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India also has a great diversity [1] in terms of weaves, fibers, colors, and the material of clothing. Sometimes, color codes are followed in clothing based on the religion and ritual concerned. The clothing in India also encompasses a wide variety of Indian embroidery, prints, handwork, embellishments, and styles of wearing clothes. A wide mix ...
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.
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 ...
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 men usually wear kurta and pants or shirt) coat with a Himachali cap. In the states of Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana, traditional dress is Kameez Shalwar. In the states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and southern Haryana, it is ghagra choli. Pagri is worn in various region styles and is the symbol which shows one's ...
The clothing of South India is highly diverse, but is connected by a common cultural ancestry. South Indian women are known to traditionally wear the sari while the men wear a type of sarong, which could be either a white dhoti or a colourful lungi with typical batik patterns. However, these are but a few of an expansive tradition of fashion.
[17] [24] [25] The shalwar-kameez is widely-worn by men and women in Pakistan, [26] [27] and is the country's national dress. [28] It is also widely worn by men and women in Afghanistan, [29] and some men in the Punjab region of India, from which it has been adopted by women throughout India, [30] and more generally in South Asia. [31]
The jama was worn by men in the Punjab region during the Mughal period. The phrase "jora jama" refers to the clothes given by the maternal uncle to the groom, [99] which points to the jama being part of Punjabi clothing (although grooms do not wear the jama now). A local style of shawl called the jamawar which was striped was used as a gown.