U must have heard about phiran. Many bollywood actors have already wore it.. latest was shahid kapoor in haider ;) Lets study about traditional phiran ( women) The ‘phiran’ most famous dress of Kashmiris is different in look and cutting especially the one used by women folk of both communities, the Muslims and Hindus- Kashmiri Pandits. The ‘phiran’ with “korab nareh”, neck and arms well embroidered, having a half cut at the elbows and folded. The loose gown ‘phiran’ among the Muslims of the valley is up to knees only. The ‘phiran’ used by both, Men and Women, Kashmiri Pandits earlier in Kashmir and now in Jammu falls up to ankles. It is comparatively loose than the one used by Muslims. The ‘phiran’ then used by Kashmiri Pandit ladies was really a peculiar one with the red fillet bordered (ddoor) at the bottom and around the neck. Kashmiri Pandits would wear always a ‘posch’ another light white cloth under phiran to get more protection from cold. Kashmiri Hindu ladies (Panditani’s) would turn over the both outer and inner ‘phiran’ at arms to give it an impressive white look and then border it with a printed clothe (Narehwar) over the white edge and stitch to make it more presentable and attractive in look. But this feature was being permitted for women whose husband use to be alive, and disallowed for widows, possibly because a women looked more attractive with it and in order to safeguard a widow from any uneventful happening. The ‘phiran’ itself was forced on Kashmiris, as an act of statecraft on the part of Mughal Emperor, Akbar who wished to tame the brave people of the Zain-ul-Abedin (Budshah) from 1420-70 in his effort to reduce the proud spirit of Hindus in Kashmir, especially the Kashmiri Pandits, and insisted upon three things i.e., the use of ‘Kangar’, ‘phiran’ and ‘turun-baht’, the food prepared one day earlier. The traditional dress of Kashmiri Pandit women was always incomplete in absence of the ‘taranga’ and red headgear with white fillet around and a ‘Zuij and poesch’ hanging from the back. The ‘taranga’ was essential item for all ranks of female folk with certain stringent rules for married, according to the respective stages.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 09:52:28 +0000
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