When Yemeni women leave the house they put on more clothes than usual. The maghmuq further covers the entire face, and the colourful sitara is laid over the head and shoulders and held shut in front with one hand. Another form of costume which is often seen is the black sharshaf, which comprises a wide shirt, a cape and a head covering. Women wear black gloves with it, so that they are wrapped from the head to the hands and feet in black. Children are usually allowed to get up later.
Boys dress in much the same way as grown men.
They often have a small djambia, sometimes fastened with a nail through the scabbard so that it cannot be drawn. The men go to the mosque, the center and the meeting place around which the life of the whole quarter revolves. After prayers, the absence of a neighbour might be noticed. Of course everyone knows everyone else, and if a nighboor who takes part regularly is missing, the others quickly become worried. One of the men who is close to the missing person will be given the task of calling in on his way home to see how the man is.