Takama

A takama is a long, straight, skirt-like garment that extends to a man's calves. Few wear them anymore, but they had been popular as warrior's garb.
The purpose of such an item of a uniform isn't fashion or tradition, but to distinguish a leader easily for those who followed him.
Elhokar is described as wearing a takama underskirt on the night that his mother, Navani, and his uncle, Dalinar, are wed in marriage.
In speaking of his former weapons instructor, Dalinar says the following:
When Dalinar found his master's master's master in Kholinar after they'd captured it, he asked of him ... why tie one's belt three times, when everyone else thinks one should do it twice. The old man laughed, stood up, and said "If I only tie it twice, the ends hang down so low, I trip!"
==References==
Category:Military