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Sunday, July 18, 2010

How To Wear Sari In Madisaara style

Madiassara style of sari wrapping is very common in Kerala and is worn on any celebrative and festive occasions or rituals and since the style of sari wrapping is different from other common styles; amazingly this style need a nine-yard sari .To wear the madiasara style sari it is first neatly draped around the waist, keeping one end of sari on your right side, while the leftover of the sari on your left side. On your left waist tie a firm knot and gather the rest of the sari near your waist. Then tuck a bit of sari in your waist. Make pleats from the other end and tuck into the waist. Then fold rest of the sari into 4 or 5 folds and make sure that each fold is around ¾ of your hand. Then bring back the pleated sari and the folded sari between your legs. Now gather the folds neatly tuck them at back of your waist. Then gather the sari to your right in front draping over your left shoulder. Finally gather the decorative end (pallu) of the sari around your waist and tuck it neatly into left side of waist.

How To Wear Veshti- Mundu (dravidian style)

Dravidian style of sari wrapping is very common in the southern part of India. The classic Dravidian sari is called as the “veshti-mundanai” or “mundu set” that has two saris in it: first part (The veshti) is wrapped in the lower body; whiles the mundu, is used to drape the upper body. The veshti is generally 4 yards in length and wrapping is very simple as it wrapped like a towel around the waist area. This we have to fold in half laterally. The mundu is generally one yard in breadth and two yards long. Generally these saris are plain all-over with a border.