Salwar kameez

Salwar kameez (also spelled shalwar kameez or shalwar qameez) is a traditional dress worn by both women and men in Southern Asia. Salvars or shalvars are loose pajama-like trousers. The legs are wide at the top, and narrow at the bottom. The kameez is a long shirt or tunic. The side seams (known as the chaak) are left open below the waist-line, which gives the wearer greater freedom of movement. It is the most common dress for men and women in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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  Pakistani girl and boy with flowers, showing off typical shalwar kameez

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  A woman in Selçuk, Turkey wearing traditional Turkish trousers similar to a salwar.

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  Men wearing shalwar kameez at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan.

Salwar Kameez Media

• Schoolgirls in Shalwar Kameez, Abbotabad Pakistan - UK International Development.jpg

  Schoolgirls in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, in shalwars with cuffed hems, and kameez with collars.

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  Boys in Badakshan, Afghanistan, wearing kameez tunics, showing side seams left open below the waist.

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  Women in the kitchen at Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar, India, displaying the wide-ranging colors and designs of shalwar-kameez

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  Priyanka Chopra modeling an Anarkali suit

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  Traditional Khet partug (traditional loose Peshawari shalwar)

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  School girls wearing Patiala salwar suits

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  A Pakistani man in Saraiki shalwar suit

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  Perahan tunban worn by most Pashtun males in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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  Man in Afghan clothing: perahan tunban

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  Afghan children wearing traditional clothes in Kabul