Balto Clothing Yemen. Man wearing traditional dress shawl and dagger sells womens clothes in the countryside. Balto it is the Yemeni version of the abaya and it remains quite widespread in the urban areas.
Village woman in a colorful red print headscarf is leaning stone wall in front of a blue door. There are about 1000 Christians and 50 Jews in Yemen. This outer garment is especially widespread in the cities where women wear mostly black.
This outer garment is especially widespread in the cities where women wear mostly black.
Yemeni womens folk garments. Yemeni womens folk garments. It is worn over the other clothes. The clothing of men in Yemen is of two types the first being traditional based on what area you live in.