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rajendersingh
November 26th, 2002, 07:49 PM
THE DRESS IN THE YEAR 1883 IS RECORDED AS GIVEN BELOW

'' the dress of the people is simple,and is much the same in classes.the men wear a dhoti and chadar(sheet),and above thi a dohar or a double sheet,a turban(pagri)and shoes (patan);inthe winter the put on a vest(kamari), and make themselves warm with a blanket and padded quilt(dolara and razai),the better claas of headmen have lately taken to wearing the long white linen tunic,but only during the last ten years.the value of a man's dress is about rs 9;the cost to him is much less of course, as the women make the thread,which is then woven by the jullahas or dhankas at the rate of rs 1-4-0 per 65 yards, and dyed (if for the use women) by the chipi .the chamar supplies the shoes.the women wear a petticoat(lahnga or ghagari), a breast cloth (angia) and a single and double sheet(chunari and dulai).the orhna is a worked coloured sheet worn on festal occasions,when European clothes are also displayed. the cost of a woman's clothes is much the same as man's. the musalman women usually wear the paijamas and short jacket, and perfer a dark blue than any other colour.a woman whose husband alive(sohagan),generally possesses jewellary to the value of some 60or 70 rupees. the commoner articles are the nose ring(nath),earnings(dandi and bali), necklace(hasla),necklaces formed of several rows(pachlara and sathlara,and necklaces of rupees(jhalara),which are very commonly worn by women and children.the boys of well to do fathers generally have rupee or some other coin strung round their necks;silver ornaments on the arms are called bazuband,bracelets on the wrist, worn above the churiana of lace and glass, are called tad and pacheli;heavy anklets of silver(pazeb)are also worn. the men put on gold earrnings and necklaces of gold beads at festivals and marriages;and the wealth of an estate may be fairly gauged by the amount of jewellaryseen on the persons of the women and childern''.

urmiladuhan
November 27th, 2002, 01:11 AM
Rajender Singh (Nov 26, 2002 09:19 a.m.):
THE DRESS IN THE YEAR 1883 IS RECORDED AS GIVEN BELOW

'' the dress of the people is simple,and is much the same in classes.the men wear a dhoti and chadar(sheet),and above thi a dohar or a double sheet,a turban(pagri)and shoes (patan);inthe winter the put on a vest(kamari), and make themselves warm with a blanket and padded quilt(dolara and razai),the better claas of headmen have lately taken to wearing the long white linen tunic,but only during the last ten years.the value of a man's dress is about rs 9;the cost to him is much less of course, as the women make the thread,which is then woven by the jullahas or dhankas at the rate of rs 1-4-0 per 65 yards, and dyed (if for the use women) by the chipi .the chamar supplies the shoes.the women wear a petticoat(lahnga or ghagari), a breast cloth (angia) and a single and double sheet(chunari and dulai).the orhna is a worked coloured sheet worn on festal occasions,when European clothes are also displayed. the cost of a woman's clothes is much the same as man's. the musalman women usually wear the paijamas and short jacket, and perfer a dark blue than any other colour.a woman whose husband alive(sohagan),generally possesses jewellary to the value of some 60or 70 rupees. the commoner articles are the nose ring(nath),earnings(dandi and bali), necklace(hasla),necklaces formed of several rows(pachlara and sathlara,and necklaces of rupees(jhalara),which are very commonly worn by women and children.the boys of well to do fathers generally have rupee or some other coin strung round their necks;silver ornaments on the arms are called bazuband,bracelets on the wrist, worn above the churiana of lace and glass, are called tad and pacheli;heavy anklets of silver(pazeb)are also worn. the men put on gold earrnings and necklaces of gold beads at festivals and marriages;and the wealth of an estate may be fairly gauged by the amount of jewellaryseen on the persons of the women and childern''.

I like your gazette posts very much! please do post as much information as you can from the records. I think the dress codes have changed very much like men not wearing jewellery these days.