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Sindhi Embroideries
Sindhi embroidery (Sindhi language, Sindhi: سنڌي ٿرت) comes from the arid province of Sindh in southern Pakistan, which has always been famed for its embroidery. Background The girls of the various farming, herding and merchant castes of Sindh have a dowry tradition in which the girl to be married will create with the help of her female relatives an embroidered trousseau consisting of costumes for herself, for the bridegroom, hangings for the home, quilts, and even trappings for the domestic animals: camels, horses and oxen. All these will be presented at the wedding ceremony to show her prowess with a needle and to prove that she is ready to take up her duties as wife, mother and homemaker. Pieces are decorated in a bewildering variety of techniques. Applying tiny Shisha (embroidery), mirrors attached with buttonhole and other stitch is the technique most characteristic of Sindhi work, but couching, appliqué and Metallic fiber, metal thread work are also very popular. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sindhi Gaj Shirts
Sindhi may refer to: *something from, or related to Sindh, a province of Pakistan * Sindhi people, an ethnic group from the Sindh region * Sindhi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Sindhi Hindus, ethnic Sindhis who follow Hinduism People with the name * Sarkash Sindhi (1940–2012), poet of the Sindhi language * Ubaidullah Sindhi (1872–1944), political activist * Ahmad Bakhsh Sindhi (1917–2000), leader of the Indian National Congress * Abu Raja Sindhi, 10th century Islamic scholar * Abu Mashar Sindhi, 8th century Arabic historian and Islamic scholar See also * * Sindh (other) * Sindi (other) * Sindia (other) * Sindi people, an ancient Scythian people * Sinti, a Romani people of Central Europe * Red Sindhi, a breed of cattle * Scindia Ghat or Sindhia Ghat, riverside in Varanasi India * Scindia or Sindhia, former ruling dynasty of Gwalior, India * Scindian, passenger ship of convicts to Australia * Shinde, Indian surname {{Disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
