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TRADITIONAL
WOMEN
Full Skirt
and Long Blouse
The full skirt with long blouse that formed the traditional
teenage dress of malayale girls is fast disappearing from the
Kerala fashion scene. It however, is still worn by village girls
though their counter parts in the city have slowly discarded it.
On ceremonial occasions and festival days the long skirt with
pleats and kasavu Boarder with front or back open blouse is
worn.
Half Sari
With the advent of the North Indian fashion dress on a
large scale in kerala, the half sari dress is seldom seen in any
part of kerala. The half sari that was worn earlier consisted of
a full skirt, short blouse and a davani (shawl) and sari blouse.
Mundu Set
The demand for the set mundu among the women of kerala contrary
to general belief is in fact growing. It is a form of sari in
two sets worn with a blouse. Used primarily on festival
occasions like onam and vishu and for visiting temples, the set
mundu is available in Sandal  wood color or white color with silk
border or colored border. It is worn in the same fashion of a
sari, but without pleats in the front. Though initially intended
as a ceremonial dresses in the ancient times it has however
attained a position of being worn by both young and old on all
occasions.
Now it is available in the same style of a sari as one piece and
is known as Kerala Sari. It is worn in the same style of a sari
with pleats in front. It has borders with thin or wide silk or
ordinary colored ones. Along with the area of the silk border,
the price of the sari too increases.
Sari
From very ancient times sari has been closely associated with
the women of kerala and it still forms the major mode of dress
even today. A 5 meter long cloth, It is worn together with
a small blouse .It is however a tough job to learn to wear a
sari in a proper manner and one needs to practice a lot.
 Sari is the official dress in various ceremonies like
wedding, engagement and during various festivals in kerala.
Kerala's sari market is now flooded with sari like
Kancheepuram Silk, Banaras Silk. Sari decorated with traditional
works, zardosi work, ariwork, Lukhnow work, sequins work, thread
work, embroidery work.
How to wear a Sari
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