Costumes, ornaments and customs of Rajasthan

At a glance

1. 1Kasumal means red: the Marwar couplet 'Maru thare desh mein upje teen ratan, ik Dhola, duji Maravan, teejo kasumal rang' counts it as the third gem.
2. 2Ornament and body part: Borla, head · Suraliya, ear · Timaniya, neck · Tagdi, waist · Ramjhol, feet.
3. 3Marriage rites: Samela, Baan, Mugdhana, Bandola and Badhar belong to a wedding · Satarwada to a death.
4. 4Bhil dress: Khoyatu is the men's loincloth · Kachabu the women's knee-length ghaghra.
5. 5Reform years: Jaipur's sati bill 1844 · Mewar's dakan ban 1853 · Alwar's child-marriage law 10 December 1903 · Sarda Act 1929.
6. 6Reform sabhas: Desh Hiteshini Sabha, Udaipur, 1877 · Walterkrit Rajput Hitkarini Sabha, first met at Ajmer in 1888.

Parts of the topic

• DressKasumal red, KhoyatuCoversMen's pagdi, angarkhi and jama; women's ghaghra, kanchli and odhni types; Bhil and other tribal dressExam angleWho wears which garment; the occasion of a pagdi or odhniFull notes →
• OrnamentsBorla to BichhiyaCoversWomen's, men's and children's ornaments, from head to footExam angleAn ornament and its body partFull notes →
• Birth, marriage and death ritesSamela, Bandola, MausarCoversThe rites of each stage, with the marriage rites in orderExam angleA rite's name and the ceremony it belongs toFull notes →
• Social evils and reform lawsJaipur 1844, Walter SabhaCoversSati, dakan, kanya vadh, tyag, samadhi, child marriage, the laws against them and the reform sabhasExam angleThe state, ruler and year of each banFull notes →

The sixteen samskaras

Sixteen (shodasha samskara) is the usual count; the Grihyasutras list between 12 and 18 and the Gautama Dharmasutra forty, so lists differ in places.

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