By Magda, 25 May 2009

Mother's Day saris in Nepal

Red and pink saris worn by married women on Mother's Day in Nepal, 2009.

On Mother’s Day in Nepal, married daughters wear read (or other bright colour close to red) and buy fruit and sweets in the market as well as other presents and go to visit their mothers.

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By Magda, 7 March 2009

Village butcher wears a lungi

Village butcher, Auroville, India

Customers wearing lungi in front of the village butcher in the early morning light, Auroville, India. (Click image to view larger)

A lungi is sort of a dohti, which is the men’s version of the sari and widely worn in the south of India.

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