RAJASTHANI DRESSES

The people of Rajasthan, living in the barren and monotonous landscape, add a whole range of colors in their lives through their costumes. Their affinity to colors can be seen in the way they decorate themselves, their houses and even their animals. Pageantry, a part of the daily ritual, manifests in the way the men and women dress. Resplendent, in their raiment, where the preferred bright red, dazzling yellow, lively green or brilliant orange, highlighted by a lavish use of sparkling gold and silver 'zari' or 'gota', never seem to cease.

Men's Attire
Men, in Rajasthan, are no less ritually adorned than the women and can almost vie with the amount of jewelry they sport.

For their own dressing, the turban, an Angrakhi or Achakan as the upper garment and Dhoti or Pajama as the lower garment makes the male outfit.

Turbans
The Rajasthani men adorn themselves with astonishing variety in styles of turban that denote their region and caste. To be able to give different shapes to such length of cloth requires a good bit skill that the Rajasthani men take pride in perfecting
 

Women’s Attire
As social customs are still governed by the age-old traditions, it is only natural to see women in swirling skirts, who spontaneously pull the veil or ghunghat over the faces at the sight of a man.
They generally wear a three-piece dress which includes the ghagra (skirt), the odhni (head cloth), the kurti (shirt). Women are particularly inclined to wear jewelry on many parts of their body including specific types that are worn on the feet, head, forehead, ear, nose, neck, arms, wrist, fingers and waist.

They go even further by making beautiful henna decorations on their hands and feet, especially on the occasion of marriages. This Art is known as "HEENA".