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  2. Sindhi clothing - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Khussa (footwear) - Wikipedia

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    Sindhi Khusso, Multani Khussa or simply Khussa (Urdu: کُھسّہ), is a traditional footwear [1] produced in Sindh and Multan in Pakistan. [2] [3] [4] Khussa are made by local artisans mostly using vegetable-tanned leather. Khussa is also hand painted on demand by Funkari Customs.

  4. Sindhi cap - Wikipedia

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    Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Jr wearing a Sindhi cap. The Sindhi cap originated during the time of the Kalhoras, [citation needed] but It was widely adopted in 19th and 20th century, in Sindh it was initially worn by young boys, because back in time in Sindh, bare head was frowned upon, so young boys used to cover their heads with Sindhi caps, while young and elderly men either wore Sindhi cap under ...

  5. Ajrak - Wikipedia

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    Ajrak (Sindhi: اجرڪ ‎), also known as Ajrakh, is a unique form of textile block-printing found primarily in Sindh, Pakistan [1] and the village of Ajrakhpur in the bordering Kutch district of India. [2] Ajrak textiles like shawls or dresses display special designs and patterns made using block printing with stamps.

  6. Sindhis - Wikipedia

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    Sindhi literature is the composition of oral and written scripts and texts in the Sindhi language in the form of prose: (romantic tales, and epic stories) and poetry: (Ghazal, Wai and Nazm). The Sindhi language is considered to be one of the oldest languages [174] of Ancient India, due to the influence of the language of Indus Valley ...

  7. Sindhi traditions and rituals - Wikipedia

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    A mullan is summoned, and, after some ceremonies and presents, a name for the child is taken either from religious works or decided upon according to the rules of judicial astrology. The Sindhis in the hills usually call their children by the names of plants and fruits; for example, Gul (flower), Kando (thorn), and Ambu (mango).

  8. Sehra (headdress) - Wikipedia

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    The act of tying the sehra around the groom's head right before he leaves for the bride's house is called sehra bandi.Typically the groom's sisters, female cousins, Bhabhi or sister-in-law are the essential performers of sehra bandi.

  9. Culture of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The national dress of Pakistan is the Persian origin shalwar kameez, a unisex garment widely-worn around South Asia, [59] [60] and national dress, [61] of Pakistan. When women wear the shalwar-kameez in some regions, they usually wear a long scarf or shawl called a dupatta around the head or neck. [ 62 ]