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  2. Sehra (headdress) - Wikipedia

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    Usually sehras are of two main types. The traditional sehra was made of flowers however nowadays beaded sehras are equally popular. A fresh floral sehra is the traditional sehra which is made up of flowers. [6] A bejewelled sehra is made up of fancy jewels, stones and pearls. [6]

  3. Sherwani - Wikipedia

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    The sherwani is now famous as a wedding outfit, and it has always been popular as an outfit which can be worn on formal occasions. [7] The sherwani signified the dignity and etiquette of the nobility, and it used to be the court dress of the nobles of Turkish and Persian origin. It is the national dress of Pakistan for men. A sherwani carries a ...

  4. Fleuron (typography) - Wikipedia

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    A fleuron (/ ˈ f l ʊər ɒ n,-ə n, ˈ f l ɜːr ɒ n,-ə n / [1]), also known as printers' flower, is a typographic element, or glyph, used either as a punctuation mark or as an ornament for typographic compositions. Fleurons are stylized forms of flowers or leaves; the term derives from the Old French: floron ("flower"). [2]

  5. List of plants with symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Language of flowers – cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers Hanakotoba , also known as 花言葉 – Japanese form of the language of flowers List of national flowersflowers that represent specific geographic areas

  6. Language of flowers - Wikipedia

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    Illustration from Floral Poetry and the Language of Flowers (1877). According to Jayne Alcock, grounds and gardens supervisor at the Walled Gardens of Cannington, the renewed Victorian era interest in the language of flowers finds its roots in Ottoman Turkey, specifically the court in Constantinople [1] and an obsession it held with tulips during the first half of the 18th century.

  7. History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    Height about 1 meter. Tokyo National Museum. History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent can be traced to the Indus Valley civilization or earlier. Indians have mainly worn clothing made up of locally grown cotton. India was one of the first places where cotton was cultivated and used even as early as 2500 BCE during the Harappan era.

  8. Lilium mackliniae - Wikipedia

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    Lilium mackliniae, the Shirui lily or Shirui Kashong Timrawon, [1] is a rare Indian species of plant found only in the upper reaches of the Shirui hill ranges in the Ukhrul district of Manipur, India, at an elevation of 1,730–2,590 metres (5,680–8,500 ft) above sea level. It is located near the boundary of Myanmar to the east, Shirui ...

  9. Achkan - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] The achkan is generally associated with the Hindus while the sherwani was historically favoured by Muslims. [7] The two garments have significant similarities, though sherwanis typically are more flared at the hips and achkans are lengthier than sherwanis. The achkan later evolved into the Nehru Jacket, which is popular in India. [5]