Chhattisgarh, a state with glorious tradition, is famous for its side of colorful culture and tradition. Tribal Europe is involved with different state tribal communities of customs, different languages, as well as pictorial arts. The traditional natives’ wear is the Pata for the female and the Dhoti-Kurta for the male, which embroiders with beautiful patterns and sometimes weaves with organic materials. Indeed, the Karma and Raut Nacha festivals express the liveliness of the people. The state’s cuisine based on the tendency of simple and products made in the state gives a nice taste to the food. It can therefore be said that Chhattisgarh effectively symbolizes a true tradition of India.
Traditional dress of Chhattisgarh has been described as a colourful fabric to symbolize the rich ethnic base of its inhabitants. The clothes are most time equally embellished with embroidery, bead work as well as other traditional ornaments, which gives an impression of the artistic talents and inventiveness of the people.
Traditional Dress for Women
- Pata: The most traditional dress worn by the women of Chhattisgarh is the Pata.S️ Sarong is a brightly colored rectangle piece of clothing that can manufactured from cotton or silk, worn for different ways round the body. Detached from the body of the Pata it can have finely carved borders and motives in which depends on the location and the purpose of the ornament.
- Lugda: Another traditional dress of Chhattisgarh is Lugda, which rather like the Pata but is shorter in length and is worn with clothes called a blouse. Basically it is worn with a colourful dupatta or it can be wrapped around the neck and the head.
- Tribal Attire: The Chhattisgarh women from the tribal region cover themselves with colourful and more stylish dress according to their tribe type. Some of these are as follows • colorful saris • blouses • head gear with beads shells and other ornaments.
Traditional Dress for Men
- Dhoti-Kurta: The most traditional dress that is worn by men in Chhattisgarh is the dhoti-kurta. The dhoti clothing comes as a piece of cloth which is wrapped around the waist and the kurta is a free style of shirt. The dhoti varies from simple to designer and the kurta comes with embroidery of various customarily appropriate patterns.
- Tribal Attire: Tribal men of Chhattisgarh do dress up quite differently and their dress code also differs from one tribe to another. Examples of the garments are loincloths, turbans, as well as colourful shawls.
Accessories and Jewelry
Men and women in Chhattisgarh wear different ornaments and jewels which are mainly of silver, gold or any other costly material. Some of the popular accessories include:
- Necklaces: Chokers made of silver and having elegant patterns common amongst the belt with beads and stones.
- Earrings: Big and bright carriers of silver, gold or any other material which human can think of.
- Bangles: Silver or gold bracelet, sometimes have engravings on them.
- Anklets: Silver anklets or gold anklets or bangles that have bells and any other ornaments on them.
Traditional dresses of Chhattisgarh are adds beauty and zest to reflect cultural fountains of Chhattisgarh. This speaks volumes for the identity of Chhattisgarh and to this date is adorned on social and ceremonial occasions and seasonal festivals.
