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  2. Dhoti - Wikipedia

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    The dhoti is an ankle-length breechcloth, [1] wrapped around the waist and the legs, in resemblance to the shape of trousers. [2] [3] [4] The dhoti is a garment of ethnic wear for men in the Indian subcontinent. [5] [6] The dhoti is fashioned out of a rectangular piece of unstitched cloth, of usually around 4 yards (3.7 m) in length. [7] [8]

  3. Kuthampally dhoties and set mundu - Wikipedia

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    The goods coming under the Geographical indication are double dhoti (or, double mundu or double veshti or Kuthampully dhoti), set mundu (or, mundum neriyathum) and neriyathu (or, kavani). Kuthampally is a village in the Thiruvilwamala Gramapanchayath of Thalapilly Taluk of Thrissur District in Kerala. Historically, Kuthampally was the original ...

  4. Punjabi clothing - Wikipedia

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    A scarf was worn over the tops which would be draped over the left shoulder and under the right. A large sheet would be further draped over one shoulder which would hang loose towards the knees. Both male and female wore a dhoti around the waist. [1] Modern Punjabi dress has retained the dhoti, but over its long history has added other forms of ...

  5. Clothing in India - Wikipedia

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    India also has a great diversity [1] in terms of weaves, fibers, colors, and the material of clothing. Sometimes, color codes are followed in clothing based on the religion and ritual concerned. The clothing in India also encompasses a wide variety of Indian embroidery, prints, handwork, embellishments, and styles of wearing clothes. A wide mix ...

  6. History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    The British also impacted the textile industry in India because of industrialization and using their own mills instead of artisans in India. This led to the unemployment of many Indians. Later, Gandhi called for Indian people to make and wear their own hand-spun clothing, called khadi cloth, as a sign of resistance against the British. [21]

  7. Malaysian cultural outfits - Wikipedia

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    Malay children wearing traditional dresses during Hari Raya.. Pakaian (Jawi: ڤاکاين) is the term for clothing in Malaysia's national language.It is referring to things to wear such as shirts, pants, shoes etc. [1] Since Malaysia is a multicultural nation: Malay, Chinese, Indian and hundreds of other indigenous groups of Malay Peninsula and Borneo, each has its own traditional and ...

  8. Folk costume - Wikipedia

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    Brunei – Baju Melayu, Songkok (male), Baju Kurung, Tudung (female) Cambodia [28] – Sampot, Apsara, Sabai, Krama, Chang kben; East Timor [28] – Tais mane, tais feto; Indonesia [28] – There are numerous national and regional clothing in Indonesia due to the diversity of cultures that make up the island nation; they include: Batak tribe ...

  9. 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 ...