Bagalbandi
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Bagalbandi or Barabandhi or Daura is a male upper garment ; it is a typical shirt that ties on the side. It is similar to a waistcoat in style. It has a wide section in the front that overlaps the other side, similar to a double-breasted coat with strings attached to fasten the garment. Bagalbandi is an ethnic costume of the Indian subcontinent; the garment is more associated with Hindi belt, Gujarat, Maharastra, Nepal, along with other regions.[1][2][3]
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Etymology
Bagalbandi (Hindi: बगलबंदी, Bagalbandi, Marathi: बाराबंदी. Barabandi, Nepali: दौरा, Daura) is a combined colloquial word, Bagal suggests 'side of the body' and bandhi or bandi implies to bands or 'to tie.'[4]
Regional styles
In Hindi belt, Rajasthan and Gujarat it is worn with dhoti, turban and forms part of traditional male costume in the region.[5][6] In Hindi belt apart from dhoti, it is also worn with tight fitted trousers called churidar or salwar.[7] Like most common traditional dresses with minor alterations it has also become a popular style among females today.[4][8]
It is known as "Barabandhi" in Maharashtra and surrounding regions. The word "Bara" means "12" in Marathi language and "Bandi" means "tie", it has 12 nods, 6 in the inner side and 6 outer side. In Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana an older term Angi is also used for this clothing, varying 4 to 12 nods.[3][9]
In Nepal, Sikkim and Darjeeling regions it is known as "Daura"[10] It is worn with suruwal, a term also used in Gujarat for tight fitted trousers.[11]
Bagalbandi is also a clothing style characterized in Eastern and Northeast regions, notably in Bengal, Odisha, Assam and Manipur [12][13]
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