Friday, December 2, 2011

STYLES OF INDIA




Namaste and Hi guys! I am here to introduce you to the country rich with species and whose tradition is famous world wide. In the last blog we learned about some dishes of India. Yummy!! Today I going to introduce you with different kinds of dresses and of India. First let's start with th most famous dress of India which is known worldwide-

SAREE-     It is a kind of dress which is really diffult to carry but looks very beautiful when worn. The picture on the right side shows an bollywood actress  (katrina Kaif) in a saree. She is my one of the favorite actress. She looks really pretty in a saree. Saree is usually worn by the bride and on special ocassions like someone's marriage or something like that. Sarees are of many types- like silk, cotton, banarasi ( kind of a fabric and design), rajastani (from the north-west part of India) and many more. They are all just different kinds of prints and designs.
The most famous types of Indian saree are-
  • Bandhani

  • Patola

  • Gujarati brocade

  • Paithani

  • Chanderi

  • Gadawal

  • Banaras brocade

  • Kota doria

  • Kanjeevaram

  • Konrad

  • Pashmina silk

  • Kota silk

  • Puttapakshi

  • Baluchari

  • Types of saree - http://www.mapsofindia.com/india-dress.html

    LAHANGA- It is a kind of a dress that is somewhat realed to saree. It has three seprate piecies. When I  was small I used to wear lahanga on marriages. In this you have a top kind of thing with a long skirt in the bottom with a light stole kind of thing for the neck. It is a dress that usually worn in south - western part of India like Gujrat, Ahemdabad and even the middle part of India like Madhya Pradesh.  
     Picture- http://stationhollywood.blogspot.com/2008/08/review-of-singh-is-kinng.html

    KURTA PAJAMA- It is a dress that is commonly worn by Indian women as daily wear. It is a long top with a pajama kind of thing for the bottom and a light stole for the neck. 
     
    Picture- http://mummyg.com/dhoti%20kurta.html
                

    DOHTI KURTA & LUNGI -  It is a dress worn by the men of India. It is the most common traditional dress for mens. It is a kind of dress men usually wear on marriages or special occassions. The picture on the left is  of two men wearing a DHOTI ( the bottom part) KURTA ( the top part). The difference between Dhoti and Kurta is that Lungi is worn and called in the sourthen part of India.

    Not so long ago, nauwaree was the usual dress of marathi brahmin women. Now it is mostly worn only in functions in urban locations as a traditional dress.

wish it weren’t just traditional dress, this is totally badass                                            

    KESHAV - It is a dress worn by women living in the western part of India. The bottom is kind of same as the lungi (dress worn by women _ above). It is dress that mostly worn by women living in the western part of India like Maharashtra(I am from Maharashtra, and I once worn this dress for fancy dress competition although I came 2nd in the competition).  

    Picture- http://veralligator.tumblr.com/post/6647039923/not-so-long-ago-nauwaree-was-the-usual-dress-of                                        




           The picture on the left is of a typical men living in Rajasthan (northern part of India). The picture below is of a typical women living in Rajasthan.( This is a picture of a girl dancing).  

      
    Picture1- http://www.indianetzone.com/42/costumes_rajasthani_men.htm                                              
    Picture 2- http://zanbaka.com/inspiration.htm

           This is a picture of mehndi ( HENA). I know this is not realated to this topic but I just love hena- it smells really good and even looks really good when applied.                                                


    Picture- http://www.ajewelrystyle.com/rajasthani-mehndi-designs-for-your-hands-and-feet/
                                                                                       

                                                                            

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