{{Short description|Traditional headwear from Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox clothing type | name = Iraghi | image_file =Hunza 2015 (6).jpg | caption =A woman from Hunza wearing Iraghi | type = Pillbox hat | material = Wool, with embroidery of silk thread | location = Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan }}
The '''Iraghi''', also known as '''Khoi''' (Shina / Khowar<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Alhaj Muhammad |date=2025-02-02 |title=Wearables in Chitral: Past and Present |url=https://khowari.com/?p=2718 |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=KHOWARI |language=en-US}}</ref>: کھوئی), '''Phartsun''' (Brushaski: پھرتن) and '''Sekeed''' (Wakhi: سکید),<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Mir |first=Zaib R. |date=30 September 2016 |title=My cap, My Pride: The Women's Caps from Gigit-Baltistan |url=https://pamirtimes.net/2016/09/30/my-cap-my-pride-the-womens-caps-of-gigit-baltistan/ |work=The Pamir Times}}</ref> is a traditional pillbox hat originated from and predominantly used in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Shabnam Bahar |date=January 2012 |title=The Anthropology of Headdress: Use of Caps and Ceremonial Headdress by Women of Gilgit-Baltistan Region as a Symbol of their Unique Cultural Heritage |url=https://ijhss.thebrpi.org/journals/Vol_2_No_1_January_2012/13.pdf |journal=International Journal of Humanities and Social Science |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=143–164}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2022 |title=Pakistan wears many hats, literally |work=Aaj News |url=https://www.aaj.tv/news/30279454}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Alhaj Muhammad |date=2025-02-02 |title=Wearables in Chitral: Past and Present |url=https://khowari.com/?p=2718 |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=KHOWARI |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ali |first=Fardad |date=2020-10-03 |title=Helping sustain traditional needlework in Chitral valley |url=https://chitralnews.com/helping-sustain-traditional-needlework-in-chitral-valley/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=Chitral News |language=en-US}}</ref>
It is worn by women and features colourful embroidery of silk thread on which the designs represents wild animals, their paw prints, birds, leaves and body parts of insects.<ref name=":1" /> Silver jewellery, called ''silsila'', may also be attached to its front.<ref name=":0" /> It takes around two months, working two to three hours a day, to prepare one such hat.<ref name=":1" /> The hat is considered as a symbol of cultural identity of the region.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 2020 |title=Urwa Hocane Explores Skardu |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2268657/urwa-hocane-explores-skardu |access-date=17 December 2025 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref>
== See also ==
* Pakol * Sindhi cap
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Category:Hats Category:Pakistani headgear