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Maybe Purde is related to "Purdah", (from Urdu and Persian "Pardah"), namely a veil or curtain designed to hide women from drooling men and strangers. The fact that teh prevailing religion in Indonesia is Islam may lend some credence to this approach :)
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The meaning of purde  ·  Purde  ·  10/1/2001, 2:36 AM
Cha-cha-chador  ·  Pavlos  ·  10/1/2001, 8:55 AM
(continued)  ·  Pavlos  ·  10/1/2001, 8:58 AM
Re: (continued)  ·  Cha-cha chador  ·  10/2/2001, 10:42 PM