THE ORIGIN OF THE TARBA VERSES THE FEZ, DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE?

[Dr. Faheem Judah-EL - Kemnebi]

THIS IS A FEZ (Faas Magribiy)

THIS IS A TARBA OR A TARBOOSH WHICH IS MUCH TALLER THAN FAAS MAGRIBIY

THE TARBA UNLIKE THE FAAS GOES BACK TO OUR KEMETIC MYSTERIES, AND HAS A METAPHYSICAL MEANING. THE TARBA WAS CRIMSON IN COLOR, BUT THE REAL LEARNED ELDERS AND HIGH ZADOKS WORE BLACK TABRAS SOMETIMES WITH AN IMMAH TIED AROUND IT. BECAUSE THE PHARAOH WAS BOTH NETER AND RULER HE/SHE ALSO WORE THE TARBA AT PROCESSIONS AND SPIRITUAL CEREMONIES.


Because I follow in the ancient Kemetic/Abyssinian Tradition, I only wear a Black Tarba or Tarboosh.

The Tarbush and Fez have a circumference of 360 degrees of spiritual knowledge at the top and 360 degrees of physical knowledge at the bottom equaling 720 degrees.


Through out history there has always been a mix up in these two head dresses, the Fez and the Tarba. The Tarboosh, properly called a Tarba, is mistaken for Faas Magribiy which is a Moroccan head dress.It is not a Muslim headress, it is an Arab/Turkish headress. Its color is usually red or crimson but originally the learnt amongst them wore black which was adopted by the Abyssinian Priests. Mostly servants, bust boys, or waiters wore the red Faas. as Islam spread throughout Africa, so did the Faas. So the fez can be seen in almost every country in Africa it spread through Spain, all the way through Europe into Turkey Syria Baghdad and Arabia. The fez is even worn in Israel. However the misconception is that it was specifically selected to identify the students that studied in Morocco and in the city of Faas in particular. Faas also fez fas "Turkish" (plural) fezes. A felt cap worn by men with a circular flat top. with a small circular extension connected with a black tassels. The height of which is not more than. 5 inches Height and 6 inches in diameter at the top.

The Egyptians Faas has been modernized to suite the Egyptians culture thus the reciters of the Koran are known to wear the Fez with a white Turban like ban surrounding it. Through out Africa the fez has become block and taken on different shapes and extending all the way to Malaysia and even to India where it is now called a "Jinnah cap".

The pronunciation of the word Faas change according to dialects. The original word is an Arabic word written Faa'sur raa's the back of the head. It also comes from Al Faas "the constellation of ursa minor" which takes you in to the ancient zodiac studies of the moors mapping the constellation tracking the stars which they learnt from the Egyptians. The Moors were known for wearing the cherry colored fez. When the Moors civilized Europe the Fez traveled to Turkey and became synomous with the convert to Islamic religion those who wore it were respected and bore the title Effendi. Effendi a title to respect equivalent to "sir" Turkish equivalent to sir.
Sir middle English variant of sire meaning senile senior, elder.The word effendi was taken form medieval Greek aphpntes meaning "master" implying one who has mastered many subjects a complete total man. Knowledgeable, learnt.

The Turks took it to Persians and from their to many other foreign countries. The French added a front brim on it to block the sun a sun visor and the French foreign legion wore as a part of the military uniform which influence all the caps worn as police officers and military officers flatten today. All form the original Faas of the Moors.



Often mistaken for the Faas but no the same headdress. The Tarba was a symbol of ancient Egypt. Rulling class of lower Egipt and was called the pischet or Deshret worn by the Nubians such as Mentuhotep.

Mentuhotep adorned in a Tarboosh or what the Ancient Egyptian called pischet or Deshret.

ETHIOPIAN PRIESTS WEARING THE ORIGINAL LEARNED ELDERS TARBOOSH OR TARBA

The Egyptian knowledge used by Shriners has its origin in Aswan and Nubia why the pyramids on the back of the dollar bill is not the Giza pyramid is a Sudanese pyramid. So the headdress worn by the Shriners is more in line with the headdress of ancient Egiptian the tarbush as the Arab called it. And also adapted it as a crown of nobility. It was crimson or black. Worn by both male or female.




The Fez originated in Morocco. When the pilgrimages to Bekka "Mecca" were interrupted by the crusades in the year 980 A.D., they adorned the Fez. The Red? color of the Fez also represents the red color of the juice from berries (used for dye) which came from berries that grew in rapidly in the region. It is interesting to note that the Fez of Morocco was ?Sacarlet? which is a Islamic city, and a great center for learning and was once the northern capital of Morocco. This city is a symbol of Kodesh meaning Holy Place. Thus headpiece is a symbol of this great city.

What is the color significance of the Fez?

The colors range from black, red, white, maroon and in some cases green. The red fez was originally worn by the Moors, in the western hemisphere, and the wizards of the Order of Christ, Known as the Protestant, Baptist, and the so called Jews and Methodist also wore it. You see the Coptics of Ethiopia and Egypt wearing the black fez. The Black Fez was the Highest degree of nobility worn by the Grand Mufti and the elite councils members who had an option to wear a crimson.

You have to remember all of our true dress, traditions, and culture have deep within it sacred mystical meanings, yes we are Moors, and yes we are Kemetic, and Abyssinian. These are only symbols that we adorned at specific times in our story. If you want to be a Moor, be a Moor, but know what a moor really is or isn't. If you want to live as Kemetic people then learn your Mysteries, learn your language and your culture, in other words "Know Thy Self", let's not debate about the past and things that you may not know and when you find out later you realize you were wrong all that time. We need "UNITY" and "RESPECT" for each other, don't pull your brother down, raise him up, and lets learn to be a good student before we think we are the teacher.
Great Teachers don't debate, they teach, debater spend all of their time debating and not teaching. Lets teach our people.
Peace & blesings to all.