The abaya “shroud” (casually and all the more normally, Arabic: عباية ʿabāyah, particularly in Literary Arabic: عباءة ʿabā’ah; plural عبايات ʿabāyāt, عباءات ʿabā’āt), here and there additionally called an aba, is a basic, free over-article of clothing, basically a robe-like dress, worn by certain ladies in pieces of the Muslim world including North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the majority of the Middle East.[1] Traditional abayat are dark and might be either an enormous square of texture hung from the shoulders or head or a long kaftan. The abaya covers the entire body with the exception of the head, feet, and hands. It tends to be worn with the niqāb, a face shroud covering everything except the eyes. A few ladies additionally wear long dark gloves, so their hands are covered too. Usually the abaya is worn on extraordinary events, for example, Mosque visits and Islamic Holiday festivities for Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. The Indonesian customary dress kebaya gets its name from the abaya.
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