0 a garment worn by Hindu women, a long cloth wrapped round the waist and passed over the shoulder. -- sari
Her action reveals a pink silk bodice and midriff which would otherwise have been covered by the sari.
One sari make two long dress and one half dress.
The woman on the left wears a dark purple sari of similar material with a gold border, over a white bodice and underskirt.
Often this advance would be for a very small amount of raw material, perhaps just enough to make one or two saris.
Often they purchased very small quantities of supplies at a time, sometimes just enough to make one sari.
It was mainly lots of middle-aged ladies in white saris.
Though some activists do wear saris, most wear the salwar-kamiz, draping a dupatta over their chest and shoulders when indoors.
Sari about three hundred to five thousand rupees.
