In Tamil Nadu State, the land of ancient history of fine arts, dancing and old music, women of south India tie Saree differently according to religious trends. Yet, all of them wear very longTamil sarees saris that are about nine yards instead of six. Women of Tamil Nadu wear south silk saris on special occasions. Both pictures in this page sow you a simple sari tie style but in South India Tamil saree (sari) is tied in a complicated way. Utsav sarees isTamil sarees sarisonline store for shopping where you can find south silk saris, south india sarees, silk sareesfrom Tamil Nadu, also you can learn more about Tamil Nadu handloom and saree sarimanufactured here Complicated sari wearing style south India – After the Sari is tied around the waist for the first time, it is circled and folded so that all folds are put to the left leg.
While the rest of it is hanged around the left shoulder therefore it is circled once more around the waist then provided with waistband to the left side. This sort of Sari is not familiar in India today due to the difficulty of wearing it, however, wearing it is obligatory in weddings.
Women of south india wear south silk saris on special occasions.The Brahmin community wear the sari in a slightly different way without wearing the long skirt. The length of the sari which they wear is longer (nine yards) than the usual one. It is wound separately on both legs in a proper way without restricting the person’s free movement.
KANCHIPURAM SAREES:
Kanchipuram a famous historical and mythological village 60 km from Madras, the capital of Tamilnadu is well-known for it’s rich and traditional cotton, tamil sarees, and south silk sarees.
Kanchipuram has only been weaving Silk sarees for the past 150 years and specialises in a heavysilk sari woven with tightly twisted three-ply, high-denier threads using thick zari threads for supplementary – wrap and — weft patterning. Interlocked-weft borders are common. Along withsilk sarees, Kanchipuram also specialises in cotton and silk-polyster blended sarees with the demand of the current market.
Many of today’s established Kanchipuram Silk weavers trained in the cultural centre of “Kalakshetra” during the 1970′s producing sarees with designs that are some what ‘heavy’ in both style and fabric weight, with very wide bordes. Traditional motifs such as, mango, elephant, peacock, diamond, lotus, pot, creeper, flower, parrot, hen, and depiction of stories from mythology are very common in Kanchipuram sarees. Cotton sarees are ornamented with threads and some silk sarees are also woven with thread instead of pure zari.
Women of south india wear south silk saris on special occasions.The Brahmin community wear the sari in a slightly different way without wearing the long skirt. The length of the sari which they wear is longer (nine yards) than the usual one. It is wound separately on both legs in a proper way without restricting the person’s free movement.
KANCHIPURAM SAREES:
Kanchipuram a famous historical and mythological village 60 km from Madras, the capital of Tamilnadu is well-known for it’s rich and traditional cotton, tamil sarees, and south silk sarees.
Kanchipuram has only been weaving Silk sarees for the past 150 years and specialises in a heavysilk sari woven with tightly twisted three-ply, high-denier threads using thick zari threads for supplementary – wrap and — weft patterning. Interlocked-weft borders are common. Along withsilk sarees, Kanchipuram also specialises in cotton and silk-polyster blended sarees with the demand of the current market.
Many of today’s established Kanchipuram Silk weavers trained in the cultural centre of “Kalakshetra” during the 1970′s producing sarees with designs that are some what ‘heavy’ in both style and fabric weight, with very wide bordes. Traditional motifs such as, mango, elephant, peacock, diamond, lotus, pot, creeper, flower, parrot, hen, and depiction of stories from mythology are very common in Kanchipuram sarees. Cotton sarees are ornamented with threads and some silk sarees are also woven with thread instead of pure zari.
