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Footwear: Baloch women use four types of shoes, namely Sawas, Mochi, Katuk and Takkul. Balochi embroidery alone has 118 different basic designs. [18] Baloch women use a large scarf to cover their heads called a sareg. [19] Mahtab Norouzi was an Iranian Baluchi master artisan, she was known for her textiles and women's clothing. [20] [21] [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. Since it is purely hand embroidered, Balochi Duch is expensive and it takes months to complete a single Balochi suit.
Mirror work embroidery is a type of traditional Balochi embroidery [1] as the Balochi women have a special skill in ornamentation of clothes with mirror - work . [11] and art that is used to decorate coats, cloth, hat(pag), local clothing between Baloch of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. [12] Balochi mirror embroidery
The Punjabi suit is popular in other regions of the Indian subcontinent, [67] [68] [69] such as Mumbai and Sindh. [70] The popularity of Punjabi suits in India was extentuated during the 1960s through Hindi cinema. [71] Punjabi suits are also popular among young women in Bangladesh [72] and are especially popular amongst school girls in India. [73]
Different regions of Balochi tribes have their own distinct needlework designs. [7] This craft has traditionally been created only by women, and has been passed down through the generations. [5] [8] [7] The stitching designs and patterning hold meaning; common motifs include arrows, "chicken feet", diamonds, and flowers. [7]
Mahtab Norouzi (English: New Year Moonlight) was born circa 1934 and lived in the small village of Qasemabad, Bampur in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. [4] She had learned to do the traditional Balochi embroidery from her mother, starting at age 15. [4]
Balochi rugs, floor coverings made by the Baloch, are often sold in the Herat local market and global market. [121] Needlework and handicrafts are the art of Baloch women in Afghanistan. Baloch women wear clothes called "Za Asteen Guptan", which are designed on Baloch needlework and embroidery.
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 ...