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Rigar Giwa

Hausa · Hausa / Northern Nigeria; Niger; zongo communities in Ghana · Dress

'Gown of the elephant': a very large white, striped gown of gwanda cloth, a variant of saki caliphate cloth. Perani and Wolff explain that the name refers to its enormous size.

The rigar giwa was among the most imposing of the caliphate gowns.

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