Author Topic: Gidha Women (Read 938 times)

Deep nimana · « **on:** May 11, 2009, 10:51:22 AM »

Women

Dupatta (chunni or scarf)
Tikka (jewellery on the forehead)
Jhumka (earrings)
Paranda (braid tassle)
Kameez (shirt)
Salwaar (pants)

Women wear typical punjabi outfits, a salwaar kameez with a slightly short kameez and a baggy salwaar. Usually the kameez is a contrasting color from the dupatta and salwaar. Sometimes women also wear sharraras (ghagara with split pants). The dupatta is not necessarily worn on the head, and in gidda the dupattas used are heavily embroidered. Women wear a lot of jewellery - bangles, tikka, jhumkas, necklace and nath (nose ring).

But what makes the outfit typically punjabi is the paranda - the tassle that is woven into the braid. The fancier the better, the longer the better, and often the braid is wrapped with golden gotta to make it even more prominent. It is not by accident there are so many punjabi songs about it (Kali teri gutt, te paranda teraa laal ne). A common metaphor for the paranda is a black snake (saap), that winds and weaves as she dances.

Author Topic: Gidha Women (Read 938 times)

Deep nimana

Gidha Women

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