Hot hot summer with veil

Summer is here!
Hot hot hot sunny day, and hot short night is coming.

On another note though, it's been twice already that I got commented about my veil by two different old Italian ladies.

Maybe it was because what I wear were of course strikingly different compared to the short sleeved, short skirts/dress/shorts that everyone else was wearing.

They commented on why should I wear such kind of clothes?
It will be much fresher for my head and hair in such weather to leave the head uncovered.

At first I received such comment as... some kind of a criticism to my religion which I hold up high.

But then, after some humbling thoughts.. maybe they just meant well.

They pitied me for having to experience the hot weather under such fully-covering garment.

What they didn't understand is that :
I actually would even lengthen my sleeves if I could so I can cover my fingers from the scorching hot sun :D

Now that I think of it, I somehow thought the same thing too back then in Indonesia when I saw people with niqab. It's such a different notion now that I put myself in those italian women' shoes.

On the thought of covering up though, cotton isn't produced here in Europe as far as I know. Unlike us Indonesian who could enjoy soft, comfortable and cooling sensation when we wear batik fabrics, clothing up here is usually analogous with the thought to make yourself warm. As such, the concept of having cool fabrics to protect you from the sun isn't as well known as the concept of "bare yourself as much as you can so you'll allow the skin to breathe under the sun".

And also maybe because they enjoy having tan skin as much as we enjoy fair skin :D

Well, everyone is entitled to his/her opinion I suppose.