0 a dress, worn especially by South Asian women, consisting of a very long piece of thin cloth wrapped around the body --
1 a dress consisting of a very long piece of cloth wrapped around the body, worn esp. by Indian and Pakistani women --
Teachers are also made to wear 'traditional' uniforms of white sari with red trim for women, and white dhotis (a kind of sarong) and kurtas (long shirt) for men.
This creates a strong horizontal element in the composition which is sustained by the folds of the sari knotted at the waist of her companion on the right.
In the late afternoon, usually at a fixed hour, weavers would pass through these markets, carrying saris they had made on their shoulders, on carts, or on bicycles.
Sari noted that with his limited forces and inadequate military equipment he would be able to last for only two hours.
They work across cultures too, when participants add their own elements to the 'playbox' -whether veils, djellabahs, or saris.
Women may have a couple of synthetic saris, using a blouse and lungi for daily wear, and own no gold jewellery other than the thin chain holding their marriage tali.
The younger woman on the right wears a plain white cotton sari over a pink bodice.
Sari about three hundred to five thousand rupees.