The women we saw all wore bright kerchiefs, not burkas.

Ahead of them, as was fitting, were the menfolk, more soberly-clad save for the bright kerchiefs round their necks.

She wore dark orange slacks, a yellow blouse, and she had a bright red kerchief tied around her slender, dusky throat.

Her frizzled hair was caught up under a bright red kerchief, save for a fringe across her forehead.

Matya tied a bright red kerchief over her graying hair and grasped the wagon's reins in her strong, thick fingers.

She had concealed her hair under a bright kerchief bought from the market.

His head was hidden by a bright kerchief, and his clothes and the herbal bag he carried indicated his status as a drug peddler and itinerant doctor.

A stocky woman with a bright kerchief knotted over her hair stood behind the open cash register.

The woman was smiling, a bright red kerchief tied to hold her long dark hair in place.