Traditional Costumes of Jammu and Kashmir, for men and women.

1. COSTUMES OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR
- Pallavi Rathsharma

2. HISTORY OFTRADITIONAL COSTUMES OF J&K
 India was earlier ruled by different rules like Persians and even Greeks. They had their
stronghold on the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
 Eventually, the traditional dress of the Kashmir people got influenced due to the same
reason. It was the Aryans advent which then caused some change to the lifestyle and
living of the Kashmir people.
 This is the main reason why the Jammu and Kashmir traditional dresses have a touch of
little western influence.
 The weather condition has a strong impact on the clothing of Jammu and Kashmir. The
costumes do have some of the great artwork that you can see in the form of embroidery
work. As said weather does have a strong impact which means since it is chilly most of the
time, the dresses are made accordingly.

3. TRADITIONAL CLOTHING OF MEN

4. PHERAN
• Traditional dress for both male and female in Kashmir.
Pheran is basically a loose upper garment gathered
loosely at the sleeves which tend to be wide.
• It is made of either wool or jamewar, which is a mixture
of wool and cotton with no slits on the sides.
• A pheran made of wool is called a loch.
• The traditional pheran falls gracefully till the feet and
was universally worn by both the Hindu and Muslim men
during the later part of the 19th century.
• However, in the contemporary times, knee lengh pheran
is worn; Muslim people wear it loose and stitched to the
side while Hindu men wear long pherans extending till
their calves.

5. PATHANI SUIT
The Pathani suit, also referred to as ‘Khan-dress’, is popular
among men, especially in Srinagar.Turbans are common
among Muslim men.
Skull caps are prevalent, especially among the peasants and
the Karakulli and fur skull caps with the Pashmina Shawls worn
by men often are a symbol of royalty.
Karakulli

6. PASHMINA SHAWLS
• The pashmina shawls are made from
tradtional woollen textiles are obtained
from mountain goat.
• Intricate work is done on both the sides
of these shawls.
• The special Kashmiri embroidery work,
Kasida, is done in such a manner that
the patterns appear on both sides of
the fabric uniformly.

7. TRADITIONAL CLOTHING FOR
WOMEN

8. PHERAN
• Pheran is the prominent attire for Kashmiri women
as well.
• Traditionally, there are Poots and Pherans,
comprising two robes that are placed atop the other.
• Pheran worn by women usually has Zari embroidery
on the hem line, around pockets and mostly on the
collar area.
• Pherans worn by the Muslim women are traditionally
characterized by their broad sleeves and reach up to
the knees. However, the Hindus of Jammu and
Kashmir wear their Pherans long, stretching up to
their feet with narrowed down sleeves.
• Often, the Pherans are wrapped tightly by a piece of
creased cloth called Lungi.

9. TARANGA
• The headdress of a Kashmiri woman is a brightly
colored scarf or Taranga, that is stitched to a
suspended cap and it narrows down at the back,
towards the heels.
• The Taranga is an integral part of the wedding
attire among Hindus.

10. KASABA
The pheran is accompanied by red headgears known as
Kasaba, which is stitched in the form of a turban and is
pinned together by ornaments and silver brooches.
A pin-scarf suspended from the Kasaba descends
towards the shoulder.
It is worn by Muslim women as a part of their regular
attire.

11. ABAYA
The abaya is common attire worn by the
Kashmiri women.
For unmarried Muslim women, the
costumes vary to some extent.
The elaborate headgears are replaced by
exquisitely ornate skull caps embellished
with threads of gold and gems.
(The abaya "cloak", sometimes also
called an aba, is a simple, loose over-
garment, essentially a robe-like dress,
worn by women.)