"Tuaregs are the only tribal communities in which <a href=""http://travel.cnn.com/surviving-sahara-468896/"">men wear veils instead of women</a>. The tangelmust, a wrapped headdress up to eight meters in length, is ubiquitous among the ""blue men of the desert."" The name does not allude to the muslin headdress, dyed with indigo, but rather because the dye gradually leeches out into the skin of the wearer. Tuaregs use the tangelmust for practical reasons: it protects from the sun and sand, but men will still wear them at night, and even during meals. Men cover their faces with the tangelmust in front of strangers and women, while women are free to show their face."
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