Re: Origin of Dhoti, Dress of the Punjab!
Culture is forever evolving, all forms of clothing is universal property, most urban Pakistanis outside villages be they Punjabi or Pukhtoon wear pant and shirt which is universal attire now.
I don’t see any Pukhtoons wearing a turban, a pattu on their shoulder and a salwar kamiz (peran tomban to afghans) in Hyde Park either, does it mean these things are unelegant? No, like dhoti they are just not suitable for the weather in this country.
To some extent dhoti is dieing down even in Pakistan, I guess it is just going out of fashion but it’s no big deal as salwar kameeez is also a Pakistani attire, like I said cultures change and evolve. Just as the young generation in NWFP (Khyber) favour pakol’s and skullcaps over turban and Pakhtana’s don’t dress like this anymore but rather like this, the dress of Punjab is also changing…
PS. LOL General Musharraf is not Punjabi, he is Karachian, not every non-Pukhtoon Pakistani is a “Panjabay” you know..