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2. Bindi - Wikipedia

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   Bindis are a staple and symbolic for women in the Indian subcontinent. [22] In addition to the bindi, in India, a vermilion mark in the parting of the hair just above the forehead is worn by married women as a symbol of life-long commitment to their husbands. During all Hindu marriage ceremonies, the groom applies sindoor in the part in the ...

3. Kothammuriyattam - Wikipedia

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   Kothammuriyattom is a village folk art form of northern Kerala, India. It is in fact Godavariyattom. Basically it is a theyyam (a popular ritual form of worship of North Malabar), with the image of a cow-face attached to mid part of the body. Usually a boy is selected to do this. Special hair work, face pack, and costumes accompany this.

4. Ghoonghat - Wikipedia

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   A Hindu woman with a ghoonghat veil. A ghoonghat (ghunghat, ghunghta, ghomta, orhni, odani, laaj, chunari, jhund, kundh) is a headcovering or headscarf, worn primarily in the Indian subcontinent, by some married Hindu, Jain, and Sikh women to cover their heads, and often their faces.

5. Sideburns - Wikipedia

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   Sideburns, sideboards, [1] or side whiskers are facial hair grown on the sides of the face, extending from the hairline to run parallel to or beyond the ears. The term sideburns is a 19th-century corruption of the original burnsides , named after American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside , [ 2 ] a man known for his unusual facial hairstyle ...

6. Sindoor - Wikipedia

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   Methods and styles of applying the sindoor vary from personal choice to regional customs. Many new brides will fill the whole hair line with sindoor, while other married women may just apply a red spot at the end of the hair line and forehead. Recently, a triangle shape on the forehead pointing towards the nose, with a diamond bindi for fashion ...

7. List of paintings by Amrita Sher-Gil - Wikipedia

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   Formerly called Indian Peasant Woman. [11] [71] 1935: Woman with Fan: New Delhi, National Gallery of Modern Art: 59 × 82.5 cm Oil on canvas [67] Painted in July 1935 at Mashobra, Simla, modelled on Prakash, Umrao Singh's daughter by his first marriage. [72] Sher-Gil possibly later made alterations to the face. [26] 1935: Boys with Lemons ...