Sari

Sari

-Indian Traditional Costume-

Miyu

 

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It is said that the sari is the most elegant and beautiful traditional costume in the world. A difference between sari and other country’s traditional costume is that sari is still be worn as a daily clothes in India and other Indian area such as Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. A reason why sari still continues to be worn in these areas, even though western clothes are spread, is because of its flexibility and efficiency. More than seventy-five presents of women in India is still wearing sari in various situations and consider sari as a multipurpose and useful clothes. Its gorgeous design and material are attracting the world’s attention. I found its original way of wearing, wrap a piece of cloth around the body, is really surprising and unique. Also I think it has a common point with Japanese traditional costume, kimono, as it is made of a cloth.

 

Sari is a piece of cloth whose length is five to eight meters. Without the hem, there is no needlework at all and no matter how extremely big difference in women’s figure, they do not need to choose their size of sari. Both thin women and not thin women can wear the same sari. This is another big reason why sari is inherited for thousands of years. There are all sorts of sari, ranging from the very expensive to the simply cheap. The cheap one is around eight hundred yen and the expensive one is more than one million yen. Even though in the middle class, Indian women have several saris which cost about several hundred thousand yen for special occasions. Sari is a property for Indian women and they take over an expensive sari to their children and to their grandchildren. In this point, sari is efficient because people do not need to care about the size. I think this is also a common point with Japanese kimono. Sari is only a piece of cloth but it cannot be easily influenced by people’s figures and trends and maintain an old tradition. Sari is treated preciously for generation to generation. I think this is the real eco-friendly clothes because there is no reason to throw away sari unless they are worn out.

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There are various ways of sari draping in different regions, castes, situations such as formal and casual, and people. It is said that there are more than 80 recorded ways to wear a sari. The most common style, which we see often in the TV, is for the sari to be wrapped around the waist, with the loose end of the drape to be worn over the shoulder. It is called Navi style and can be worn in any occasion.

 

Indian traditional costume, sari is elegant and gorgeous clothes which make it possible to pass the tradition and history on to the next generations directly. Unfortunately, less and less people wear traditional costume is the world but the reason why this sari is still continued to be worn in Indian areas is its eco-friendliness is flexibility. As long as sari has these features, I am sure that people will continue to wear it and become more precious.

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

 

Ø  http://puja.com/sari/hstry/hstry.htm

Ø  http://www.anshusdesigns.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=57

Ø  http://www.exoticindiaart.com/theindiansari.htm

Ø  http://ameblo.jp/keiko-india/entry-11240002617.html

Ø  http://www.namasute-mumbai.com/sari.html