Publication Place
-
World Museum, Vienna
Subject
cotton
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع : 127 سم ، العرض : 140.5 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
120.123 a
Record ID
object;EPM;at;Mus23;19;ar
Library Location
World Museum, Vienna
Date
Before 1925
Notes
One day, a person wanted to live a Sufi life, and he abandoned the world and wore a garment of coarse wool. He was known as a Sufi, which is derived from the Arabic word “suf,” and this hermit wore a basdarwish (rag/silm) and was accepted into the brotherhood. The shabby clothes of the Sufis expressed poverty and were sewn from many pieces (patches). It is also, in a way, reminiscent of the colorful costume of a clown with colorful rhombus-shaped stripes, as if the wearer wanders through the kingdom in a comical form, assuming the role of half clown and half devil in order to discover the structures and mechanisms in society and to draw attention in a mocking way and contempt. From a spiritual perspective, humor can be understood as effective attempts to reveal the complex and contradictory situations with which real life is filled. These days, Sufis wear ordinary, familiar clothes.
Sample Text
"Darwish's Garment Costume" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus23;19;ar
