Customs Beliefs Dress And Imagery

IB HL

Dress Code In Iran• As summer approaches, many women in the affluent north Tehran start

wearing short and tight coats, and small head scarves, called hijab, showing more hair than usual.

• This violates the 1981 Islamic Dress Law, which applies to all women, Muslim or not, and which requires them to cover their hair, considered erotic, and wear long loose clothes to mask the contours of their body.

• A black head-to-toe chador, covering the whole body except hands and face, is regarded as the ideal.

• To preserve the strict morality required by the Islamic regime, policemen and policewomen accost "immodestly" dressed women at major squares and underground stations in the capital, and treat them with varying degrees of severity: a verbal warning; requiring the violator to sign a letter promising not to appear in public wearing "bad hijab" - a term commonly used to denote un-Islamic dress - again; or rustling the law-breaker to the police headquarters where she is fined the equivalent of $2 to $20.

Prevailing Religions By Country

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Activities

• Using Geography For The IB Diploma P146-150, answer the following…

1.Why is food a significant aspect of culture?2.How can cultures differ in their attitudes to

technology?3.What types of dress do you link with certain

types of culture? Why?4.How can religion reflect cultures in various

countries?