Asian characteristics of cultural flavor

Indian Clothing Indian men dress mainly in white, and the traditional men's clothing is called "toddy", which is actually a piece of cloth wrapped around the waist, and the upper body wears fat, knee-length shirts (kurta). Men generally wear this traditional garment at home, which is comfortable and loose-fitting. Due to the hot climate, hunting clothes are popular for men to wear outside the home. At work, government employees and professors wear straight suits, and their hair is shiny with hair wax. Many men have a small comb in their pockets, which they take out and comb a few times when they have time. The people seldom wear socks, most people even in the cold season is to wear sandals, sometimes wearing leather shoes also do not wear socks. India's national formal dress is similar to the Zhongshan suit, with a small vertical collar and a row of buttons that stand out. As India has long been a British colony, western-style clothes are very popular, wearing India's formal national costume is not as much as wearing western-style clothes. Indian women's clothing is colorful, traditional clothing, mainly Shari and Punjabi clothing. "Sari" is a piece of fabric about 6 meters long and nearly 2 meters wide, with a petticoat called "Betty Gore" and a corset called "Jemima Pal", wrapped around the body, exposing the two arms and waist. "The way of wrapping the sari varies according to the region and caste, and there are different styles of wearing the sari for laboring women and pampered noblewomen. Sally has a variety of materials, cotton, chemical fiber, silk, etc., colorful, colorful patterns, some rich and luxurious, some elegant, some bright and colorful, some elegant and pleasant, young girls and young women wearing Sally, appear dignified and charming, walking, graceful, graceful, graceful, a unique charm, can be comparable to the Chinese cheongsam. India's most famous sari is silk sari and produced in Gujarat state of printing and dyeing fine linen sari, the price is naturally expensive. In addition to Sari, Indian women love to wear is another national costume, called "Punjabi clothes", the upper body is a loose knee-length tunic, generally in the neckline, chest and cuffs embroidered with beautiful patterns, wearing a tight pants, neck from front to back to drape a thin as a cicada's saree, walking, saree with the wind, seemingly dashing and flowing! The first thing you need to do is to get a good look at the clothes. Modern girls in the city like to wear a wide T-shirt and jeans, look vibrant, full of youthful vigor. Some fashionable schoolgirls wear tights and short skirts, or long western-style dresses. India's jewelry Love of beauty is human nature, Indian women are very fond of jewelry, luxury houses of the noblewomen and ladies wearing gold and silver, beads, jewelry up to a dozen or even hundreds of sets. Poor women, even if the family is poor, there will be a few pieces of copper or glass, plastic jewelry. Indian women's jewelry, including earrings, nose rings, headdresses, bracelets, rings, necklaces, anklets, ankle bells and so on. Indian women begin wearing earrings at an early age when their ears are pierced. Earrings are made of gold, silver, copper, precious stones, elephant bone or cow bone and other materials, different shapes and styles. Indian city girls generally have more than a dozen earrings, with the color and style of clothing to wear different earrings. Gemstone earrings and gold earrings are expensive, gold-plated or fake gemstone earrings are very cheap, but can be faked, bone earrings have a special mood. Nose ring is a unique Indian women's jewelry, wear a nose ring before the two sides of the nose to tie out the eyelets, and then put the nose ring or nose ornaments on. Unmarried girls generally do not wear a nose ring, when married to wear a nose ring, and a gold or silver chain will be connected to the nose ring and headdress. Bangles and rings are the most common jewelry, not only women wear, men also wear, in the minds of the Indian bracelet has the meaning of happiness and longevity, Sikh men and women wear copper or iron bracelets. India's lower-class women like to wear more than a dozen brightly colored plastic bracelets on the arm, the wives and daughters of rich families love to wear gem-studded bracelets or gold and silver bracelets. Rings almost everyone wears, women wear a variety of colors of gemstone rings, so that the delicate hands appear more beautiful, men also do not show weakness, also wearing a large gemstone inlaid (to red, sapphire mostly) rings, sometimes seem incongruous. The types of necklaces are even more varied, ranging from high-grade valuable gemstone necklaces to cheap glass necklaces. Gemstones, topaz, pearls, crystals, and a variety of strange stones, as well as necklaces made of elephant bones, competing with each other in color and beauty. Ankle bracelets and ankle bells are also favorite ornaments of Indian women, nowadays not many urban women wear ankle bracelets and ankle bells, but rural women still often wear. Ankle bells are generally made of copper, as few as a dozen, more than nearly a hundred, with a thin metal chain strung up and tied to the ankle, walking up and down the road to make a pleasant sound. Indian dancers in the performance of almost all wear foot bells, ding dong dong, the actor with the feet to play a certain beat. Auspicious mole on a woman's face People who have been to India will find that Indian women, regardless of age, are in the forehead in the middle of a red dot, known as the auspicious mole, that is, "Dilge". According to the traditional method, the spot is made from a paste of vermillion, glutinous rice and rose petals, which is then placed on the center of the forehead's eyebrow. It is said that this is a religious symbol, can eliminate disasters and evil spirits. Ancient Indian yogis believed that the center of the forehead is the source of human life force and must be protected by applying ointment. There are still many Hindu ascetics with vermillion on their foreheads. In the Hindu wedding ceremony, point auspicious mole is an indispensable part, some places are in the wedding before the Brahmin priests for the bride to point auspicious mole, some places are in the wedding ceremony at the end of the bridegroom for the bride to point auspicious mole, heralding the happiness of life after marriage. With the progress of the times, the traditional method of using vermilion to point auspicious moles is gradually being eliminated, women mostly use the box made of auspicious moles sold in the market, take out and stick them on the forehead, which is not only convenient but also has a variety of colors to choose from and match with different colors of clothes and jewelry. Although it is very common in India, according to the traditional custom, widows are not allowed to have lucky moles. Not only are they not allowed to have moles, but they are also not allowed to wear jewelry or brightly colored clothes. This custom has changed in modern times, especially for urban women, who no longer adhere to stereotypes.