Cultural copying

This is not very deep or developed, but a funny story about how an almost-three-year-old sees the world.

Sarwari and Shabu are Muslim. Sarwari wears a black scarf loosely drapped around her shoulders (sometimes head, depending where she's going) when she's out. Shabu wears full burqua, with only eyes / hands / feet showing. Sarawri's eldest daugther, Nazima, does the same. Sarwari said she used to when she was young, but now that she's had three kids, she doesn't think any man would look at her in a manner to require a burqua, so she got rid of the hot thing.

I found a strawberry hat my aunt knit and got it out for play. After a bit, William pulled the front down to his chin. When I asked what was up, he said he was going out "like Shabu does." I asked about his clothes, and he ran over to get a throw blanket to wrap around him. Gender difference aside, it reinforces the point that even at such young ages, kids pick up on cultural differences - and just accept what they see as normal, not different or strange.