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A man wearing mundu and melmundu. The mundu ( Malayalam: muṇṭŭ; pronounced [muɳɖɯ̽]) is a garment worn around the waist in the Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, the Lakshadweep archipelago, and the Indian Ocean island nation of Maldives. It is closely related to sarongs like dhotis and lungis. It is normally woven in cotton and ...
Chattayum Mundum is a traditional attire used by the Syrian Christian women of Kerala. [1] It is a seamless white garment, consisting of a white blouse covering the whole upper part of the body ( "Chatta") and a long white garment called "Mundu" which is wrapped around the waist which reaches to the ankles. The " Chatta " is of Jewish origin ...
A typical Mangalorean Catholic wedding sari ( sado) Mangalorean Catholic men used to wear white or black coats known as kutav with buttons, (a coat that drew from Moghal -era sherwanis) similar to short- kurtas, while a sarong called pudvem ( dhoti ), a piece of unstitched cloth, usually around 7 yards long, was wrapped around the waist, and in ...
The bride wears a wedding sari or lehenga according to the region. In Indian culture, the wedding dress of bride comes from groom's side as a shagun. Red is considered to be the most auspicious color among Hindus. While the sari is preferred as the bridal dress in South India, West, East India, traditional wear such as the mekhela sador is ...
Mundum neriyatum ( Malayalam: മുണ്ട് നേരിയത്; settu-mundu or mundu-set) is the traditional clothing of women in Kerala, a state in southwestern India. It is the oldest remnant of the ancient form of the sari which covered only the lower part of the body. [1] [2] In the mundum neriyatum, the most basic traditional piece ...
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Knanaya wedding, mid-20th century The culture of the Knanaya community is an admixture of Syriac Christian, Jewish, and Indian tradition. [ 96 ] Several comparative studies by Jewish scholars have noted that the Knanaya maintain distinct customs strikingly similar to those of the Cochin Jews of Kerala.
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