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Traditional wear

In this paragraoh i am going to discuss about tradtional wear in Pakistan. Firstly i will shortly explain that It refers to the ethnic clothing that is typically worn by people in the counhttps://www.biba.in/try of Pakistan and by the people of Pakistani origin. Secondly Pakistani clothes express the culture of Pakistan, the demographics of Pakistan and cultures from the Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pashtun), Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir regions of the country. As Dress in each regional traditional wear culture reflect weather conditions, way of living and distinctive style which gives it a unique identity among all cultures

To start with the shalwar kameez which is national dress of Pakistan[1][2] and is worn by men and women in all Five provinces Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa And Gilgit-Baltistan in the country and in Azad Kashmir. Shalwar refers to loose trousers and kameez refers to shirts. Since 1982, all officials working in the secretariat are required to wear the national dress.[3]

Each province has its own style of wearing the salwar kameez such as Sindhi shalwar kameez, Punjabi shalwar[4] kameez, Pashtun shalwar kameez and Balochi shalwar kameez. Pakistani traditional wear clothes ranging from exquisite colours and designs to various types of fabric such as silk, chiffon, cotton, etc. Men wear shalwar kameez, kurta, PAKISTANI Waistcoat, achkan and sherwani, churidar or pajama.

Let Us Have a look at What is Traditional Wear?

Human beings first priority that developed with other attributes of human civilization was their covering bodies. From covering bodies with leaves, it gradually developed towards making of dresses by use of different methods and because of development. Different cultures, relogions, places, tribes contributed to give them unique colours and characteristics. Variation of culture to culture participated in the forming uniqueness of dresses.

The clothing points out the identity of particular culture and area. Different communities developed traditional clothings also related to different events as modern fashion designing also get help from traditional clothing by mixing new trends.
There are various types of cultures. The ethnic clothing in Pakistan which is worn by women and men all over the country, represents Pakistan in a colourful way. The different, diverse ideologies of local people has thrown effects on the development of traditional clothing because Pakistan is blessed with many weathers such as winter, summer, autumn, moonsoon, spring and many others. Dresses have also been developed keepin in view weather affects.

The country has unique diversity of cultures, but At every few kilometers, one will see difference in culture, clothing and cultural adaptation. The popular clothing in Pakistan belongs to following:-

Shalwar Qameez
Pashtun culture
Balochi
Sindhi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Hunzai
Saraiki

There are many many different cultures which are mixture of any of above two, three or have more branches.

1- Shalwar Qameez Traditional wear

Shalwar Qameez is the Pakistan’s national dress. Men and Women both wear it in all provinces i.e. Sindh, Punjab, Baluchistan, KPK and Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Kashmir. Kameez means shirts and Shalwar means loose trousers.

2- Pashtun Culture and Kuchi Traditional wear

Kuchi Dresses are popular traditional clothing in Pashtun area which is on the north west side of Pakistan where the women wear long and big size clothings.

Men wears handmade jackets which are popular on both sides of Pakistan and Afghanistan .

3- Balochi Traditional wear

Baluchi people wear different types of shalwar / qameez, scarfs and turbaan specifically but especially Men wears baggy shalwar and loose kameez. Baloch women attire is one of the beautiful because Handmade work is done on clothing by use of different colours of wool and mirror work. An aesthetic embroidery is done in different designing.

4- Sindhi Traditional wear

Sindhi people on east side of Pakistan residing, wear Ajrak, cholla. Ajrak is the popular ethnic wears in Sindh. Both women and men wear in different way. Ajrak has mostly block printing by use of different colours along with popular sindhi mirror work and embriodery. Sindhi women also wear choli and lehnga in the desert.

5- Kashmiri Traditional wear

Pashmina shawls or scarfs have awesome variety and handmade artwork of Kashmir crafters. Pashmina is one of the example. It is a kind of wool got from goat breeds which are usually found in Kashmir or himalayn regions., and is related to persian word ” pasmina” . It means ” made from wool”. Kashmir pashmina shawls or scarfs are famous all over the world. The price goes from $50 to $5000 USD because of quality, art work .

6- Punjabi Traditional wear

In Punjab, mostly men and women wear shalwar qameez (shirt + loose trouser), Shirt + Dhoti / Lungi. But there are different varieties of Pujabis such as Multani , Bahawalpuri, Photohari in different styles and regional look. Punjabi main culture is wearing ” Turban” which is called ” Pagri”. Along with pagri, people wear khusa (traditionally embriodered shoes) . Women wear simple shalwar Kameez. In countryside, women wear different combination of shalwar Kameez such as Shalwar + Kameez, Kameez+DHOTI, Kameez + lehnga etc.

7- Hunza Dresses

Hunza people wears also Shalwar Kameez most of the time. However they add with them special Hunza Cap with having bird wing over it. Women also wear caps with handmade embriodery.