Sari or Saree For All

This is the single strip of cloth that is wrapped around the body with some different styles and this is the popular dress in the Sub-continent, also in Singapore and Malaysia. Sari is worn over blouse of short sleeves and low neck which is also known as choli. The word sari actually came from sanskrit language and it means “strip of cloth” as it really is. Its origin in subcontinent is traced back to four or five thousand years back Indus Valley Civilization. The statues found there are wearing sari type dress. 

Styles

Sari is worn by the women in many different ways. To the great astonishment of readers there are eighty ways. The most common way of wearing is to wrap it around the waist and the loose end is to be dropped over the shoulder. Different styles are; Nivi style of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarati, Maharashtrian, Bengali, Kodagu, Dravidian, Madisar, Malayali, Gond etc. These all are actually the regional variations of the styles of draping.

With every kind of sari blouse and petticoat is necessary.

Nivi style Sari

It is used along with petticoat which is tightened with the drawstring and a blouse. The colour of petticoat shout match the colour of sari exclusively as possible. Blouse is short sleeved or sleeveless. Sari is inserted into petticoat and wrapped around the waist. While wrapping cloth is gathered for many times of the length of 5 inches and also inserted into petticoat. The remaining fabric is wrapped around the waist from left to right till the upper part of the body and last corner is thrown into the shoulders. 

Gugrati Sari

Gugrati sari is worn a bit differently than the nivi. In having two rounds of wrappings it is thrown down in the front from the back side of shoulder.

Bangali Sari

This gives a typical Bangali look. Worn from right to left as in the case of almost all styles. This rather covers the whole front and end is pinned up on with the right shoulder. 

Maharashtrian Sari

This is something quite identical to male dhoti of Maharashtrian. In this style ends are brought forward and tied in the front after having wrapped around the legs. It is due to the same it looks tighter on legs quite unlike other styles. The wrapping of sari always goes upwards from the legs and from the shoulder it is generally thrown down. This style is mostly used by Brahmin women of Maharashtra and many other states of India.

Madisar sari

This is bit identical to the Maharashtrian Sari as mentioned above.

The difference of sari is the difference of style just only, whereas pieces and clothing are the always same. There are three pieces with every king of sari; Petticoat (the lower garment), blouse (upper garment) and sari or drape (a long strip of cloth). Sari is of course considered to be the dress of nobility, elegance and decency.