India's Culture

CLOTHING

Punnjabi Woman dressed traditionally for 'Teej' festival traditional clothing in India greatly varies across different parts of the country and isinfluenced by local culture,geography,climate and rural/urban settings. Popular styles of dress include draped garments such as Suri for women panche (in kannada) for menpopular such asa churidar or salwardupatta (long scraf) thrown over outfit. Salwar is often loose fitting tighter cut. For men stitched and dhoti or lungi or stitched clojtes are aso kameez for women, with shoulder completing th while charidar is a vrsions include kurt a pyjama and european style trousers and shirts for men. In Urban centers, people can often be seen, injeans,trousers,shirts,suits,kurta and variety of other fashions.

In Public and religious places,Indian dress etiquette discourages exposure of skin and wearing transparent or tight Chlotes. Most Indian Chlotes are made from cotton which is ideal for the regions hot weather. Since India's weather is mostly hot and rainy majority of indians wear sandals.

Indian women perferct theis sense of charm and with make up and ornaments.  Made with gold, silver or other regional stones and gems.

Bindi is often an essential part of a Hindu woman's make up. Woman their forehead some consider the bndi as an auspicious mark, Traditionally the red bindi was waam only by married Hindu women.

and colored bindi was wam by single women, but now all colours and glitter has become a  parting of their hair (locally called mang)sindoor in the traditional mark of married woman for hindus,single hidu women do not wear sindor neither do over 100 milion indian women from religions rather than hindu and agnostics/atheist who may be married.