Karakul sheep are a multi-purpose breed, kept for milking, meat, pelts, and wool.
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Karakul caps became popular among Africans and African-Americans in the 1960s.
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Karakul is relatively coarse fiber used for outer garment, carpets and for felting.
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People use the lambs'pelts to create various clothing items, such as the karakul hat.
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Karzai, wearing his signature karakul cap and flowing cape, looked straight into the camera.
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He was a fashion statement in his colorful cloaks and karakul hat.
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A hat shaped like a fez but made of real or imitation karakul and worn by Pakistani Muslims on occasion.
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At a recent public appearance, Mr. Karzai was looking his typically regal self, sporting his trademark karakul hat and cape.
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It is a karakul, not a fez.
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A Karakul (or Qaraqul) hat (Pashto/Persian: u0642u0631u0627u0642u0644u06CC) is a hat made from the fur of the Qaraqul breed of sheep, often from the fur of aborted lamb foetuses. The triangular hat is part of the costume of the native people of Kabul which has been worn by many generations of men in Afghanistan. The fur from which it is made is referred to as Astrakhan, broadtail, qaraqulcha, or Persian lamb...
Karakul or Qaraqul (named after Qorakou2018l, a city in Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan) is a breed of domestic sheep which originated in Central Asia. Some archaeological evidence points to Karakul sheep being raised there continuously since 1400 BC.