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Ihr Warenkorb ist leerSilk Dhoti and Angavastra : a pair of ritual wear These rich and gorgeous lengths of fine art-silk textile – antariya and uttariya in classical terminology and dhoti and angavastra, in contemporary, are a pair of wears worn by the presiding priest and his associates while performing a rite. Woven of fine quality yarn of art silk both lengths, one for wrapping around the body’s lower half like a dhoti, and other, over body’s upper part like a sash, have a mono-colour plain field though the borders are beautifully adorned with fine zari patterning. Though simple lengths of textile, the wears are unique in lustre and overall look capable of imparting distinction to any priest especially one who performs rites for a distinguished host on any ritually significant occasion – deity-worship, marriage, yajnopavit, or even when performing post death-rites. Though the Rig-Veda does not prescribe any dress code Upanishads mandate only unstitched lengths of silk or linen – flax, had the sanctity of ritual wears and hence the only costumes for a priest as also for anyone performing yajna-like rite. Kshaumya, subsequently called kusamana – linen, alone had in the Upanishads the status of ritual wear. An unwashed linen or silk was considered to have greater sanctity. As a matter of fact unstitched lengths comprised Indian people’s primary costuming culture till quite late. Even after conceding political superiority of Islamic invaders and their sewn costumes by 16th century, an unstitched length, a sari or dhoti, was yet the wear of nobility in its private life and for a ritual. Alberuni, a scholar from Central Asia, who was in India from 1017 to 1030 A D, wrote in his memoirs that Indian natives used 'turbans for trousers'. Some 800 years after in his book the Textile Manufactures and the Costumes of the People o - Mehrere Farben erhältlich
Client d'
Bewertet in Frankreich am 21. November 2024
J'ai bien reçu les deux articles. Désolé.
tahitia
Bewertet in den USA am4. März 2022
Nice piece
Customer
Bewertet in den USA am6. November 2020
Not good cloth is poor quality
Lakshman
Bewertet in den USA am3. Januar 2020
Picture misleading. Shown as if it is stiched and ready to wear. If person not used to tiring the traditional method will find it useless
Yogesh jyani
Bewertet in Indien am 22. Oktober 2019
Fitting and finishing is not up to mark
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