Traditional male attire in rural Gujarat consists of cotton drawers called 'Chorno' and a short upper body covering called 'Angrakhu'. For their head, men wear a thickly folded turban called 'Phento'. Women traditionally wear a colored petticoat called 'Chaniyo' often embroidered, along with a blouse called 'Choli' or 'Polku' and a head and body covering called 'Odhani'. For festivals like 'Ras' and 'Garba', men wear a tight long-sleeved coat called 'Keviya' along with tight pants and a colorful turban, while women wear a lehenga-choli or

2. Male Attire
• Chorno
Commonest type of dress worn
by males in rural areas consists
of cotton drawers called
‘Chorno’.

3. • A Short Kediyu
It is also called ‘Angrakhu’
Covers the upper part of
body.
• Phento
Most of the people
especially agriculturists still
continue to put on the
typical head dress, thickly
folded called ‘Phento’ or
‘Turban’.

4. Female Attire
• Chaniyo
Women put on ‘Chaniyo’ the
colored petticoat often
embroidered with Abhala or
Glass Pieces.

5. • Choli
A embroidered blouse or bodice
is called ‘Choli’. It is also known
as ‘Polku’.
• odhani
A colored piece of coarse cloth
covering the body & the head is
also taken with Chaniyo-Choli
known as ‘Odhani’.

6. MALES
Generally men wear Pants or T-Shirts.
However traditionally males
wear ‘Dhoti-Kurta’. Dhoti is also
known as ‘Pancha’ or ‘Mardani’ or
‘Veshti’
Dhoti - It is a rectangular piece of
unstitched cloth, usually around 4.5
meter, wrapped around the waist and
the legs and knotted at the waist.
Kurta - a Kurta is worn on top.
Dhoti Kurta

7. Females
Females generally wear saris Gujarati ladies drape the pallu
over the front of their right shoulder and across the chest
tucked into the waist.

8. ‘RAS’ and ‘GARBA’ are the popular Gujarati festivals.
Male Costume - A small coat named Keviya. Keviya is a tight long sleeved
coat with frilled pleats at its waist. The borders and shoulders of Keviya
are embroidered heavily.
A tight churidar and a colorful turban are put on along with the Keviya. A
colored waist band making a contrast with white keviya and churidar is
worn to make the overall appearance bright.

9. Female Costume The Gujarati females are seen in Lehenga-Choli or
Ghagra-Choli during this festival. The cholis are barebacked and are
embroidered heavily with colorful threads are glass pieces. To
complete the attire females use a veli cloth or dupatta, which is a long
piece of cloth, worn across the neck.
Choli
Ghaghra

10. ‘Shisheh’ or ’Abhla Bharat’ embroidery or mirror-work, is a type of
embroidery which attaches small pieces of mirrors reflect metal to
fabric
GUJARTI – ABHLA BHARAT
HINDI – ABHALA BHARAT
PERSIAN – SHISHESH

11. bandhani
‘Bandhani’ is an ancient art of tie-dyeing that is intricate and time
consuming. The fabric is pinched together in selected pieces, according
to the pattern lightly drawn or block-printed on the surface is fugitive
colors that fade away & tied round with thread or twine before coating
with material that resists the dye before immersion in a dye bath.
After the threads or twines are removed to reveal a pattern in the
original color
‘Bandhani’ is used in both saris and suits.