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  2. Kurta - Wikipedia

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    According to the Oxford English Dictionary (online, subscription required) [11] The first use of kurta in English is attributed to W.G. Lawrence in T. E. Lawrence, Home Letters, 1913, "Me in a dhoti khurta, White Indian clothes." According to Cannon and Kay's The Persian Contributions to the English Language: A Historical Dictionary, 2001, [12 ...

  3. Daura-Suruwal - Wikipedia

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    The Daura is a variant of the Kurta and is the upper garment, the Suruwal is the trouser. The coat was added to the costume by Jang Bahadur Rana, a prime minister of Nepal in the 19th century. The outfit is also popular in Darjeeling in neighbouring India amongst people of Indian Gorkha origin. [2]

  4. Dhoti - Wikipedia

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    Simple English; Svenska ... In 1921, the famed M K Gandhi himself championed only the dhoti often topless (without a kurta or shirt), ... Nepali and Pali:

  5. Dhaka topi - Wikipedia

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    The traditional outfit of Nepali men features Daura-Suruwal (Nepalese shirt and trouser suit), Patuka (cloth wrapped around the waist instead of a belt), ista coat (the Nepalese sleeveless half-jacket) and a topi, while Gunyou Cholo (a ghagra-kurta style women's dress) is the dress for a woman who generally wore no topi. [1]

  6. Mithila culture - Wikipedia

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    Mithila culture or Maithil culture refers to the culture which originated in the Mithila region of the Indian subcontinent.Mithila comprises Tirhut, Darbhanga, Kosi, Purnia, Munger, Bhagalpur and Santhal Pargana divisions of India [1] and adjoining provinces of Province No. 1, Bagmati Pradesh, and Madhesh Province of Nepal.

  7. Khara dupatta - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes the kurta is worn with a long, lightweight sleeveless overcoat or a shorter koti, a bolero-like waistcoat. The brides wear a matching ghoonghat (veil) over the head. The dupatta is usually made of net material and embroidered with zardozi work.

  8. Kurtha - Wikipedia

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    Kurtha is a part of Janakpur sub metropolitan city in Dhanusa District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2022 Nepal census it had a population of 7,815 persons living in 250000+ individual households. Ramanand Chowk and parade chowk are in the east of Kurtha.

  9. Pakistani clothing - Wikipedia

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    Pakistani clothing refers to the ethnic clothing that is typically worn by people in the country of Pakistan and by Pakistanis.Pakistani clothes express the culture of Pakistan, the demographics of Pakistan, and cultures from Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Kashmir regions of the country.