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Traditional customs in India.

Clothing: The traditional clothing of Indian men, the lower part of which is Totti, is actually a wide white cotton cloth wrapped around the waist, also made of hemp or silk. The length is generally 3.6 to 4.5 meters, wrapped around the waist, hanging to the knees or feet, and some have piping. Wearing a knee-length "Gu Erda" coat. Headscarves come in different colors and different wrapping methods. Rajasthan headscarves and Sikh headscarves are very famous, and sometimes people put feathers on them.

In rural India, men generally don't wear shirts, just put a sweat towel on their shoulders, or use a piece of cloth as their main upper body and put it on their shoulders. People call it "Chad"

The national costume of Indian women is "sari". Sari is usually made of a piece of cloth about 6 meters long and 1. 1 to 1.3 meters wide. Sari is worn by wrapping it around the waist and finally covering it on the shoulder or head. Sarees are generally divided into cotton, silk, yarn and nylon. Indian clothing is related to the local climate. The temperature can be higher than 40℃ in summer and 20℃ in winter, so clothes need to be breathable and refreshing. Nowadays, most residents in cities wear westernized clothes, and men also wear shirts and trousers, usually wearing suits and ties. Most women still wear saris, and many people change to jeans. However, ethnic groups in various regions still maintain their own national characteristics. Many Muslim men like to wear a Turkish hat with Persian sheepskin. Sikh women usually wear robes covering their knees and a wide skirt called Charvaut-McAz. Indians like to wear all kinds of jewelry, such as hair ornaments, earrings, forehead ornaments, nose ornaments, necklaces, brain ornaments, wrist bracelets, wrist ornaments, rings and so on. Most of them are gold, silver or precious stones. In some places, people even understand the jewelry in clothes. According to traditional customs, Indian men regard it as an obligation to give jewelry to women, and women regard wearing jewelry as an important part of their lives, but widows can't bring any jewelry. Headdress is a product fixed on the top of the head and forehead with small chains and hooks. Nose ornaments are mostly gold and silver products, which are decorative signs of married women. Necklaces in necklaces are regarded as evil spirits, and the groom brings them to the bride at the wedding. As long as there is no divorce, the wife will wear this chain for life, which is still a custom in rural India. Diet: Due to the influence of nationality, history and culture, the diet of Indians is very different between north and south. Influenced by the northern Islamic culture, cooking is usually Mughal, characterized by a lot of meat, grain and bread. The south is vegetarian, characterized by rice and spicy curry. The only similarity of all Indian dishes is that they all like spicy food. Indian dinners often start with soup, usually thin curry, and the rest of the dishes are usually given by all colleagues, not divided into several dishes. In addition to dinner, there are complementary foods. The most common are condensed milk or yogurt, curry mixed with vegetables, condensed milk mixed with vegetables, vegetable puree and chutney. After dinner, there are generally nut ice cream, pudding made of rice, cream milk balls flavored with rose water, pancakes in syrup, Tanghe fresh fruit made of milk and milk, etc. After dinner, Indians entertain guests with carved products made of betel nuts, hydrated lime and spices wrapped in betel nuts leaves to help digestion. "Dunduli Chicken" and "Cream Mutton" are famous dishes in India. The practice of "cream mutton" is to add almost the same amount of yogurt to the mutton. In the past, this dish was only used by the royal family, but now it is more common. "Dunduli Chicken" is to sprinkle spices on the plucked chicken, then put it on the yellow mud stove and bake it slowly with slow fire. The smell of the oven makes your mouth water. Eating sweets is a hobby of Indians. There are dozens of desserts in India, and different regions have different ways to treat one dessert. "Layeda" and "Sheridan" made of yogurt are very popular. Candy is generally made of flour, milk, cheese, almonds, walnuts, cardamom and crocus. Hindus are most taboo to eat vegetables on the same plate, and there are many vegetarians. Generally speaking, the higher the level, the fewer meat eaters; Only people of lower rank eat meat (mutton).