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Friday, January 30, 2004
The headscarf reaches new heights - The Age
"When she chalks up to cheat gravity in the climbing events in next month's Asian Extreme Games, Etti Hendrawati knows she'll be turning heads. But unlike most of her peers, the 28-year-old Indonesian climber will stand out for the amount of clothes she's wearing rather than the lack of them. In a sport dominated by skimpy tops and second-skin short shorts, Hendrawati and a growing band of Indonesian Muslim women climbers compete in loose long pants with the ends of their hijabs, or headscarves, tucked out of the way inside generous tops."
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