What is the traditional attire worn by women performing Bihu dance?
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Mekhela Chador (a traditional Assamese dress) with bright colors and jewelry
Explanation:
The traditional attire worn by women performing the Bihu dance—a joyous folk dance of Assam—is the Mekhela Chador. It is a two-piece indigenous Assamese dress consisting of a lower garment draped around the waist called the mekhela and an upper garment called the chador, typically woven from muga or pat silk with distinctive traditional motifs and bright red borders that symbolize fertility and youth.
Key Points:
The Mekhela Chador is complemented by traditional Assamese gold jewelry, such as the gamkharu, dholbiri, and junbiri.
Bihu dance is performed during the three Bihu festivals (Rongali, Kongali, and Bhogali), marking different phases of the agricultural calendar.
Male dancers traditionally wear a dhoti and a gamoza (a traditional white and red cotton towel).
Important Questions and Answers:
Question: The Bihu dance is the traditional folk dance of which Indian state?
Answer: Assam.
Question: What are the primary types of silk used to make authentic traditional Assamese Mekhela Chadors?
Answer: Muga silk, Pat silk, and Eri silk.