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Kurta
Kurta is a term used to refer to a long loose shirt, the
length of which falls below or may be just above the
knees of the wearer. In the olden times, it was
primarily worn by men, but today, it has become a
unisex dress that both men and
women can wear.
Indian Salwar Kameez
Salwar kameez is the traditional Indian clothing
for women. Due to its high popularity in the
region of Punjab, shalwar kameez is commonly
referred to as Punjabi suit.
The fashion of Shalwar Kameez in India is not
new. Since the past many few centuries,
women have been wearing this wonderful
attire
2) Today's saree
style-
India clothing went through a lot of changes in the
nineteenth century. During the 1930's women's
fashions started to become more stylish and fashionable.
Even with the changes India was making they still kept
their traditional fabrics they had always used. Later in the
nineteenth century a new Style of clothes that fit the body
tight started to become very popular and India began to
add this in their fashions. The colors of clothing were
mostly bright and colorful, but some dark colors were
being added to the new styles giving more variety to
choose from. During this same decade India clothes for
men also went though some changes but they still held
onto their traditions. India men continued to wear
Headdresses that had been worn by them for so long. The
headdresses are things like the turban and are still being
worn today. These turbans are made by fabric that was not
sewed together but is one piece of material. Tracing
Gandhi earnestly believed that a person involved in public
service should lead a simple life. He first displayed this
principle when he gave up wearing western-style clothing,
which he associated with wealth and success. When he
returned to India he renounced the western lifestyle he
lead in South Africa, where he had enjoyed a successful
legal practice.
Gandhi dressed to be accepted by the poorest person in
India, advocating the use of homespun cloth (khadi). He
and his followers adopted the practice of weaving their
own clothes from thread they themselves spun, and
encouraged others to do so. While Indian workers were
often idle due to unemployment, they had often bought
their clothing from industrial manufacturers owned by
British interests. It was Gandhi's view that if Indians made
their own clothes, it would deal an economic blow to the
British establishment in India. Consequently, the spinning
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In India there is often
an elaborate ceremony
during the funeral of a
widow's husband,
including smashing the
bangles, removing the
bindi as well as any
colorful attire, and
requiring the woman to