Boy dressed in classic men's clothing
One of the things that most often draws attention to foreigners when they visit India is the clothes that many people wear, something that is mainly in accordance with the region where we are as well as the religion and also the climate and that you will see change as you go. that you move from one region to another and that make this country something different in terms of traditional garments
For example, both the sari such as salwar kameez They are unisex suits where baggy pants and a tunic stand out, something used by both men and women although in men the most traditional is the lungs o dhoti kurtas.
The sari is a long strip of fabric without sewingr that women tend to hang in several different ways by their body. Today, one of the most common ways to wear it is to wrap it around the waist and then hang it over the shoulder. The perfect combination of a saree is with a fitted, short-sleeved blouse known as a choli or ravika.
This garment has its origins in the Indus Valley between 2.800 and 1.800 BC thanks to references found by various archaeologists who discovered the statue of a priest who had a piece of what appeared to be cloth wrapped around him, so it is one of the oldest known outfits, at least in India.
For its part, dhoti is widely used in Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat, in western India, by men, although there are different varieties depending on the region in which they are found and not in all places they look the same. In Gujarat men wear the dhoti with a kurta (a loose buttoned robe).