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Describe the Faith Folklore of India

India is the birthplace of Buddhism, one of the three major religions, and there are certainly many Buddhists in it, as well as other believers, such as Sikhs and Hindus. The clothing of the Indian people is very unique, and the religious beliefs of the local people can also be seen in India by the different clothing and dress. There is a great difference between the dress of men and women in India, and their dress is unique.

India's male are to wrap the turban, and the turban has a variety of wrapping methods, including the Sikh male turban, with a specific style, go to the Sikh holy land of the Golden Temple can be seen. Traditionally, Sikhs are required to grow their hair and beards and wear a turban from childhood to adulthood. Turbans for children are simple, with a black cloth tied in the shape of a bun. But the turban style of adults is relatively more complex, first of all, must use the black elastic band to tie long hair into a bun, and then a cloth, wrapped into a turban, style is symmetrical on both sides of the regular shape. The Sikh turban has a wide range of colors and can also be matched with the color of the clothes. When I was in India, there was an old grandfather selling things also wrapped in a turban, the old grandfather told us that if he unraveled his turban, his hair would be up to his waist, which shows that Indian men rarely cut their hair.

Indian men will also wear a loose stand-up collar shirt, with narrow-legged pants, men in Rajasthan, pants are generally wrapped in a piece of white cloth, the turban on their heads, pattern changes are extremely varied, bright colors. Indian men's turbans are wrapped so tightly that they seem to stick to their hair. They also dress like Aladdin in Aladdin's Lamp.

Indian women are not like men wrapped in a turban, Indian women's traditional dress is a sari, sari is a very long piece of fabric, wearing a wrap wrapped around the body. Indian women are good at tying, surrounding, tying, wrapping, wrapping, draping ...... and other skills, making the sari in its body different changes.

Rajasthani women's sarees are shorter and only draped over the head, but are colorful, with gold and silver embroidered edges. The blouse of a Rajasthani woman is a bit like a Chinese phoenix dress without a collar, and the bottom is a floor-length skirt with piping.

Indian sarees are worn in a variety of ways, different races, regions, beliefs, there will be many different colors, textures and wear wrapped way. And when Indian women wear a sari, the blouse is a short-sleeved, belly-button revealing bodysuit.

The varied dress of Indians, coupled with the dark and shiny skinned Indians, makes India look even more peculiar as a nation.