This is Educational For Me!

[djpekky]

I knew only three of all these ways to wrap a Sari!

I have only seen ready-made Sarees in the Gujarati and the Assamese/Nivi ways. (Notice that I mention them together because the style in which those saris are ready-made that way seem to give both possibilities). I find this rather intriguing.

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[allisburning]

Saris: An Illustrated Guide to the Indian Art of Draping,
written and illustratred by Chantal Boulanger, gives several dozen wraps (her web site says that she's recorded "over a hundred", but I don't recall if they're all included in the book).

http://www.devi.net/saribook.html

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0966149610/102-3941052-4400115?v=glance

This book is really incredible, unique, and full of information. It is small-press published, so if this is the sort of thing that you are at all interested in, I would strongly advise getting it while you can.

[djpekky]

Thank you so much. I will pick it up.

Peace!

Pekky

[smittenbyu]

I always find it amusing how "foreign" ethnic garments/clothing/fashion are called "costume". So would jeans & t-shirt be considered the Anglo-American costume? :P

[mekkah]

Are you saying "Anglo" as in all white people who originally came from Europe? Anglo would not be exactly correct being alot of people are not English, same thing with saying Caucasian - because a very vast group of people fit that and they are not necessarily "white"

Just my .02...

But yea costume is kind of a wierd way of putting it.. couldn't it just be dress?

[smittenbyu]

I am just picking a random group to mention, for whom jeans and a t-shirt is a norm. And when I said Anglo-American, yes I meant those who came from England.

Whenever I organised cultural events in the US, I insisted on them using "dress" or "clothing". I wasn't organising a Halloween costume parade! :)

[djpekky]

I personally prefer to use the word "Clothing." I wonder if it has to do with me being a foreigner.

Peace!

Pekky

[laxmi76]

This is so neat! Thanks for posting this:-)

**hugs**

[djpekky]

Not a problem, Akka!

Peace!

Pekky

[mekkah]

I had no idea there were so many different ways! - although all the pics I have seen of my husbands family never wear the sari in the Bengali style that link listed and they are Bengali....

[djpekky]

I have a friend who is from West Bengal (Chaitali), and I have never seen her wearing the sari that Bengali way either. And in the Bengali Saraswati Pooja, I don't remember the Bengali girls who were wearing the Sari, wrapping it that way.

I guess that way of wearing the sari must be either too difficult, or not too popular nowadays.

Peace!

Pekky

Peace!

Pekky

[smittenbyu]

From what I have gathered from some Bengali friends and their moms, Bengali style has no pleats. And it does make it rather hard for mobility. I remember at our formal events some of them would actually wear the Gujarati style, as they felt it came the closest.