For example, traditional architecture is exhibited by the "kolba" in which Nana and her daughter Mariam live as opposed to the modern house in which Jalil and Rasheed live. Traditionalism also required that fashion, in the sense of clothing such as "burqa", "pakol" and "turban", be embraced as opposed to modern views of one's sense of dressing which are highly dependent on choice and comfort. This is illustrated by Mariam's observations regarding the type of women she encounters in Kabul. She refers to them as a different breed of women than she is used to. Contrary to the women in her neighborhood who were always fully covered as tradition demanded, these were modern Afghan women married to modern Afghan men who did not mind their wives walking among strangers "...with makeup on their faces and nothing on their heads " (Puspitasari