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| Petani wearing from India & Nepal |
Koch
Rajbongshi wear their own traditional dress whereby they wear it in their
traditional events, community events and also in general day to day
life. Women and Men of Koch Rajbongshi have sets of traditional dress and
jewellery. Patani being wore by the women of this community and men wear
gamsha/dhoti and a yellow color piece of cloth surrounded in the
neck for men, They wear this yellow color cloth in their neck as a mark of
respect for nature, elderly people also have a tradition to wear a turban or a
lengthy cloth wrapped in their head.
Women wear
patani from the chest till below the knee but it does not touch the
ankle, the cloth stays above ground of around 6 cms, the reason for wearing Patani
not till the ground level or till the ankle because they believe that water is
a sacred as it is a part of the nature so while crossing lake or river the
cloth should not touch the water, it is a mark of respect to the nature and
they believe that if
