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Baloch traditional clothing (Balochi: جامگ، پوچ) is a historical and contemporary aspect of Baloch heritage and deep association between the traditional dress and Baloch ethnic identity. [1] The clothing of the Baloch people consists of various styles of kameez and shalwar, turban, shoes and head scarfs.
The typical dress of a Baloch woman consists of a long frock and shalwar with a headscarf. [22] Balochi women wear heavy embroidered shalwar kameez and dupatta with the embroidery utilising Shisha work. [23] The Balochi Duch from Makran District is one of the many forms of Balochi dresses and is famous all across Balochistan.
Balochi coin embroidery is very popular among the Baloch people in Iran and has created a large market. [167] Outside of weaving and clothing, there are many other Baloch needleworks, decorations on balochi dress is a tradition in Baloch culture including Balochi cap, jackets, belts, ladies purse, shoulder bags, and many other items. [168]
Shalwar kameez [2] [3] (also salwar kameez [4] and less commonly shalwar qameez) [5] [6] is a traditional combination dress worn by men and women in South Asia, [4] [7] and Central Asia. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Shalwars are trousers which are atypically wide at the waist and narrow to a cuffed bottom.
Balochi culture (Balochi: بلوچی دۏد) is a group of distinctive cultural traits practiced by Baloch people. [ 1 ] Baloch culture is rich, diverse, and deeply rooted in the traditions of the Baloch people, Their culture reflects a unique blend of nomadic, tribal, and regional influences shaped by their geography and history.
The traditional clothing for the lower region is the khat partug which is a shalwar kameez combination and is worn by men and women. The khat (also called khattaki or in Marwat Pashtu, kamis) [1] is the shirt which fits closely to the body to the waist and then flares out, either to the knees, or in the case of women, to the ankles.
It has its roots in the Balochi, Brahui, Sindhi, [1] and Pashto. [2] Folk music, Balochi handicrafts , drama and Balochi cinema play a significant role in Baloch culture. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Quetta , the provincial capital of Balochistan, has several historical monuments such as Pirak , the Chaukhandi tombs and the Quaid-e-Azam Residency .
Original dress code of Sindhi women was Lehenga/Ghagra Choli with a long and wide veil, up until the 1840s, women started wearing the suthan underneath the lehnga, later on around 1930s with time Sindhi women stopped wearing lehenga and only wore Sindhi suthan and choli got replaced by long cholo, and men originally wore Dhoti or Godd and a long or short angrakho or Jamo [1] [2] [3] later ...