Dirac (dress)

The dirac (also: shiid, baati) is a Somali garment worn by Somali women that is long, usually ankle length.

This article is about the Somali dress. For other uses, see Dirac (disambiguation).

History

The Dirac originated from Somali coastal cities in the 1800s. It was created by a group of Somali women. A version of Dirac called Bacwayne which translates to “big baggy” was common amongst elderly women then was later popularized by Somalis in Djibouti. [1] Its popularity increased in the 1950s to 1970s, and during those decades the dirac began replacing the guntiino (a single cloth wrapped around the body and knotted on one shoulder).[2] It was then introduced to neighboring communities such as the Swahili of Kenya, Zanzibar and Tanzania, women of yemen, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Oman and other parts of subsaharan Africa, due to the Somali diaspora that migrated to these regions.

References
  1. Akou, Heather. Fashioning Africa: Power and the Politics of Dress. Indiana University Press. pp. 50–63. ISBN 978-0-253-11104-3.
  2. Behnke, A. (2016). The International Politics of Fashion: Being Fab in a Dangerous World. Popular Culture and World Politics. Taylor & Francis. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-317-65622-7. Retrieved July 19, 2021.


Dirac is cultural dress most of the Somalis wear.

A Shiid or baati is a dress most Somalis. for the Somalis some we wear it for like a pajama.

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