^^ I've only seen girls in Pak wear flowers in their braids at times, but that too more so in Mehndi functions. I guess it depends.
in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, women wear a lot of gajraa [floral hair accessory and braclets] ... it's in their culture. husbands usually bring gajraa when they come home from work.
in our area [UP, India], people grow Bela [Jasmine] plants at home and they harvest fresh flowers in the morning and make gajras and sometimes put in a bowl in the living room for fragrance.
i think women use gajra for fragrance as well as decorative purposes. i like it! :)
Is it possible that the accessory has religious or cultural significance in South India that it does not have in Northern Indian or (predominantly Muslim) Pakistan?
^ probably...or may be those who make it are found only in the South...these are lovely accessories and i wish that they become popular in northern subcontinent. :)
in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, women wear a lot of gajraa [floral hair accessory and braclets] ... it's in their culture. husbands usually bring gajraa when they come home from work.
in our area [UP, India], people grow Bela [Jasmine] plants at home and they harvest fresh flowers in the morning and make gajras and sometimes put in a bowl in the living room for fragrance.
i think women use gajra for fragrance as well as decorative purposes. i like it! :)
I love all that stuff, and having many friends from the South and attended their weddings it's really nice to see the different cultures.
Most of the married women were wearing the ghajras and you're right their husbands would bring it for them :)
From what I know, it’s not religious, it’s just merely a different culture and so dressing and jewelry is very different.
Even from state to state, girls wear different things on their wedding day and you can usually identify where she’s from based on her jewelry and the type of dress she’s wearing.
Paranda is still very much a part of not just traditional Punjabi party wear in Pakistan. Why it’s not as commonly seen as before is probably fact that ideally, you need hip long hair or slightly shorter to practically pull off the paranda, and long hair are not common as they used be. I’ve worn paranda and flower braid for weddings, both in Pakistan and UK.
I personally love the contemporary Punjabi mutyaran look, minus all the extra weight of course.
wow...so many leads on Paranda...:) i'm sure it is extensively used in Uttar Pradesh but i wasn't familiar with this word.** i dunno what the4y call it in our area.**..i'll ask someone and then i'll let you know what it is. :)
