TAKING VIEW ALONG THE EAST INDIA DRESSES(ASSAM DRESS CODE)

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ASSAM DRESS CODE:

ASSAM IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE WHICH HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE SEVEN SISTERS IN THE NORTH EAST ASSAM IS NOT JUST A BUDDING STATE ,BUT ALSO A PLACE WITH DEEP CULTURAL ROOTS AND THE PEOPLE HERE TAKE PRIDE IN THE REFINEMENT OF THEIR CULTURAL ROOTS. THIS STATE PORTRAYS ITS BEAUTY NOT ONLY IN IS SERENITY AND LUSH GREEN FORESTS BUT ALSO IN THE WAY THE PEOPLE DRESS TRADITIONALLY .TRADITION IS THE CARAVAN OF THE HERITAGE PASSED ON TO US BY OUR FOREFATHER,AND THESE PEOPLE HERE HAVE VERY MANAGED TO CARRY FORWARD THE FLAME  THAT WAS PASSED TO THEM RIGHTLY HERE LET US HAVE A LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL AND EXQUISITE PIECES OF THE CLOTHING THAT ONE CAN FIND ONLY IN ASSAM.

DHOTI AND GAMOSA:

THE DHOTI AND GAMOSA ARE SAID TO BE THE NATIVE DRESS OF THE MEN OF ASSAM .THE DHOTI IS USED TO COVER THE LOWER HALF OF THE BODY AND IS A WELL KNOWN PIECE OF CLOTHING IN OTHER INDIAN TRADITIONS TOO. WEARING A DHOTI PROPERLY IS NOT SO EASY AND CARRYING IT IS ALSO ONE TRICKY JOB . THE GAMOSA IS A RECTANGULAR PIECE OF CLOTH THAT IS AN IMPORTANT AND SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE ASSAM CULTURE .GAMOSA MEANS 'A CLOTH TO WIPE ONE'S BODY' AND IS A WHITE CLOTH WITH A BEAUTIFUL RED BORDER ON THREE SIDES AND WOVEN MOTIFS ON THE REMAINING ONE .IT IS A PIECE OF CLOTHING THAT HAS SOME GREAT SIGNIFICANCE IN THIS STATE HENCE IT IS ALSO USED TO FELICITATE AND HONOUR PEOPLE WHO ACHIEVE  PEOPLE WHO ACHIEVE SOME GREAT FEAT .THE GAMOSA CAN BE USED AS A CLOTH TO WIPE OR CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO A WAISTCOAT WHICH IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE TONGALI. IT CAN ALSO BE USED AS A LOINCLOTH BY A BIHU DANCER .

MEKHELA CHADOR:

THE MEKHELA CHADOR IS THE TRADITIONAL DRESS FOR THE WOMEN OF ASSAM .IT IS WORN BY WOMEN OF ALL AGES EXCEPT CHILDERN .THIS TWO PIECE GARMENT HAS A LONG PIECE OF CLOTH THAT IS DRAPED FROM THE WAIST DOWNWARDS AND IS THEN FOLDED INTO PLEATS AND TUCKED IN .THIS PIECE IS CALLED THE MEKHELA .THE UPPER PART OF THE DRESS IS THE CHADOR THAT IS ALSO A LONG PIECE OF CLOTH WHOSE ONE END IS TUCKED INTO THE MEKHELA,AND THEN THE REST IS WRAPPED AROUND THE BODY .THIS CHADOR IS WORN WITH TRIANGULAR  FOLDS THE ART OF WHICH CAN BE MASTERED ONLY BY SHEER PRACTICE .WEARING THESE TRADITIONAL DRESSES IS NOT EVERYONE'S CUP OF TEA AND CAN BE MAGNANIMOUS TASK AT TIME .THE RUN FOR TRADITIONAL DRESSES OF ASSAM DOES NOT END HERE .ASSAM IS A HOUSE OF DIFFERENT TRIBE AND DIFFERENT TRIBE HAVE THERE OWN CULTURE, TRADITION  .THIS TRIBE ALSO HAS DIFFERENT CLOTHING .


THE BODO TRIBE :


THE MEN OF THE BODO TRIBE WEAR ARE SIMPLE DRESSERS AND CAN BE SEEN WEARING THE COMMON DRESS OF ASSAM i.e. THE GAMOSA THEY USE THE GAMOSA TO COVER THE BODY WAIST DOWN TO THE KNEE,AND THE UPPER  HALF WAS MEANT TO KEPT BARE .BUT WITH CHANGING MODERN TIMES,THE MEN ARE WIDELY ACCEPTING SHIRTS AS A PART OF THEIR WARDRODE. THE FOOTWEAR THOUGH ONE DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OF THE MEN OF THE BODO TRIBE .THEY USED TO WEAR MADE OF WOOD UNTIL LATELY ,AND IT COMMONLY KNOWN AS KHOROM.                                                                                                                                                                             
THE WOMEN OF THIS TRIBE HAVE A DISTINGUISHING DRESSING FORMAT. THE WOMEN HERE ARE SEEN WEARING THE DOKHNA WHICH IS A DRESS LIKE THAT THEY WRAP AROUND THE BODY AND RUNS FROM THE CHEST ,DOWN TO THE ANKLE.IT IS CRAFTED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT CAN WRAP AROUND THE BODY ONLY ONCE AND IS TIED AROUND THE WAIST.THIS DHOKNA IS MADE UP OF VARIOUS BRIGHT COLOURS PATTERNS AND AGOR .A DHOKNA WITHOUT AGOR IS REGARDED AS A BRIDAL DRESS AND CAN BE TERMED AS A SALAMATHA. THE PEOPLE HERE HAVE MASTERED THE ART OF USING THE ERI FIBRES AND PRODUCING SOME FINE CLOTHES THAT EVERYONE FINDS ELEGANT.                                                                                     
THE DIMASA TRIBE:

