Guest guest Posted June 30, 2006 Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 "The above dress code might be too much of a generalization. I've seen different castes (when the caste is apparent) in rural areas of Maharashtra, West Bengal, Uttar pradesh & Tamil Nadu wearing different colors at different times." My stays in Maharashtra during 1969-70, 1973, 1978-90, the usual dress for peasant men and a lot of working men was baggy white trousers and kameez. However, a singificant minority wore, in 69-70, an ultramarine kameeze, and in 73, a salmon pink kameez. I don't think this could be the result of any modern advertizing campaign or deliberately planned fashion. So it raises the likelihood that there were fashion changes even among humble folk over fairly short time spans in pre-modern times. Allen Thrasher Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D., Senior Reference Librarian South Asia Team, Asian Division Library of Congress, Jefferson Building 150 101 Independence Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20540-4810 tel. 202-707-3732; fax 202-707-1724; athr (AT) loc (DOT) gov The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Allen W Thrasher <athr (AT) loc (DOT) gov> wrote: "The above dress code might be too much of a generalization. I've seen different castes (when the caste is apparent) in rural areas of Maharashtra, West Bengal, Uttar pradesh & Tamil Nadu wearing different colors at different times." My stays in Maharashtra during 1969-70, 1973, 1978-90, the usual dress for peasant men and a lot of working men was baggy white trousers and kameez. However, a singificant minority wore, in 69-70, an ultramarine kameeze, and in 73, a salmon pink kameez. I don't think this could be the result of any modern advertizing campaign or deliberately planned fashion. So it raises the likelihood that there were fashion changes even among humble folk over fairly short time spans in pre-modern times. Allen Thrasher Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D., Senior Reference Librarian South Asia Team, Asian Division Library of Congress, Jefferson Building 150 101 Independence Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20540-4810 tel. 202-707-3732; fax 202-707-1724; athr (AT) loc (DOT) gov The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress. Find out what India is talking about on Answers India. So, what’s NEW about the NEW Messenger? Find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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