A kurta (Hindi: ?????? , Bengali: ??? ??? , Punjabi: ????? , Urdu: pronounced ? :] ) is a men's and women's upper garment, originating from the Indian subcontinent, with a variety of regional forms.
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Etimologi
The word kurta is a loan from Urdu, Hindustani, derived from Sanskrit kurataka or Persian (literally, "clothes without collars"). It was first used in English in the 20th century. A kurta worn by a woman is called kurti. Maps Kurta
Distribution
Kurta is traditionally used in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, and is also popular in Nepal and Sri Lanka. Kurta worn with dhoti, paijama, shalwar, lungi or jeans. This kurta is similar to the worn worn in Afghanistan, the Kashmiri phiran, and the Nepali daura.
Styles
The straight curve is a loose shirt that falls just above or below the wearer's knee, and is traditionally worn by men. However, women also wear a straight kurta or short version, kurti. They are traditionally used with loose paijama, loose, semi-tight shalwars (loose from knee to knee, and tight from calf to ankle) churidars, or behind dhoti; but now also used with jeans. Kurtas is worn both as a regular everyday wear and as a formal wear.
The imported straight-cut Kurtas were fashionable in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s, as elements of the hippie style, falling out of favor in brief, and now fashionable again. Women from the Indian subcontinent can also wear Western-style adaptations in the Indian subcontinent.
Some buttons are styled or tied to shoulder stitches and have a placket rather than a crack. The opening may be centered on the chest, or positioned outside the center.
The traditional kurta form has no collar. Modern variants can feature stand-up collars of a kind known by tailors and tailors as "mandarin" collars. This is the same kind of collar that is seen on Nehru's skirts, sherwanis, and jacket.
Kali kurta
Kali or kalidar kurta is similar to a skirt and has many panels. Kurta kalidar consists of several geometric pieces. It has two rectangular center panels on the back and front. Kali kurta is worn by men and women.
Bhopali kurta
The Bhopali kurta (taking its name from Bhopal) is a loose kurta with a fold at the waist, flowing like a skirt reaching midway between the knee and ankle. It is worn with straight pajamas. The Bhopali kurta is popular with local royal families and is believed to have been adopted from Turkish clothing by Sultan Jehan Begum who ruled between 1901 and 1926 C.E.
Hyderabadi kurta
Kurta Hyderabadi is named after the former state of the kingdom of Hyderabad and is the short top that lies around the waist, with a keyhole neck hole. It's popular with the local royal household. Traditionally, the Hyderabadi kurta is a white matter, but the modern version can have any color. During the kurta, some versions have clean material, a combination called jaali karga , used by men and women.
Lucknowi kurta
The traditional Lucknowi kurta can be short or long, using as much as 12 meters of cloth. The traditional style of the Lucknowi Curve has overlapping panels. However, the term "Lucknowi kurta" is now valid for a straight offering curve using the local Chikan embroidery.
Dogri kurta
Kurta Dogri guy is open in front but flare out on hips.
Overlapping curves
Overlapping curls do not flow straight but are similar to mini dresses.
Straight curve
The traditional straight kurta (known as "Panjabi" in West Bengal, Bangladesh (Bengali: ???????? ) and Assam (Assamese: ?????? ) and as" Punjabi "in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat) or only Punjabi kurta consists of pieces of rectangular fabric with perhaps some nipple inserts, and cut so as not to leave a wasted cloth. The pieces are usually simple, although decorative treatments can be tricky.
The traditional kurta arm fell straight to the wrist; they do not narrow, as do many of the arms that the West cut off. Arms are not handcuffed, only limited and decorated.
The front and back of the simple kurta is also rectangular. The side seam is left open for 6-12 inches (150-300 mm) above the edges, which gives the wearer some easy mobility.
The kurta is usually open in front, and the front opening is often a gap in the fabric, buttoned at the top. The traditional straight-cut kurta has no collar, but a modern version.
The use of side gaps in the straight curve can be traced to the 11th-century female kurtaka used in parts of northern India and is a short shirt, with arms extending from the shoulders, to the center of the body, and having a slash. on the left and right. This is similar to a modern straight-cut kurta that has a side slit and is worn by women in Punjab.
Regional embroidery, prints and design
Kurtas straight using a regional embroidery design is labeled according to the region from which the pattern originated.
Multani kurta
Multani curves are knitted using Multan design (Punjab, Pakistan). Local Ajrak prints are also used. Kurta Multani is also known as Saraiki kurta.
