Ala (pure) cloth – Asho Ala – does not mean white cloth – rather it means pure cloth – and pure cloth of solid block colours, and when worn must be worn from head to toe – bar the soles of your shoes – and when worn is worn either playfully or solemnly to honor the energy of the all mighty called Obatala, or if in the islamic mode, Oba Allah, with the most proximate honorific name of God being THE creator, the source of all things.