Hrm?
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Am working on the next one, but this is taking a little longer because Iām trying to do things somewhat differently this time
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Some types of traditional sareers
This time, weāre going to look at saree styles from all over the country, that are draped differently, and next time, weāll cover fabrics!
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Kanjeewaram: This south indian style is categorized by its thick and heavily designed borders, called katha, and the padar, which has a pattern similar to the katha. These are silk sarees, usually hand woven, and known for their craftsmanship. These are also often worn to functions, but for the most important functions, the benarasi sarees are preffered. With good reason, Kanjeewaram is also known as the benarasi saree of the south.
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Gujarati drape: This is not a type of saree, more of a drape of saree. It is worn differently in the sense that the padar, which usually falles down your back upto your knee, in this case is taken up front and openes like a fan on your chest. Difficult to visualise if you havenāt seen it in action, so hereās an image.
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Benarasi silk sarees: These sarees of course, come from benaras and are made of silk. These are, like the kanjeewaram, known for their patterns and weave, and the katha and padar, which make these really famous. These have intricate detailing even on the main body, gold work, gold patterns. These are very very functional and are almost always worn only for special functions and events.
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Always feel free to ask me any questions you have, or anything you want me to cover! I'll go over those soon, too!
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wait wait wait wait-
Youāre Maharashtrian?
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ā¦yes!
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I never thought I would find one.
I am too!! Where do you live?
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Hey guys! This time, weāre covering DAILYWEAR! (traditional, ofc)
A KURTA is traditionally just mens-wear, but now itās worn by everyone across genders. Itās charactersied by a long formal top that reaches your knees - although fashions make it shorter or longer - and has splits at the sides below the hips. This is accompanied by a chudidaar or salwaar, tradtionally - yes, the same pant style you would wear with a punjabi dress. Now, fashion includes wearing these with many styles - the palazzo, for example.
For formal functions, this is also accompanied by a jacket.
Simple cotton Kurta:
A little bit of fancy never hurt anyone:
These are what pass for mensā wedding wear in Maharashtra, not traditionally our dress, but most popular - except for the pooja bits, but weāll cover those outfits later. Let me know what other dress styles youād like to see, or if there are dress for specific events you want me to cover, or anything else!
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Iām also planning to reorganize this slightly - Iāll add a table of contents in the first post, and Iāll do one style per post so it shouldnāt take me as long to get these up.
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Hey guys! I have the next one researched and almost ready, but exams are starting next week and Iāve been really really busy, so Iāll put it up once exams are over - near the 24th, if thatās fine.
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Iām back with sarees!
ā¦yes, more sarees. You can never have enough sarees.
The BENGALI SAREE, is a traditionally white and red saree - white for the body, and red for the katha (borders). This is also draped in the Bengali style, also known as the Athpourey style. Instead of pleats both at the bottom and top, this saree is just draped 'round the waist and then over the upper body. THe pallu is pulled over the right shoulder.
Fun Fact: Tradtionally, the head of the house would tie the keys to the pallu to indicate status.
The Coorgi Drape is a very specific drape worn in a very tiny region ā Coorg in Karnataka. The main difference from a general drape is in the upper body - instead of draping it diagonally over the shoulder, Coorgi ladies drape it horizontally under the arms and bring the pallu over the right shoulder like the bengali drape.
Fun Fact: Coorg is known for itsā military regiment in the army and honorable people. Class 10 students in India have a lesson about Coorg in their english textbooks.
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Do you guys want me to add a resources post where I direct you to articles about different dresses? I'll make it a wiki so everyone can share.
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Okay, so I have officially run out of ideas for this thread. Tell me what you want me to cover next (Iām not unwilling to do research if I donāt know much!)
Let me know if you have any ideas. Also for those who reply āotherā to the poll below
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So in the spirit of the previous post, hereās a poll of things I donāt know much about but will research for the thread if you guys want it
- Indian Fashion (couture) / latest fashion news in India
- A guide to the traditional and dance dresses across India
- Make a new thread about food
- Make a new thread about dances
- Other (specify in wiki above this post)
0 voters
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What about footwear? And any accessories, how they are properly called and worn?
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OOOH yesss, I forgot all about those! Iāll have something ready with that soon!
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SHoes.
Okay, so as far as I know, there arenāt too many different shoe styles in India. I do know of one called Paduka, which were once used regularly, but are now just for temples.
Paduka are basically wooden flat shoes with one wooden nail-like shape which separate the smaller toes from the thumb.
It looks like this:
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They look so comfy. Argh. (āÆ^.^į¦)
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Just a heads-up: you might want to edit the code for the taglist. Itās unreadable on light mode and desktop unless you zoom in 
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Ah, alright
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