Dress of the People
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the villages of the district the man usually wears kurta (long
and loose shirts) or a ganji
(half shirt), a dhoti, an angauchha (scarf),
and a turban or cap, and a woman saluka (loose blouse), dhotis/saris or a lehnga (long skirt) and an orhni (long scarf)
to cover the head and the upper part of the body. The common dress of a male Muslim
consists of a lungi
or pyjama, a
kurta or
shirt, sometimes also a sherwani
(long coat) and a cap or a turban and Muslim women wear pyjamas, kurtas and orhanis or dupattas (long
scarf). Towns women ususally were saris and blouses and young girls salwars and pyjamas, kurtas
and dupattas.
Whereas the educated and more advanced townsmen dress in the western style, bushcoat or bush-shirts with trousers or slacks being the more
popular dress. |
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