History of Origin of Some Clans in India/Jat From Jutland/Garments of Jat Folks
History of Origin of Some Clans in India
(with special Reference to Jats)
By Mangal Sen Jindal (1992)
Publisher - Sarup & Sons, 4378/4B, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110002, ISBN 81-85431-08-6
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Chapter 1: Jat From Jutland
Garments of Jat Folks
Children use Pyjama with shirt. Grown up males use Dhoti (a cloth nearly 4 x 1 metre specially manufactured by Indian mills which is tied up around the loin) which stretches
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only up to the knees so as not to hinder in physical labour. In place of shirt, in the past, they used Bandi (shirt up to hips only) tied up with strings instead of buttons. The head dress was a turban nearly 10 metres long. Turban was a must for those who worked in the shining sun on open fields where hot wind blows uninterrupted. The footwear is Juti covering most of the foot and manufactured indigenous, out of un-tanned leather of buffaloes. It is easy to be worn and put off. It is comfortable to walk with it on and work on the field.
The ladies were clad and covered from head to foot. Their loin to leg wear was Ghagra which was sewn out of 36 metres cloth and sometimes weighed up to four kilos. To cover up breasts, they used Cholli which did not cover stomach or back as has become prevalent in modern fashion and consumed little cloth. The stomach and back were however kept covered with headdress known as Onna which used to be 2-1/4 X 1 metres. The ladies liked colourful and shining garments.