Saris : The Way to Drape

June 23, 2004

The Art of sarees wearing is steeped in tradition in ancient times,

to drap the two piece of saree, one had to wrap one legth of cloth

around the waist adn the other brought forward over the head to cover

the torse. The inspiration of tyinga single piece of long sarees is

believd to have evolved from this.

Sarees is the most beautiful expression of elegance and modesty.

Accessories like a stitched underskirt and close fitting blouse are

essential to this attire.

The inner end of the saree is first tucked into the underskirt and

wrapped around the waist, with the pall portion neatly arranged in

folds and drawn over the shoulder. The remaining length is then

pleated evenly and tucked int the skirt from the front.

For the novice, the sarees is then clipped at the pleats, pinned to

the blouse to keep the apparel in place.

Sounds so complicated eh! LOL. But you see somebody with an

imagination have come up with "Instant sarees". Safe time and

convenience. Gone are those days when we have to spend sometime an hr

or so just to tie our sarees esp for novice. Soooo we can still look

elegant and beautiful with our sarees via the short cut route. Does

this sound blasphemous?

Why do I bring up the sarees issue. This remind me of a good friend

of mine named Ravi, not the Ravi as we know from Shakti Sadhana, but

Ravi from Singapore. He went to India to learn and when he came back,

it is my believe that he is one of those rare ones who just have

this gift in dressing up the deities. So much so that I nicknamed

him : Ravi the Dresser. I will just have to tell him : Ravi,

transform HER into Durga today okay! and presto! he will. I love to

sit and watch him as he does his work. Its like an art to him. Full

of concentration and very spiritual too.

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