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WEAR INDIAN TRADITIONAL SAREE

A sari or saree is the traditional female garment in India.It is also still worn in Pakistan by some women. A sari is a very long strip of unstitched cloth,ranging from four to nine metres in length, which can be draped in various styles. The most common style is for the sari to be wrapped around the waist, with one end then draped over the shoulder baring the midriff.The sari is usually worn over a petticoat (pavada/pavadai in the south, and shaya in eastern India), with a blouse known as a choli or ravika forming the upper garment. The choli has short sleeves and a low neck and is usually cropped, and as such is particularly well-suited for wear in the sultry South Asian summers. Cholis may be "backless" or of a halter neck style. These are usually more dressy with a lot of embellishments such as mirrors or embroidery and may be worn on special occasions.Women in the armed forces, when wearing a sari uniform, don a half-sleeve shirt tucked in at the waist.

How to wear a Sari.

Indian women clad in sari's have a charm of their own. Generally the saris are worn in the following way.
Step 1.Unfold the sari into a single length. The inner top end of the correct side (the side of the sari where the print is most elegant) should be tucked into the long skirt which is already worn.
Step 2.While tucking in, the breadth of the sari (height) should be of floor length.
Step 3.The sari is wound around the waist and the remaining length of the sari should be brought to the front.
Step 4 .The other end of the sari (pallu) should be pleated in three or four pleats in length and pinned to the blouse on the left shoulder. It should hang behind the shoulder a little below the knee.
Step 5.Many pleats are taken with the remaining length of the sari (in the front) starting from the right side. It should be carefully and neatly tucked into the long skirt without protruding.

Step 6.The skirt should be moderately tight and the tucking should be proper, otherwis stamped, the pleats might come out.

Step 7.The other end of the sari (pallu) pinned on the left side shoulder can also be left in single layer without pinning.

 

How to adjust for walking and moving about

The sari is not the kind of garment, like a t-shirt, that you put on and wear all day and forget about it. Draped clothing is about constant adjustment and movement. But this is the charm of it. The pallu is made to be swept around back and front, tucked in at the waist when you're working, opened up and thrown over the shoulders like a shawl, or covering the head and neck and arms against the hot sun. The sari is a dance of fabric.

One of the things that is the hardest to master is walking fast in the sari, going up stairs, down stairs - you'll feel the fabric tugging at your calves and this will mess up your stride and you already feel a bit self conscious anyway, being a woman in a sari, having the gall to show yourself in such a thing in perhaps, Texas


Climbing

Using your left hand and grab the pleats - pretty much level with your crotch and lift up, use your left hand to lift the bottom hem of the sari up to mid calf. This helps a lot when going up stairs, and keeps the bottom of your sari clean. You think about this alot in India, and maybe even Texas. This is a beautiful graceful gesture that is part of wearing the sari


 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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