TANGKHUL DRESS (ssph87)
heir favourite colour is red. they are popularly known as Phingang shetpa, the wearers of the red cloth.The Tangkhul are a very colourful people. They are ancient community of Manipur. thangkhul clothing are varied and rich. T
The tangkhul male clothes are the Haora, Luirim and Thangkang. Haora is of red and white colour. The haora is the most popular male cloth of the tangkhuls. The luirim is white and black. it is used by other communities. Thngkhang is of`black and red colour. The tangkhul male were a lion cloth known as Marao and a head dress known as the paasi. Thangkhul male children also wear Haora cloth.
the Tangkhul female dress consists of the body covering Kashan. there are eight kinds of Kashan. Woman,both girl and married put on blouses and undergerments.
Many new designs and patterns of the female Kashang are produced. every family like their counterparts in different communities of Manipur is angaged in weaving. But the villages of western Tangkhul areas in Ukhrul district namely, Somdal,Tolloi,Phadang and Tuinem are great weaving villages.
heir favourite colour is red. they are popularly known as Phingang shetpa, the wearers of the red cloth.The Tangkhul are a very colourful people. They are ancient community of Manipur. thangkhul clothing are varied and rich. T
The tangkhul male clothes are the Haora, Luirim and Thangkang. Haora is of red and white colour. The haora is the most popular male cloth of the tangkhuls. The luirim is white and black. it is used by other communities. Thngkhang is of`black and red colour. The tangkhul male were a lion cloth known as Marao and a head dress known as the paasi. Thangkhul male children also wear Haora cloth.
the Tangkhul female dress consists of the body covering Kashan. there are eight kinds of Kashan. Woman,both girl and married put on blouses and undergerments.
Many new designs and patterns of the female Kashang are produced. every family like their counterparts in different communities of Manipur is angaged in weaving. But the villages of western Tangkhul areas in Ukhrul district namely, Somdal,Tolloi,Phadang and Tuinem are great weaving villages.
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