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Clothing in India varies with the different ethnicities, geography, climate, and cultural traditions of the people of each region of India. Historically, clothing has evolved from simple garments like kaupina, langota, achkan, lungi, sari, to perform rituals and dances. In urban areas, western clothing is common and uniformly worn by people of ...
Punjabi kurta and tehmat Milk vendor with typical traditional brass containers, Gagar, used in Majha Region of Punjab wearing traditional clothes. The tamba, which is also called tehmat [1] [2] is the Punjabi version of the lungi which has folds at the front and is the traditional dress for Punjabi men.
A traditional cotton kurta with wooden cuff-links-style buttons, centre placket opening with chikan, a style of embroidery from Lucknow, India. A kurta is a loose collarless shirt or tunic worn in many regions of South Asia, [1] [2] [3] and now also worn around the world. [4]
The kaupinam, kovanam, kaupina, langot, or lungooty is a loincloth worn by men in the Indian subcontinent as underclothing. It is still commonly worn in South Asia by pehlwans (wrestlers) while exercising or sparring in a dangal. It is basically a rectangular strip of cloth used to cover the genitals, with strings connected to the four ends of ...
While the sari is still draped by many women as daily wear, only a few men know how to wrap the dhoti & use it everyday. [21] The dhoti has been displaced by the "English clothes" of the British, in urban areas like Bombay (Mumbai). [22] Men in dhotis are looked down upon, because they are perceived as poor, at some places such as shopping ...
The kediyu is a garment worn by men in the rural coastal parts of western Gujarat, including Junagadh district. [1] The kediyu is a long sleeved upper garment, pleated at the chest, which reaches to the waist. [2] [3] The prints on the kediyu include bandhani designs which are local to Gujarat and Rajasthan. [4]
Sherwanis are mostly worn in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. [16]: 571 These garments usually feature detailed embroidery or patterns. One major difference between sherwani-wearing habits is the choice of lower garment: while in India it is mainly worn with churidars or pyjamas, in Pakistan and Bangladesh it is mainly worn with a shalwar.
Women's clothing and fashion were also influenced by the British. They did not wear fully western clothes like men, but many started to wear petticoats and certain blouse styles under their saris. [17] Both of these articles of clothing were brought to India by Europeans. These new articles of clothing also created some tension between castes.