Chaubandi Cholo
Appearance
Chaubandi Cholo is a traditional woman's blouse of Nepali culture.[1] The blouse is typically wrapped and can have an open or closed neck. It is often worn with a sārī-like wrapped skirt.[2][3] A chaubandi cholo is often cotton in a red or white geometric print, however different color and use can distinguish different Nepali cultures.[4]
Wearing the chaubandi cholo as traditional wear has been encouraged by certain nationalist groups in Nepal and West Bengal.[5]
References
- ^ "Collection Online". Brithsh Museum. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ "Caste Language and Dress". APH Publishing Corporation. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ Besky, Sarah (2013), The Darjeeling Distinction: Labor and Justice on Fair-Trade Tea Plantations in India, Univ of California Press, p. 152, ISBN 9780520957602, retrieved 21 Dec 2016,
If one were to visit Chowrasta on a day in October between 2007 and 2009, one might mistake the scene for something out of a Darjeeling GI film: throngs of Nepalis, most of them tea plantation workers, most of them women, all dressed in "traditional" Nepali clothing[.] *** For Darjeeling Gorkhas, this meant chaubandi cholo for women and daurā sural for men. A chaubandi cholo is wrapped and tied top top with a sārī-like wrapped skirt bottom, usually madeout of cotton in a red and white geometric print.
- ^ "The Finest 100 of Nepal". ECS Nepal. Lalitpur, Nepal: ECS Media. 26 Jul 2010. Retrieved 21 Dec 2016.
A Thakali woman may dress in a red chaubandi cholo and has a distinct style of wearing the saree by wrapping a black shawl over it, with a dark green patuka around her waist.
- ^ "Faces blackened after dress code defiance". The Telegraph. Calcutta. 14 Oct 2016. Retrieved 21 Dec 2016.
For women, the traditional attire is chaubandi cholo