Bangladeshi Traditional Dress For Men And Women

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Bangladeshi traditional dress for men and women. While sarees are worn by women across india the bengali style of pleating and draping a saree is quite distinct. Tradition of bangladeshi dress. For women the sari is the norm.

Traditional attire for men in bengal usually consists of the dhoti a piece of cloth tied around the waist. Lungi a variant of the sarong is widely worn by bangladeshi men. In small tin sheds in a town outside bangladesh s capital dhaka wooden looms are deftly operated by a group of men and women some of the country s last traditional.

Bangladeshi men wear lungi as casual wear in rural areas and shirt pant or suits on formal occasions. Men also wear traditional costumes such as the kurta. Men can also wear a dressier bottom of which i cannot remember the name right now and everyone dresses up for special days including weddings.

In urban areas many women and men wear western style attire. A cotton lungi and a jersey called kurta are the common attire for men in rural areas. Shari is the main and traditional dress of bangladeshi women 10 also and some young female also wears salwar kameez.

Due to the british influence during colonization shirt pant and suits are very common. A lungi is a loop of cloth somewhat like a very very loose skirt or a sarong. The traditional garment for men is the lungi a cloth tube skirt that hangs to the ankles.

Now a day s changes are seen. It hangs from the waist to the ankles and is gathered in front at the waist and twisted into a sort of half knot with the ends tucked in so they won t unravel. People usually love to wear western dresses and women of bangladesh are seen to wear salwar kameez and some of youngs are seen to wear jeans t shirts tops etc.