A ''Vēṭṭi'' (), also known as veshti, is a white unstitched cloth
wrap
Wrap, WRAP or Wrapped may refer to:
Storage and preservation
* Gift wrap or wrap paper, used to enclose a present
* Overwrap, a wrapping of items in a package or a wrapping over packages
* Plastic wrap, a thin, clear, flexible plastic used to co ...
for the lower body in
Tamil Nadu and in the North and East of
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
(
Tamil Eelam). Vēṭṭi is a part of the
traditional
attire consisting
of Kurta and
Angvastra
An ''angvastra'' (plural, ''angavastram'', sa, अंगवस्त्रम) is a shoulder cloth or stole worn by men in India, especially in Maharashtra and South India. It is a single, rectangular piece of fabric and may have decorated bord ...
. The garment is a single piece of cloth and similar to the
dhoti, one of the earliest draped garments of India. A vēṭṭi is often layered with horizontal stripes or borders across its length.
Style
Like many wrap clothes, the vēṭṭi varies in wearing style. It is often simply wrapped around the waist, secured by a corner being tucked beneath the wrapped cloth. It is also worn as
Sarong, unlike
dhoti, which is looped between the legs.
A belt is also used over it (less popular now) just below the closing.
Men and women both wear it. For women, the drape is known as vēṭṭi -mundu.
Political identity
Various border (Saffron, red, green, and blue) colors of vēṭṭi represent different
political parties' identities in India.
See also
*
Sari
*
Tamil Nadu
References
External links
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Indian clothing