THE MEN OF THE DIMASA TRIBE ARE KNOW TO WEAR A SGAOPHA OR A PHAGRI(A TURBAN )WHICH IS A SIGN OF THE PRIDE THEY TAKE IN THEIR NAME. THE SGAOPHA IS YELLOW OR GREEN IN COLOUR ,BUT ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS LIKE MARRIAGE ,THE GROOMS WEARS A WHITE TURBAN WITH A RED THREAD TIED BELOW THE CHIN .THE RIGDO IS A LITTLE MUFFLER THAT THESE PEOPLE CARRY WITH THEMSELVES .RISHA AND GAINTHAO ARE BOTH DHOTIS THAT DIFFER IN LENGTH.THE RISHA COMES UP TO ONE'S KNEE ,AND THE GAINTHAO REACHES THE ANKLE                                                                                                                       THE WOMEN OF THIS TRIBE ARE EXTREMELY PRETTY ,AND THEIR AMAZING DRESSES BRING OUT THE HIDDEN BEAUTY IN THEM .THE DRESSES THESE WOMEN WEAR IS FAIRLY SIMILAR TO THE MEKHELA CHADOR EXCEPT THE FACT THAT THE RIGU IS A MORE STANDARD PIECE OF CLOTHING HERE.THE RIGU IS A LONG PIECE OF CLOTH WORN FROM THE WAIST DOWN ,USUALLY REACHING UP TO THE ANKLES. BATHORAMI IS A KIND OF RIGU THAT HAS ONE AND ONLY ONE DESIGN ON  THE WHOLE PIECE OF THE CLOTH .THE BATHORMAI IS A PARTICULAR RIGU THAT REACHES ONLY THE ANKLE AND THEREFORE IS WIDELY WORN IN SUMMER SEASONS.RIJAMPHAIN IS A DRESS LIE CLOTHING WHICH IS WHITE IN COLOUR AND RUNS FROM THE CHEST TO THE KNEES,AND MANY YOUNG WOMEN CAN BE FOUND WEARING ONE OF THESE.THESE PEOPLE HAVE COSTUME AND YET NEVER LEAVE A SHRED OF ELEGANCE WASTED .

THE MISHING TRIBE:
THE MISHING TRIBE IS ONE OF THE TRIBE THAT FOLLOWS THE CODE OF DRESSING OF ASSAM AS A WHOLE.THE MEN OF THE MISHING TRIBE WEAR ,WHAT IS CALLED A GONRU UGON WHCI IS A DHOTI THAT IS A PIECE  OF CLOTH WORN FROM THE WAIST DOWN .MIBU GULAK IS A SHIRT LIKE A DRESS THAT IS USED BY THE MEN TO COVER THEIR UPPER BODY .LIKE OTHER GROUPS ,THESE PEOPLE ALSO HAVE A GREAT PLACE FOR THE GAMOSA DUMER.
                                    THE WOMEN OF THIS TRIBE ARE ALSO SIMPLE DRESSERS  WHEN IT COMES TO TRADITIONAL DRESSING .THEY ALSO WEAR MEKHELA CHADOR WHICH IS ALSO KNOW AS THE YAKAN AGE -GASAR HERE AND IS BLACK IN COLOUR .THESE WOMEN ARE NOT FANCY AND YET MAKE A BENCHMARK WHEN IT COMES TO COLOURFUL DRESSES .BRIGHT COLOURED BLOUSES ARE PRETTY COMMON ,AND THE OCCASIONS LIKE MARRIAGES ARE BOOMED WITH THE VIBRANT COLOURS THAT THESE WOMEN PUT ON.

 THE RABHA TRIBE :
THE RABHA  TRIBE PEOPLE ARE DEEPLY ATTACHED TO THEIR TRADITIONS AND HAVE  A UNIQUE SENSE OF DRESSING WHEN IT COME TO THE WOMEN OF THE TRIBE .THE MEN ,HOWEVER ,FOLLOW THE COMMON ASSAMESE DRESSING CODE OF DHOTI AND GAMOSA .THOUGH THE PEOPLE ARE DOING SOME ALTERATIONS IN THE SAME ,THEY SEEMS TO LIKE THE NATIVE WAY OF DRESSING IN WHITE (OR COLOURFUL)  DHOTI AND THE LONG GAMOSA THAT IS ONE CONSTANT IN ALMOST EVERY TRIBE IN THE STATE.

THE WOMEN HERE DRESS VERY ELEGANTLY AND THEIR DRESS IS KNOW AS THE KOUM KONTONG WHICH IS A SKIRT RESEMBLING CLOTHING WRAPPED AROUND THEIR WAISTS.THESE SKIRTS LIKE DRESSES ARE ENDORSED WITH EXQUISITE PATTERNS THAT ARE SURE TO BLOW YOUR MIND .KAMBANG IS ANOTHER PIECE OF CLOTHING THAT THESE WOMEN USE TO COVER THEIR UPPER .A BELT OR CUMMERBUND MADE OF BEAUTIFUL SHELLS AND PEARL BALLS IS SOMETHING THAT THESE WOMEN WEAR AS AN ACCESSORY .THESE BELTS ARE COMMONLY CALLED THE LABOK AND ARE TIED AROUND THE ABDOMEN.

THERE ARE MANY UNEXPLORED TRIBES THAT HAVE THEIR WAY OF DRESSING THAT HELPS US IN UPBRINGING THE DIFFERENT CULTURE THAT OUR COUNTRY HOLDS.

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