Sheep, like goats, prefer fine, leafy hay and will not eat coarse hay. Immature grass hay or leafy alfalfa is usually the best feed for sheep. Mature sheep can get by on good-quality grass hay, but lambs do better with a legumeâharvested while still growing so that it has finer stems.
These kaftans, which today are mainly worn by East African women, were originally only worn by West African men. Made from cotton or silk, kaftans button down the front. They are also the traditional female clothing of many countries in West Africa such as Mali, Senegal and Ghana.
In Russia the word kaftan is used for another type of clothing: a kind of a man's long suit with tight sleeves. The word kaftan entered was adopted from the Tatar language, which in turn had borrowed the word from Turkish.n West Africa, the female robe is called a kaftan, and the male robe is called the Senegalese kaftan. A Senegalese kaftan is a pullover men's robe with long bell sleeves. In the Wolof language, this robe is called a mbubb and in French it is called a boubou. The Senegalese caftan is an ankle length garment.