Punjabi phulkari kurta
A Phulkari kurta disulam menggunakan bordir Phulkari di wilayah Punjab.
Punjabi bandhani kurta
Bandhani tye-dyeing is popular in the Cholistan Desert region of the Punjab region. Bandhani pattern is used on the kurta.
- Muktsari kurta
- Angarkha
- Dashboard
- Jama (mantle)
- Kurti top
- Shalwar kameez
- Tuning
- Khadi
- Kh? d? Village Development and Industry Commission (Khadi Gramodyog)
- Tarlo, Emma (1996): Apparel Problem: Dress and Identity in India . Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 382 pages. ISBN: 0-226-78976-4.
- Bhandari, Vandana (2004): Indian Costume, Textiles and Jewelry . Mercury Books. 192 pages. ISBNÃ, 1-904668-89-5.
The traditional Punjabi Kurta of the Punjab region is large and falls to the knee and is cut straight. The modern version of the regional kurta is the Mukatsari kurta originating from Muktsar in Punjab. The modern Punjabi Kurta is famous for its sleek pieces and fitting design. It's very popular among young politicians.
Delhi kurta
The typical Kurta style kurta includes wooden beaded kurta and kurta loaded with embroidery.
Sindhi kurta
The Sindhi kurta is a traditional varieties straight but uses a local pattern to embroider the clothes and also use the mirror. Local art bandhani (creating patterned textiles by rejecting fabric parts by tying a knot before dyeing) is used, which is believed to be from Sindh and spread to Gujarat via Rajasthan and also practiced in the Punjab region. Sindhi kurtas is also made of heavy local material called rilli, and kurta is often called rilli kurtas. Ajrak prints are also used.
Assamese Panjabi
The Assamese Panjabi is worn with a scarf (Gamosa) using local prints.
Bengali Panjabi
The Bengali Panjabi uses a local embroidery tradition. Kantha Embroidery means fabric that is patched and is a style of West Bengal and Bangladesh. He is known as Fanjabi in Sylhet and Chittagong. Kantha is also traditional in Odisha. Other embroidery varieties of West Bengal and Bangladesh are Nakshi kantha.
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Jeans and kurta straight
Kurtas are often worn with jeans. Women sometimes wear kurta as a blouse, usually more than a pair of jeans. Jeans are sometimes preferred over pajamas or leggings because they are more durable for rough use. Most of the kurta colors match the blue jeans. In 2014, an Indian family court in Mumbai ruled that a husband objected to his wife wearing a kurta and jeans and forcing him to wear sari with the cruelty inflicted by her husband and could be the reason for seeking a divorce. Therefore, the wife is given a divorce on the basis of cruelty as defined in section 27 (1) (d) of the Special Marriage Act, 1954.
Leggings and straight women cut the kurta
Female kurta/blouse, along with leggings, most popular in the Indian subcontinent, and communities of Indian subcontinent in Singapore and Malaysia.
Kurti
In modern use, a short curta is called a kurti. However, traditionally, kurti refers to waist vest, jacket and blouse sitting on the waist without side slits, and are believed to have dropped off the tune of the Shunga period (2nd century BC). Kurtis is usually shorter than traditional clothing and made with lighter material, such as those used in sewing kameez.
Material
Kurtas worn in summer are usually made of thin silk or cotton cloth; winter kurtas are made of thick fabrics like wool or "Khadi silk", thick, rough, handspun and silk that can be mixed with other fibers. The very common fabrics for kurta pajamas are linen, or linen cotton mixes ideal for summer and winter.
Kurtas are usually tied with tasselled ties, cloth balls and loops, or buttons. Buttons are often made of wood or plastic. Kurtas worn on formal occasions may feature decorative metal buttons, which are not sewn into fabric, but, like cufflinks, tied to the fabric when needed. Such buttons can be decorated with gems, enamels, and other traditional jewelry techniques.
Decorations
The tailors from the Indian subcontinent lead a broad, traditional and modern repertoire of methods, to decorate fabrics. It is likely that all of them have been used, at one time or another, to decorate the kurta. However, the most common embellishments are embroidery. Many light summer kurtas feature Chikan embroidery, a special skill of Lucknow, around the seams and front openings. This embroidery is usually executed on a semi-transparent light cloth in a suitable yarn. The effect is tolerable but subtle.
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