Luri clothing

Lurs of the plateau

The Lurs are a people of the Iranian plateau. The source places their clothing inside a culture that it says grew over a long history, one shaped by the Lurs living alongside the natural elements around them. Geography, culture and religion are all named as forces that left their mark. So the dress is treated as part of a wider inheritance rather than as a set of garments on its own. What survives in the account is brief and mostly about men: a felt hat and a wool wrapper. The article sets these under a heading for men's clothing.

The felt hat

One item is a felt hat. The source gives its Persian name in script, کلأ نِمِدی. It is round, and the description says it has no edges. Sometimes it is surrounded by Golvani; the account does not explain what Golvani is beyond naming it. Felt is matted wool, worked and pressed until it holds a shape, and that is what this hat is made of. The account places the hat among men's wear, and says nothing about who makes it or on what occasions it is worn.

The chugha

Chugha, چوغا, is a masculine wrapper, and the source says it is used prominently by Bakhtiari Lurs. A wrapper here means an outer garment worn over other clothes. It is made from sheep wool, and it is usually woven by Bakhtiari nomads, a people who move rather than settle in one place. That detail links the piece to those herders rather than to a workshop or a town. The account does not describe its cut, its colours, how it is fastened or when it is worn. It appears as a named item of Luri men's dress and little more.

The written record

The account of Luri clothing is short. It opens with a line about Luri culture, then turns to men's clothing and names two things: the felt hat and the chugha. Both are given in Persian script alongside a Latin rendering, but no other garment is described, and the women's side of Luri dress is not covered at all. There are no dates, no named makers, no photographs described and no regions beyond the plateau and the Bakhtiari. Anyone wanting a fuller picture will not find it here. What can be said is that these two pieces are recorded as part of Luri men's dress in Iran.

How Luri clothing is kept

The sources describe these as men's garments worn by Lurs. A felt hat is round with no edges, and sometimes a ring the source calls Golvani surrounds it. The chugha is a wrapper, used prominently by Bakhtiari Lurs, and Bakhtiari nomads usually weave it from sheep wool. Beyond that, the account gives no order of dressing and no ceremony or occasion.

When and where

Iran is the only country the sources tie to this dress. Luri culture is described as having grown across the Iranian plateau, alongside the Lurs' long coexistence with the natural elements around them. Within that, the chugha is named as particularly the wear of Bakhtiari Lurs, and Bakhtiari nomads are named as the people who usually weave it.

Questions people ask about Luri clothing

See also

PashminaUltra-fine wool of Himalayan goats, hand-woven in Kashmir into shawls of rankChadorA full-length open cloak that is pulled over the head and held shut by handKyrbasiaThe headgear of Achaemenid satraps, later worn by dynasties that followed themArkhaligA traditional fitted jacket worn by men and women in the Caucasus and Iran

Good reading and sources

• Luri clothing on WikipediaEncyclopedia
• More photos on Wikimedia CommonsPhotos and video
• Wikidata recordOpen data

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